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Today's featured artist is Ben Lustenhouwer, a talented portrait painter from Spain. Whether drawing, oil painting, or working in watercolors, Ben accomplishes a high level of realism without losing the artistry, the magic, of his medium.

ArtBreak.com is a new social networking website and online art gallery for artists. You can sign up to sell your art through ArtBreak for only 7.5% of the sale price - which is actually the lowest commission rate I’ve seen ...

There's always something, isn't there? Something that keeps you from your easel, away from your paints and pencils? This week's poll is all about those "stumbling blocks" that artists face. . .

For the last decade or so, Shelley Hocknell Zentner (a British artist currently living in the US) has successfully combined two of her passions in life: rock climbing and painting the human figure.

Ever wondered how your art blog or artist portfolio compares to other artist's websites in terms of traffic? Find out by taking this week's poll - just enter your daily page views and compare.

Derwent, an inventive UK pencil company, has come up with an art product unlike any other - ink pencils. These unique colored pencils (sold under the Inktense brand) are different enough from watercolor pencils that they're almost like a new ...

Linda Lewis, this week's featured artist, effortlessly captures defining moments of humanity with her uniquely textured, fire-hardened clay sculptures.

Michael Chesley Johnson is a plein air painter, pastel artist, and art teacher from New Brunswick, Canada. His paintings (often created on the shores of Canada's maritime provinces) are simple and clear reflections on the beauty of nature.

Paul Politis is a self-taught photographer from Ottawa, Canada whose extensive portfolio of work encompasses portraits, figures, still-lifes, and city scenes, most of which are in the gritty, realistic style seen below.

Nathan Selikoff is a computer programmer and mathematician - as well as a creator of beautiful digital prints via a rather unusual medium of numbers, logic, and code. I have to admit, when I first came across Nathan's work several ...

Today’s featured artist is Jax Chachitz, an international painter who has lived and worked both in New York and Germany. Her art is completely abstract expressionist in style, yet fascinatingly full of subconscious imagery.