The Impressionist Artist

Finally, my "big project" is finished! It’s been a crazy day with a lot going on, but foliotwist.com is finally live and online! Since I’ve kept it a complete secret up until launch, here’s a quick (mostly visual) overview of what it does. . .read more

Claude Monet was born in 1840 in Paris. He was especially influential in the Impressionist art movement, and is probably best known for his famous paintings of water lilies and Impressionist Parisian scenes. Monet first started drawing as a child, doing portraiture and caricatures for spending. . . read more

Californian painter Adriana Guidi originally didn’t know what kind of career she wanted growing up. As a kid, she embraced artwork as a fun-filled, challenging hobby. When her love for it never waned, Adriana began to think in terms of a lifelong career in the creative field. "I realized this . . . read more

Benoit Philippe is a Parisian born artist who works with oils, pastels, and watercolors. He now lives and paints in the United Kingdom while also authoring an excellent art blog entitled My French Easel. In his email to me, Philippe described his artwork as "influenced by the French Impression. . . read more

If southern California’s balmy, sunny weather gives you the impression that people are always outdoors, then that certainly rings true with California-based impressionist painter Kathleen Robison. Kathleen oil paints in plein air, driven by her determination to identify and create particular s. . . read more