Sometimes an artist makes me want to cry and throw down my paintbrushes forever and all time! This work is so beautifully realized to me it hurts to look at it. Elizabeth Terhune has so much work for you to look at here.
Leanne Shapton, former art director for the NYT Op-Ed page, and illustrator and author did this series of paintings which "illustrates life's minor notes and quotidian details" for the Times. You can look at more of the series over here. She sells her original paintings here.
