There’s a bank of trees in my neighbor’s yard, across the street from our house, that often stops and make me listen. This straight stand of pine trees (I’m told they’re called wind breaks, at [...]

You’ve heard it before: Good artists imitate; great artists steal. Well, guess what? It’s still true. And we still don’t know who actually said it. The phrase has been attributed to Steve Jobs (who misattributed it to [...]

Paul Kratter’s landscapes radiate a warm affection for the ground of their making, which is generally the American west, and often the coastal scenes, hillsides, rivers, streams and forests of California, where he makes his [...]

“To be free and yet not to lose touch with reality, that is the drama of that epic figure who is variously called inventor, artist, or poet.” - Fernand Leger Kitchen Wall, unknown Dutch artist, [...]

Chantel Barber is among the faculty who’ll be demoing their techniques at the inaugural Acrylic Live event happening online March 25-28, 2025. Join Chantel at Acrylic Live as she creates a dynamic portrait sketch by building [...]

"Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist." - Rene Magritte One of art's important jobs is to remind us that not everything about our experience of the world is known or [...]

On atmosphere, expressive color, and composition alone, JMW Turner (1775-1851) rocks the house. But the next time you get to stand in front of a painting by the greatest landscape painter of the 19th century, [...]

For portrait paintings to be successful, you have to find a way to grab viewers’ attention. Victoria Herrera Brings Portraits to Life By Milène J. Fernández On a stormy weekend in 2024, I sat with Victoria [...]

Occasionally one stumbles onto an artist almost completely unknown outside their home country for no good reasons other than 1. The artist is a woman or 2. No one at the time understood their work. [...]

You KNOW it’s true and you don’t want to hear it again but I’M GOING TO SAY IT ANYWAY: The best way to learn how to paint is to paint. And that means to paint [...]