The Impressionist Artist

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

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

This week's featured artist is Dianne Mize, a former high-school art teacher and art school instructor from Georgia whose paintings are full of soft colors, impressionist brush strokes, and a glowing sense of light. Dianne's subjects range from vast, cloud-covered landscapes to natural florals. . . read more

I'm sure I don't have to mention it, but there's an extreme range of art prices online—from low-priced $50 paintings to high-priced artwork of $10,000 or more. Sometimes I wonder if those artists truly realize how many paintings they need to sell each year to make a living from their art. For . . . read more