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 [...]
Western artists have freely celebrated the natural human form since the Renaissance, but seldom have they found as much vibrant beauty within it as French painter Pierre Bonnard. With a career spanning the nineteenth and [...]
About six months ago, a guest on Antiques Roadshow was shocked to discover that two 19th-century watercolor paintings purchased by her great-grandmother could be worth six figures. The revelation occurred when the hit PBS show [...]
