Artist Spotlight: Johanne Mangi
Once I identified my true passion I never looked back. I am constantly inspired by animals that I interact with or who has an interesting story.
An Observational Painter? Perhaps, Perhaps Not
What is this artist looking at, and what does she see? But first, what do we see?
Farnsworth Wins February Salon
We’d like to congratulate this month's Overall First Place in the PleinAir Salon, judged by Darrell Beauchamp, Executive Director of the Western Art Museum.
![Cornelia Hernes (b. 1979), "Midsummer Night [after Arthur Rackham’s Fair Helena]," 2013, oil on canvas, 35 1/3 x 23 2/3 in.](https://fineartconnoisseur.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/detail-art-collection-Cornelia-Hernes-218x150.jpg "4 Keys to Building an Art Collection: A Collector Spotlight")
4 Keys to Building an Art Collection: A Collector Spotlight
Through two decades of experience, this enthusiast has arrived at some helpful guidelines for art collecting from which all of us can learn.
Parallel Parking in Paris: A PleinAir Salon Winner
Help us congratulate the Overall First Place winner in the January 2024 PleinAir Salon, judged by Lisa Skelly, plein air artist and owner of Huse Skelly Gallery.
Art Collection Profile: The Peraltas’ Love of Realism
Their first serious purchase together was a Chagall lithograph they spotted at London’s Sims Reed Gallery ...
Artist Spotlight: Karen Ann Hitt
Studying Master Painters’ turned into a lifetime pursuit that still burns in me to this day. Realizing my true passion, I changed my major. The brand “An Original Hitt” was originally for the dress shop I thought I would open one day… now it’s just who I am.
Famous Faces: a Hunt Slonem Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
Object of Desire: Read about a portrait of Abraham Lincoln painted by Hunt Slonem, who seems as smitten with ...
Artist to Watch: Efraïm Rodríguez
Using a unique, time-intensive approach to sculpt idiosyncratic portraits and figures that are both truthful and embellished, Rodríguez works with a variety of ...
Paintings from James Irvine Swinden Family Art Collection on Public Display
“Madeline’s Treasures, Selections from the James Irvine Swinden Family Collection” is open for a limited time at ...