“A complicating aspect of realist painting is that there is much that one does not or cannot know or see, yet which is immensely, obsessively interesting—and which is ultimately the whole point of painting.” Beyond [...]
Charles Hawthorne (January 8, 1872 – November 29, 1930) founded the popular Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Mass. Hawthorne was famous for his fresh, observational approach to painting and for having his students [...]
Robin Caspari’s painting, “The Edge,” (above) celebrates the raw power of surging ocean waves and jagged rock with expression and skill, qualities that won it first place in the May 2022 PleinAir Salon. “In this [...]
The winners in the monthly PleinAir Salon have been announced. Taking the top spot is Thomas Kegler’s nocturne, “Mid-Summer Night, Romans 5:4,” The Biblical reference, paraphrasing, says: “Perseverance produces character, and character produces hope.” Come [...]
In this painting by Edward Gordon, we find ourselves in a fine, presumably Victorian house by the sea, perhaps somewhere on the coast of Maine. The open window looks out over a veranda overhanging the [...]
By Mitchell Albala Abstraction isn’t unique to landscape painting, but the natural world does wonderfully lend itself to the approach. When we consider nature’s range of light and her many atmospheric moods, her variety of colors, [...]
What color is joy? What’s the color of sadness, tranquility, or anger? Is it worth exploring for artistic purposes the psychological “power of color” to, as some believe, carry associations and even “frequencies” that can [...]
They say there isn’t a major museum in the world that doesn’t own counterfeit works, some even misattributed to very famous artists (e.g. by a recent count, 20% of all art in museums in the [...]
“Pastel as a medium is rapidly gaining recognition around the world, and it’s one that simply cannot be ignored,” said Eric Rhoads at the 4th annual Pastel Live (September 18-20). “Whether you’ve alreadyz mastered other art forms [...]
Five Ways I Recharge My Creative Batteries By Guest Contributor PAT FIORELLO If you’ve been painting for any length of time, you know it’s natural to go through periods of great energy and inspiration and other [...]
