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Category Archives: Art

Nature and Art

Signature Graphic Design - Website and Graphic Design Posted on July 2, 2018 by MaureenSeptember 20, 2020
kingfisher bird

Art, design, color in nature What is it about nature that fills our senses and our hearts with awe? It is the all-encompassing vastness, depth, and perfect fusion of life and inanimate objects. Nature also inspires us; you find nature … Continue reading →

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Pen & Ink Illustrations

Signature Graphic Design - Website and Graphic Design Posted on April 18, 2017 by MaureenApril 18, 2017
White House Barrington FI

Pen & Ink Illustrations by artist Kathleen Nelson I am so lucky. My friend and client Kathleen Nelson regularly sends me notecards with her fabulous artwork on it. A skilled artist, Kathleen, draws just about everything from animals to gardens … Continue reading →

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400,000+ high-res art images available from Metropolitan Museum

Signature Graphic Design - Website and Graphic Design Posted on February 22, 2017 by MaureenFebruary 4, 2018
Claud Monet painting

Metropolitan Museum opens collections as public domain The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has placed over 400,000 into the public domain and now these images of artwork can be downloaded free from their site.  The images can be uses … Continue reading →

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Pablo Picasso

Signature Graphic Design - Website and Graphic Design Posted on November 4, 2015 by MaureenNovember 4, 2015
Picasso The Dream

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” ― Pablo Picasso Le Rêve (The Dream) 1932 Painted by Picasso when he was 50 years old, it portrays his 24-year-old mistress Marie-Thérèse … Continue reading →

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New! E-commerce website for local artist

Signature Graphic Design - Website and Graphic Design Posted on September 2, 2015 by MaureenSeptember 2, 2015
Kathleen Nelson note card

Kathleen Nelson Fine Art E-commerce Website Meet Kathleen Nelson. You may not realize it, but if you are in the Barrington IL area you have probably seen her work. Kathleen was commissioned to create the incredible Barrington White House illustration for … Continue reading →

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Your Favorite Disney Characters As Real People

Signature Graphic Design - Website and Graphic Design Posted on July 31, 2015 by MaureenJuly 31, 2015
Aladdin

Did you ever wonder what your favorite Disney character would look like if he or she was rendered as a real person? Australian graphic designer/illustrator Jirka Väätäinen used his imagination and graphic design skills to to just that. Jirka brought to … Continue reading →

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Hand Painting Art – So Real You Want To Reach Out & Touch It

Signature Graphic Design - Website and Graphic Design Posted on January 17, 2015 by MaureenJuly 18, 2016
Hand Painting -

Remember when you were a kid and you drew eyes and lips on your hand and basically made a hand puppet/talking hand person? That was your own primitive hand painting art; something we all did and enjoyed, never imagining that hand … Continue reading →

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Prehistoric Graphic Design

Signature Graphic Design - Website and Graphic Design Posted on October 21, 2014 by MaureenJanuary 29, 2015
lascaux cave painting

“Hello! I am here!” That’s what 40,000 year old paintings inside caves say to me. A graphic design that shouts out “I exist!” Whatever the reason prehistoric graphic designers had for painting the walls of cold, dark, dank caves, it … Continue reading →

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Pompeii – from ashes to life

Signature Graphic Design - Website and Graphic Design Posted on September 25, 2014 by MaureenJuly 18, 2016
Pompeii at Cal Science Ctr

Almost 2,000 years ago the city of Pompeii was buried under 12 feet of hot ash spewed from Mount Vesuvius. Thousands lost their lives from breathing in hot air generated by the volcano, many succumbing instantly. Their final death poses were captured … Continue reading →

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