Artist and Collector Profiles

Sometimes that works for me, just showing up every day and painting no matter how I feel, can lead to new discoveries.

I am inspired by color, pattern, and proximity, moved by the human gaze, and connected to shared narratives of home, whether through fairy tale, biblical story, or myth.

As an artist, one does not need to sacrifice his or her personal expression for the sake of learning the principles.

Photo Essay: Garin Baker’s space is unique in that he and his wife, Clara, have been restoring their 4500 square-foot property by converting the attached carriage house into the perfect artist haven.

Help us congratulate this artist for winning Overall First Place in the May 2024 PleinAir® Salon, judged by D. Eleinne Basa, Artist and 1st PleinAir Salon Grand Prize Winner.

From the West Coast to the East Coast and back, accomplished artist John Rowe has done just about everything to establish a successful career.

Illustrated here is "Ray," a sculpture that shows a man surrounded by masked versions of himself, either whole or partial. Created in ...

How Pat Fiorello used one bunch of flowers to create a variety of still life paintings to convey a distinctive mood for each.

Max Ginsburg is a painter with a conscience, using traditional realism and exquisite technique to explore his feelings about the human condition. Unafraid to paint the provocative and controversial social issues of our times, Ginsburg is helping bring representational painting into the contemporary age — a venture that began some 70 years ago.

For many artists, positive reception of their pictures is simply a bonus, not the true end to their creative means. For painter Carl Bretzke, the creative act seems to boil down into one lovely emotion: joy. How?