“Steal like an artist.”  That’s the title of a popular self-empowerment book for artists and a phrase on lots of peoples’ lips these days. It’s a variation on “Good artists borrow, great artists steal!” which [...]

It’s good for any artist, beginner, experienced, realist or otherwise, to have a sense of the inspiring stories of men and women who believed in themselves enough to place painting at the center of their [...]

Artist and gallerist Abigail McBride will be judging September’s entries in the PleinAir Salon monthly art competition. Abigail directs McBride Gallery in Annapolis, Maryland. Because Annapolis is on the small side as far as towns [...]

Imposter Syndrome: the feeling that you're a total fraud and it's just a matter of time before you're found out. That dismissive voice in your head that says whoever is praising your work either doesn't [...]

Who couldn’t use a friend right about now, someone hopeful, free, and alive?  Embedded in art is a call not only to self-discovery, as is often said, but a call to self-reinvention. Art isn’t something [...]

Henri Matisse's revolutionary paining, The Red Studio, marks one of the decisive moments in the history of art in which free expression grew out of traditional representational painting. Created in 1911, it's an early and important [...]

Brian Blood and Laurie Kersey are what I guess in the art world you’d have to call a power couple. They’re both outstanding professional painters, and together they’re living the sort of creative partnership that [...]

Swedish proto-modernist Edvard Munch (  ) explored many different mediums in his work, and woodblock printing remained one of his constants. The flattened picture plane and simplified forms gave the artist a very direct, uncomplicated forum for [...]

The first comprehensive, international loan exhibition of works by Raphael in the United States is coming to New York next year. This one is going to be a blockbuster – Raphael is generally considered one [...]

Lyn Diefenbach is a realist oil and pastel artist. She’s a master of light and movement, using color, texture and lively drama to convey action and liveliness in her work.  Her florals are vibrant with [...]