An Artist’s Take on Cancel Culture
The winning work in this round of the PleinAir Salon is of "a black-and-white world where you have to ask yourself, are you the one being canceled or are you doing the canceling, and who will do it first?"
PleinAir Salon Winner Hikes 6.5 Miles to Paint This View
A winner of the monthly PleinAir Salon shares how his stunning painting, "An Eagle's View," came to be.
Western Visions: Making and Collecting Fine Art
Their contemporary Western art has been purchased in a variety of settings — from the West’s many exhibition sales benefiting museums, galleries and auctions, and even ...
Continuing Memories and Traditions
Landscape painter Mary Derrick is an outstanding example to show it’s never too late to begin one’s love affair with art. More importantly, however, was the moment it happened, which has kept memories fresh of the person who led her to it.
Oil Painting Spotlight: “Alley Kitty” by John Whytock
"I couldn’t resist the challenge of attempting to render the amber of the street lamps reflecting off the red brick..." John Whytock takes us behind the scenes of his recent PleinAir Salon winner, "Alley Kitty."
Artist Spotlight: Karen Ann Hitt
With her solo exhibit at Hughes Gallery opening March 1 in Boca Grande, Florida, Karen Ann Hitt reflects on sewing her own clothes at the age of 12 and how that evolved into a fine art career.
Artist Spotlight: Beverly Ford Evans
With her deliberate brushwork and attention to the scene, Beverly captures the essence of the landscape and wildlife beautifully and artfully.
Artist Spotlight: Marcia Holmes
Often painting larger scale impressionist landscape paintings in oil or mixed media on canvas, Marcia Holmes’ desired response for a viewer is to find a resting place of ‘grace in space.’
Artist Spotlight: Aida Garrity
This has been validated by the acceptance of my art into national shows and by my collectors’ acquisition of my paintings for them to enjoy in their homes with family and friends.
Artist Spotlight: Marcia Holmes
The artist’s life encompasses the best of an enormous range of emotion; the wonder and gift of creativity alone, dreaming art and pursuing the visions I’m compelled to paint, the boundless freedom of artistic expression.