Showing posts with label Mythology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mythology. Show all posts

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Mysterious and Ancient

I love the subtle coloration and lighting of this acrylic painting. I fantasize that this is a detail from a grove temple, deep in a mysterious and ancient grotto.

Kazuhiko Sano — circa 1993

Friday, October 12, 2012

Psyché et l'Amour

High drama from the Victorian Age . . .

Robaudi — Psyche and Cupid — circa 1885

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

MoonDust on the Universe

If you saw the movie Brave in the theater, you probably saw the short opening cartoon that this beautiful image will remind you of.

Edwin Blashfield — Sprinkling Moondust on the Universe — 1927

More Edwin Blashfield stuff sometime down the road.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Rock Struggles

Here, Sgt. Rock is fever-dreaming/hallucinating/whatever and his visions are pretty cool. Joe Kubert's stuff was always great, but this full page gives a hint of what he might have done with a mythological/fantasy assignment. It's still hard to believe that Kubert has left the studio.

Joe Kubert — Our Army At War — 1969