Are You Making YOUR Work?
Follow the art you like and see what it teaches you, not just about art but about yourself.
Was American Plein Air Born in the Adirondacks?
From its earliest exploration by colonial settlers, the region of the Adirondack Mountains has beguiled artists lured by the prospect of nature in its purest form.
Swing a Bigger Brush
A big brush keeps you from getting too fussy too soon.
Landscape Artists Boycott Trees!
"A tree never wastes its growth in unnecessary twistings, nor in frivolous waste of energy."
How Much of Success is Just Showing Up?
I kept hearing about the practice of consistent easel time and wondered if it would make a difference in my paintings...
Does Your Art Have ‘Presence’?
You sense it from across the room. It only intensifies and becomes more mysterious the closer you get....
Who Put the Hex on Color?
If you ask Google who invented the hexadecimal system, you get a pretty unlikely answer - but it's the one that gets repeated by every single other website pretending to know.
‘What Life Should Be About’
The late Wolf Kahn made some of America's most striking paintings combining landscape and colorfield approaches.
It’s Tax Time: What Artists Can Potentially Deduct
It's tax time - and there are art-related expenses you may be able to deduct!
Käthe Kollwitz Celebrated with New Book and Exhibition
Kollwitz’s work documents moving and intense moments in ordinary lives stricken by war, poverty, sorrow, loss, and premature death, as well the stubborn resilience of bravery, love, and the struggle for peace that can overcome them.