Travis Simpkins

Monday, September 1, 2014

Gardner Museum Sketch: "Woman in Profile", 1475. by Travis Simpkins

Woman in Profile, 1475. Gardner Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of a Renaissance

"Woman in Profile"

1475

Sculpted by Mino da Fiesole

Collection of the

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

by Travis Simpkins

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Sketches by Travis Simpkins

Sunday, August 31, 2014

"Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper- Case Closed" by Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell presents an interesting theory regarding the true identity of Jack the Ripper, pointing her finger at British artist Walter Sickert…

Ennui. by Walter Sickert

"The number-one New York Times-bestselling novelist Patricia Cornwell is known the world over for her brilliant storytelling, the courage of her characters, and the state-of-the-art forensic methods they employ.
In this headline-making new work of nonfiction, Cornwell turns her trademark skills for meticulous research and scientific expertise on one of the most chilling cases of serial murder in the history of crime-the slayings of Jack the Ripper that terrorized 1880s London. With the masterful intuition into the criminal mind that has informed her novels, Cornwell digs deeper into the case than any detective before her-and reveals the true identity of this elusive madman.
Enlisting the help of forensic experts, Cornwell examines all the physical evidence available: thousands of documents and reports, fingerprints, crime-scene photographs, original etchings and paintings, items of clothing, artists' paraphernalia, and traces of DNA. Her unavoidable conclusion: Jack the Ripper was none other than a respected painter of his day, an artist now collected by some of the world's finest museums." -amazon.com