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All my art is in some way about other art, even if the other art is cartoons

Bob Kessel

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I was delighted this morning when Bob Kessel friended me on Facebook.

I have been aware of his illustrations in The New York Times,

The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek,  and many other national publications.

I did not know his fine art work which is in numerous private and museum collections.

His artwork revisits the works of old and modern masters.

Kessel’s work is amusing, intelligent, beautiful, graphic, bold,  and more.

His collection of quotes called Artists on Art represents his illustrative style.

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Bob Kessel’s Fine Art

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Girl with Pearl Earing by Bob Kessel

After Vermeer

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Herring by Bob Kessel

After Van Gogh

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Limited edition prints and original art by Bob Kessel • Email:  b.kessel@snet.net • Phone: (860)334-9438

All images in this post © Copyright Robert Kessel

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.I was at a First Friday event at the Banana Factory Galleries in Bethlehem PA to see a one woman show of Lydia Panas’  excellent work.

The subjects of these portraits were milling about the gallery as if they had stepped out of the picture frames.

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A Suspended Moment

From The Mark of Abel

©2010 Lydia Panas

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The images show us how some families work.

Lydia has galleries in NYC, Seattle, Houston and soon in LA.

Visit Lydia’s website and share what you think of her photographs.

Galleries include:

The Mark of Abel

The Divine Byzantine Crypt

Garden Series

Falling from Grace

http://www.lydiapanas.com

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Shortly after the previous post about William Kentridge I received a very generous offer and kind words from George Scharoun, New Media Specialist at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where William Kentridge recently spoke. Here are three interesting videos posted with his permission. Thanks George.

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