Fallen angels, gigantic monuments and an open-air sculpture museum

Madrid is home to the only statue in the world dedicated to Lucifer, the fallen angel who is believed to become the devil. It’s well worth a detour to see, especially since it’s in beautiful Retiro Park. Sculpted by Ricardo Bellver, a Madrid sculptor living in Rome in 1877, it caused a great deal ofContinue reading “Fallen angels, gigantic monuments and an open-air sculpture museum”

Split complementary color examples

Shepard Fairey’s uses a ton of red in his artwork and I think his second favorite color is orange. Sometimes if we’re lucky he throws in a little blue. This is called “A Visit in the Landscape”, by Camilla Engman. She chose blue-violet in the man leaning on the tree, and the split complementary yellowContinue reading “Split complementary color examples”