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
This week's featured artist is Jiddje Straatsma, a graphic designer and painter from Friesland, Holland. I really enjoy Jiddje's landscape and still life paintings, especially those that show some of the unique qualities of his home province.. . . read more
Today's featured artist is Jan Blencowe, a plein air painter from Connecticut who also happens to be a long-time art blogger with not one, but TWO art blogs, Art & Life and The Painting a Day Project.. . . read more
This week's final featured artist is Louis Dilts, a Colorado painter in oil, pastel, and watercolor. I didn't actually find a lot of pieces on his website, but out of the few I saw, I really enjoyed the expressive qualities of two paintings in particular.. . . read more
Today’s featured painter is Janet Vanderhoof, a California artist whose paintings are full of color, life, and often brilliant sunlight.
I’m not sure what it is about vineyards, but in the hands of capable artists they always seem to make for fantastic paintings. This first piece. . . read more
This week's second featured artist is Michael Defrancesco, a former freelance illustrator turned art teacher and oil painter. In his email Michael said that he "loves to paint old things. . . especially BARNS," and it certainly shows. Most of Michael's paintings are of fields or farmland,. . . read more
Today’s featured artist is Tina Sotis, an oil painter from Massachusetts.
When I first saw Tina’s paintings I was immediately impressed with the amount of emotional weight in her artwork. In fact, all of her paintings seemed to convey a sort of haunting loneliness.
But see what. . . read more
Paul Keysar is a North Carolina artist who primarily paints landscapes and still lifes. His painting style is very realistic and representational, yet with a purity of form that hearkens back to classical painters of the past.
Take a look at a few of his paintings and you’ll see what I. . . read more
Today's featured artist is Robin Kibby, a painter from the San Francisco Bay area. Robin's paintings really appealed to me since I've always been a fan of urban landscapes as well as the geometric patterns and very logical compositions that present themselves in man-made objects.. . . read more
Today's featured artist is Jeffrey Smith, a painter and art teacher from Minnesota. Jeffrey's art covers several genres, such as portraits, still life paintings, and landscapes. I found them all to be fascinating, especially for their colors, which were soft yet strong.. . . read more
Mick McGinty is a member of the Daily Painters Guild who focuses primarily on two genres: landscapes (of South Dakota) and still life paintings.. . . read more
Today I'll be featuring paintings by Susan Jenkins, an art teacher and painter from California. And after looking through her work, I decided that if I had to choose just one word to describe her paintings it would have to be "delicious.". . . read more