We continue our series on “The Course of Empire,” Thomas Cole’s epic series of five paintings charting the rise and fall of an imaginary Empire. As previously introduced, we follow the story Cole’s paintings tell, [...]

It’s strange how some people are reluctant to say they’re an “artist” but rather “just someone who paints.” If it’s like the distinction between a musician and someone who makes music, I get it – [...]

Painting is a solitary pursuit, and you never have to show your work to anyone. Once you get good though, you might start wanting other people to see what you can do.  It’s an amazing [...]

Elaine Daily-Birnbaum is a mixed media painter. Her abstract work is deeply personal and very much process centered. She is a member of the National Watercolor Society and the American Watercolor Society. We asked her [...]

Elaine Daily-Birnbaum is a mixed media painter. Her abstract work is deeply personal and very much process centered. She is a member of the National Watercolor Society and the American Watercolor Society. We asked her [...]

What can you do when a painting isn’t working (besides give up ☺)?Oil painter/pastellist William Schneider has an answer! (Okay, It’s ONE answer but it has four parts. But they’re all related!) Schneider’s compositions are [...]

Kyle Ma has made a name for himself as an outstanding painter of one of the most dramatic and breathtaking natural spots in America – the Grand Canyon. It’s a pinnacle of his work and [...]

“It is a difficult matter to keep love imprisoned.” -Apuleius, The Tale of Cupid and Psyche “Apuleius reminds us that love—like art—cannot be confined.” So writes author Brainard Carey commenting on the above quote by the [...]

I have a friend who likes to say that picking up a brush when you’re about to paint something is not the first step in the artistic process – it’s the last. What drives you [...]