The Song of Summer
By Christopher Volpe “In summer,” says poet William Carlos Williams, “the song sings itself.” If these paintings are any guide, to invite summer into your paintings, you have to let it be itself by putting [...]
How to Critique Your Own Work
10 qualities that are the most important
Can Creativity Make You a Better Person?
Researchers say yes -- and it can even prolong your life
Why Paint from Life?
It’s the quality of the artist’s involvement in the subject and the amount of mind, heart, and soul he or she gets into the painting – by any means necessary – that matters most.
Between a Rock and a Soft Place
Matt Ryder on Painting Rocks and Flowers
You Already Know Your True Style and Subject
A Guest Column by Spanish Realist Daniel Coves
Two Ways to See Spring
Two painters, one year — and two completely different visions of the season.
Radical Amazement: On Art, Beauty, and Awe
Maybe it happens when you’re driving: gold light strikes a line of trees against a darkened sky. Or at the mall: a stranger’s face opens a momentary window onto ages of human existence. Awe, wonder, [...]
A Passion for Art
“Art is a passion, or it is nothing” -Robert Fry Passion is what we chase in art and creativity. A day came when you read a novel, stood before a painting, watched someone create something [...]
Steal from the Best
Good artists imitate; great artists steal. This phrase is variously attributed to Steve Jobs (who misattributed it to Pablo Picasso - we’ll get to that), and to Lionel Trilling, Igor Stravinsky, T.S. Eliot, and William [...]