On the Easel: A Timely Painting of a Poinsettia
For art collectors, a behind-the-scenes look at how one contemporary artist creates a still life painting of a poinsettia.
Artist Spotlight: Ray Hassard
Ray Hassard tired of the painstaking nature of painting in a photorealist style and searched for something more immediate. He turned to plein air painting, and a new world opened for him.
Artist Spotlight: Debra Lott
The process of creating art is therapeutic and provides a sense of purpose and meaning, a deeply fulfilling and rewarding experience.
Backlit: Looking Into JMW Turner’s Light
When you fall in love with someone, you develop a love for the things that matter to him or her. As for my friend? Turner’s paintings. One of art’s functions is that it links people, two people certainly, and ideally many people.
Artist Spotlight: Angela Mia De la Vega
What is the most interesting thing you have painted/sculpted and why?
Angela Mia De la Vega: Some years ago, I was going through a very...
A Living Curiosity Chamber
There is a lot of superb contemporary realism being made these days; this article shines light on a gifted individual.
The Soul’s Veil: Seeing Beyond the Surface
How can feelings be put into ground pigment and linseed oil? When a viewer finds a deeper meaning beyond the portrayed subject of a painting, what are they responding to? Mary Pettis addresses this and more in the following essay.
Artist Spotlight: Jill Stefani Wagner, PSA-MP IAPS/MC
I was fixated on having my own “style,” but had no idea how to accomplish it. My mentor told me not to worry about that saying, “your style will come to you as you continue to paint.”
Artist Spotlight: Heather Arenas
“I have been following the series of interior paintings as far as they will take me. I don’t see an end yet though because gestures and expression with paint can tell so many different stories!”
Influenced by Culture: Oil Portraits by Pavel Sokov
In his studio, Sokov is eager to express through paint the stories of the distinctive characters he encounters during his travels abroad.