Artist to Watch: Cindy Rizza
Her multi-step approach allows Rizza to create a detailed representation carrying all of the multi-layered dimension and symbolism she seeks.
Artist Spotlight: Aida Garrity
Sweeping wide-brush background strokes and subtle soft-brush details capture the beauty of Aida’s subjects from portraits, landscapes, and seascapes to still life.
Artist Spotlight: Nicole White Kennedy
By taking workshops and assimilating new techniques, Kennedy’s works leaned towards colorful impressionism with a narrative flair.
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 ...
From Mr. Hop to Master
Because of our intimate familiarity with it, the human body in art has a unique ability to communicate an infinite variety of emotions, ideas, concepts, and stories, which is why Martin Eichinger prefers to be called a narrative artist rather than a figurative sculptor. What story will you find?
Artist Spotlight: Paula B. Holtzclaw
"The best thing about being an artist is truly being able to recognize, being aware of, and taking in the beauty that surrounds us. I believe artists have the gift of being present in the moment; we have to be in order to absorb and then portray."
Artist Spotlight: Peter Swift
My work combines both symmetry and realistic rendering, both imagination and meticulous craftsmanship.
Plein Air to Studio: Q&A with Camille Przewodek
Inspired by Monet and Sorolla, Przewodek's paintings capture the beauty of light and atmosphere. Here, she answers the question she's asked most often, which isn't surprising once you hear it...
Approaching Contemporary Realism as a Storyteller
Culture and legacy, as well as social injustice, spirituality, and family, are among the themes of these portraits and narrative scenes; in them, the artist uses historical references as both reminders of the past and predictions of the future.
An Unguarded Moment
Help us congratulate the Overall First Place winner in the November 2023 PleinAir Salon, judged by Skip Whitcomb.