Up until a few months ago Lois Eakin was a graphic design manager - now she paints full-time, in a rich and beautifully realistic style that hearkens back to the 17th century Dutch masters of still life painting.. . . read more
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.. . . read more
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.. . . read more
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.. . . read more
This week's featured artist, Trisha Lamoreaux, has found a way to use the textural, 3-dimensional quality of oil paint to her advantage. Using only a palette knife, Trisha's paintings are ALL about the texture - well, texture and color, that is.. . . read more
This week's featured artist is Robin Cheers, an oil painter with a true knack for capturing life's fleeting moments through painterly brush strokes and vibrant color. Like many figurative painters who work on a small scale, Robin's paintings tend to focus on the posture and overall sense of. . . read more
This week's featured artist is Deborah Paris, an oil painter and pastel artist whose landscapes first impressed me with their beautifully contrasting color palettes. As you'll see, Deborah's paintings are full of brown, ochre, and orange; complemented by colder shades of blue or gray.. . . read more
Gerald Schwartz is a daily painter from California who works only in oils, painting "skies across the USA, and the lands below." And perhaps it's just the cloudy weather here in Portland making me yearn for the sun, but right when I saw Gerald's work I fell in love with those deep blue skies. . . read more
This week's featured artist is Abbey Ryan, a very talented painter from the East Coast who currently lives and teaches in Philadelphia. One of the things which set Abbey's paintings apart, for me, were the intricate details in her pear and pattern paintings.. . . read more
If horse racing or horses are your passion then you'll definitely like these paintings by equine artist, Sharon Crute. I couldn't help but be pulled into each scene - almost every one was a dust-flying, blood-pumping, hoof-pounding race to the finish.. . . read more
This week's featured painter, Cindy Revell, proves that art and humor go hand in hand by combining the perfect touch of whimsy with her skills in oil painting. Fuzzy leopard heels, a tipsy pear. . . they're all beautiful paintings that you really have to see for yourself.. . . read more
Today's featured artist is Linda Apple, a daily painter from Ohio whose most recent paintings are a collection of quick, almost snapshot scenes from her daily life - usually of people wrapped up in their own world.. . . read more
This week's featured artist is Vic Vicini, a member of the daily painters whose artwork depicts retro diner scenes, food, and the occasional classic car. Most of all, Vicini has a knack for painting glossy, reflective surfaces—he makes it all look easy as pie. . . . read more
This week's featured artist is Jennifer Young, an oil painter from Richmond, Virginia. Jennifer works almost exclusively in landscapes, many of which are painted en plein air from the Virginia countryside.. . . read more