Artist and Collector Profiles

Though he was never robustly championed by the critics, this French academician successfully applied his formidable skill to satisfy a hungry American market.

“I can’t imagine doing anything else. I love going outside to paint en plein air but also like working in the studio. It is a lot like fishing — you are always going for the next big catch.”

The subject was ready for its close-up. The painter Ken Goshen (b. 1988) ensured that sunlight and shadow were balanced perfectly in his Astoria, Queens, studio so as to best capture the nuances of his sitter: a torn loaf of challah bread, with its billowing, yeasty interior and shiny browned crust...

Shelley Prior, who is on the faculty of Watercolor Live, is a Canadian artist living in ...

: If you keep painting, your style develops by itself, partly through experiences and influences, but mostly because of your inner character.

Though he enjoys his work as an investor and chairman, it is philanthropy that lies closer to his heart, particularly in ...

Snowy scenes or dusk, early morning, or fog are a favorite of mine with the fading to nothing. The soft and subtle variations are an inspiration.