by Linda Oeffling | Dec 15, 2019 | Drawing/Illustration
One of my favorite books and inspiration for art is by a German scientific illustrator, Ernst Haeckel, whose works are featured in Art Forms in Nature: The Prints of Ernst Haeckel. The illustrations will draw in me for hours of contemplation. This year, 2019, is the...
by Linda Oeffling | Apr 26, 2012 | Digital Art, Drawing/Illustration
It is an odd mix of favorite things I have – being outside, in a kayak, in the woods, on a beach, and being on the computer, staring at a screen. I guess I am in good company with Sandra Dieckmann, whose artwork is reflective of my own passions. Japanese Crane,...
by Linda Oeffling | Aug 30, 2011 | Drawing/Illustration, Sculpture
The green man has been dated all the way back to the second century. He is a face. . . made of leaves? peering out from leaves? imagined out of greenery? He can be found on ancient memorials, temples, cathedrals, and tombs. Consensus seems to be that he is the...
by Linda Oeffling | Jul 12, 2011 | Digital Art, General, Oeffling Art
Dots are a part of both of my business logos. I like dots. Maybe it’s because my mother always loved polka-dots. Sorry, digression here – why do they call them polka-dots? Merriam Webster defines polka dots as a dot in a pattern of regularly distributed...
by Linda Oeffling | Jun 21, 2011 | Drawing/Illustration
I have a lot of hobbies and things I like to do, but reading probably tops the list. I read while I eat breakfast, I read during lunch, I take breaks to read, and even if I get home at 2 am, I read before I fall asleep. I read everything, from almost every genre,...