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  • by Nathan Fowkes
    I'm no longer posting here.My Instagram is Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} https://www.instagram.com/nathanfowkesart/For an overview of my work, see my website https://www.nathanfowkes.com/
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  • by James Gurney
    Cesare Tallone was an Italian painter born on August 11, 1853, in Savona, Italy. After losing his father at a young age, he moved to Alessandria, where he began his artistic training under decorative artist Pietro Sassi, and then he continued his study at the Brera Academy in Milan.During his time at the academy, he gained […]
  • by James Gurney
    I was never sure what my dad did for a living, because I never got to visit his workplace. He was in mechanical engineering jobs that were either highly technical or top secret.Once he mentioned that he was in “high vacuum technology.” To my grade-school imagination, that meant he drove around in a giant Hoover […]
  • by James Gurney
    The Akin Free Library in Pawling, New York is like a time machine that takes you back to a different way of organizing and presenting knowledge about nature.It's worth a visit, but it's only open Saturdays and Sundays 1:00-4:00d, May – October. Ask to make sure, but it's usually OK to bring stools neat sketch […]
  • by James Gurney
    When I was a teenager I was obsessed with remote-control airplanes and boats.  This is high-school-age me with a Hobie Hawk, a two-servo glider with elliptical dihedral. The kit was invented by Hobart Alter, same guy who created the Hobie catamaran.It had heavy wing loading, so was a fast flier. But I didn’t fly it […]
  • by James Gurney
    Laura Coombs Hills (1852-1952)On Substack today, a look at the Life and work of Laura Coombs Hills.Laura Coombs Hills (1852-1952)On Substack today, a look at the Life and work of Laura Coombs Hills.Wikipedia  Laura Coombs Hills
  • by James Gurney
    For centuries artist have used darkened mirrors and smoked lenses to help them view a real landscape in simplified tonal values. More on Substack