How and why do viewers enter into a work of art?

A Peek Behind the Victorian Curtain

Making Meaning out of Abstraction

"The principle of true art is not to portray, but to evoke." -Jerzy Kosiński Suggestion is much more powerful than detailed rendering. The power of suggestion engages and immerses viewers in your work. It's like the [...]

The dozens of plein air studies discovered after the artist's death.

Does art have to be "about" something?

Paint it doing something.

How to see below a painting's surface

From French artist Edgar Degas comes this summary of art's essence, regardless of medium: “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” You can take this seemingly simple phrase in many [...]

Sometimes the prettiest birds sing the saddest songs.