western art - Laquincey Reed, "Bill Pickett and Spradley," 2023, bronze [edition of 10], 18 x 13 1/4 x 7 1/2 in., JRB Art at the Elms (Oklahoma City)

Artist to Watch: LaQuincey Reed

The artist is much admired by collectors and curators of art celebrating what he calls “the independence and strength of people in the American West.”
PleinAir Salon - Barbara Ortiz, “Nature’s Rhythm,” pastel, 20 x 16 in.

PleinAir Salon Winner Gives a “Visceral Sense of Place”

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Please help us congratulate the Overall First Place winner in this round of the PleinAir Salon, judged by ...
Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio (1571–1610), "Boy with a Basket of Fruit," c. 1593–95, oil on canvas, 27 1/2 x 26 1/3 in., Galleria Borghese, Rome, Photo: Mauro Coen

Dance, Caravaggio, and “Boy with a Basket of Fruit”

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“I’m not a painter, though I love art, but I can say that I always paint spaces,” Eduardo Vilaro notes, referencing the works he choreographs. “I paint with bodies.”
landscape paintings - Jesse Powell, "Yosemite Falls," 2024, oil on linen, 18 x 24 in., available through the artist

Jesse Powell: Painting Personal Stories

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One of the first things the California-based landscape painter Jesse Powell will tell you is that he is fortunate...

A Fine Art Collection of Technical Virtuosity

This collector traces his first meaningful encounters with art back to when his family was stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army...
Max Beckmann (1884–1950), "Departure," 1932–35, oil on canvas, center panel: 7 feet 3/4 in. high x 45 3/8 in. wide, side panels each: 7 feet 3/4 in. high x 39 1/4 in. wide, Museum of Modern Art, New York, given anonymously (by exchange), 5.1942.a-c © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

A Favorite Painting: “Departure”

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Many of Beckmann’s works were decidedly ambiguous, including "Departure," the first of his nine triptychs. This form is typically associated with ...
PleinAir Salon - Paula Holtzclaw, “A Touch of Lace,” oil, 16 x 20 in.

Latest PleinAir Salon Winner: “A Touch of Lace”

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Please help us congratulate the Overall First Place winner in this round of the PleinAir Salon, judged by ...
Contemporary realism - Patrick Okrasinski, "Trevi Fountain," 2024, oil on linen, 30 x 25 in., available through the artist

Contemporary Realism Artist to Watch: Patrick Okrasinski

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Travels in Italy inspired the artist's oil painting "Trevi Fountain," a tour-de-force of color harmony evoking the grandeur of this iconic Roman landmark.
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519), "Lady with an Ermine," c. 1489–91, oil on walnut panel, 21 x 15 in., Czartoryski Museum, Krakow

A Cultural Touchstone: “Lady with an Ermine”

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Like many masterpieces, "Lady with an Ermine" had vanished during World War II, but is now one of this collection’s most prized items.
landscape paintings - Barbara Coleman, "Cloudscape," oil, 8 x 10 in., plein air; Jeffrey Potter Award at the 2025 Plein Air Painters of New Mexico National Show

On Grief and Beauty – Landscapes by Barbara Coleman

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The artist's immediate surroundings provide all the visual inspiration a painter could hope for, though ...

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