ANDREW WYETH DIED.

He was one of my favorite painters, and a PA native. He was 91 when he died, and he was still producing work in recent years. Which is pretty incredible, right? The painting above is from the "Helga Pictures" - a book I used to repeatedly check out from the public library, until I received a copy of my own. I suggest everyone check it out, both for the images and the back story.

Every time I look at his work I want two things:
1) to try egg tempera
2) to be a better painter.

Here's a NY Times article about his life and work.