Why Every Great Painting Starts With Science
C.W. Mundy explains the foundational truths every artist — and collector — should know.
Why Art Historians Got Cézanne’s Watercolors Wrong for Decades
One painting tells the whole story — and it will change the way you think about watercolor forever.
Something’s Not Quite Right
Meet the Spanish painter whose sun-drenched canvases hide gray clouds behind every pair of sunglasses.
What Makes a Winning Painting?
The December Salon Judge Tells All
A Master Class in Joy
Renoir’s “Spring Bouquet”
This Is What Pastel Can Do
A juried selection of the PSA's finest works proves just how far the medium has come.
12 Paintings. 3 Months. 2 Kids. Here’s How He Did It.
Gavin Glakas breaks down the process he used to prepare for his most recent art show.
Radical Amazement: On Art, Beauty, and Awe
Maybe it happens when you’re driving: gold light strikes a line of trees against a darkened sky. Or at the mall: a stranger’s face opens a momentary window onto ages of human existence. Awe, wonder, [...]
A Passion for Art
“Art is a passion, or it is nothing” -Robert Fry Passion is what we chase in art and creativity. A day came when you read a novel, stood before a painting, watched someone create something [...]
Steal from the Best
Good artists imitate; great artists steal. This phrase is variously attributed to Steve Jobs (who misattributed it to Pablo Picasso - we’ll get to that), and to Lionel Trilling, Igor Stravinsky, T.S. Eliot, and William [...]