To clarify: the title is excerpted from Act 1 of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. The full quote goes: "Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile; So ere you find where light in darkness lies, Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes." It's a warning against spending too much of your life in scholarly pursuits.
Day By Day
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Artists On the Front Lines
Pictures by Michael Fay, "official Marine war artist." What a job title -- "war artist"! He does nice work. Check out the BBC story on him here.
Here is his blog -- lots of really interesting work by him and other artists.
Also check out Sgt. Kristopher Battles, "Sketchpad Warrior" here. What I like is that he shows , step by step, how the paintings are composed. Battles' commercial website is here. He's got some really nice stuff. I particularly like the landscapes.