Not every artist can paint the outdoors, and fewer still are able to really capture the essence of a place...
When I began learning the Flemish method of oil painting, I sure had a lot of questions! Since I’m not...
Sandra Busby’s gorgeous still life paintings are clearly the product of careful planning and attention to detail—but as I looked deeper into her portfolio, I was pleased to find equal amounts of wit and humor that I enjoyed right along with her paintings. Take this first painting for example. A...
As an artist and teacher, Fred Bell knows the power of daily painting. He started doing a painting a day...
Looking for a delicious visual experience? If so, then Jennifer Kahn Barlow’s gorgeous oil paintings of sumptuous desserts, decadent donuts,...
Home is where the heart is, and perhaps that is why Ekaterina Popova’s paintings feel both familiar and foreign at the same time. Her work fuses distant, beloved memories of a home in Vladimir, Russia with her current life in the United States. Taking the best of both worlds, she...
How do animals fit into this hectic, people-oriented world? That’s a question New York-based artist Yasuaki Okamoto strives to find...
Debi Fitzgerald has a passion for horses. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Florida State University in...
Nial Adams knew the smell of turpentine and oil paints before he could even speak. By the age of 10, his father was teaching him classical painting techniques that, to this day, are his preferred style as he gravitates toward the subtle tones and hues of the “old master” palette....
Trust an amazing artist to always be striving. . . that’s Herbert Kiesler for you. This talented oil painter from...
Dedication: Alexis Guthrie has it in spades. Early in his career he drove from city to city, sleeping in his...
I’d like to nominate Jane Sither as one of my art heroes. I have know Jane for about seven years. She has taken several workshops with me over the years, and attended a mentoring class in Maine this past summer. Jane works in an office, but has a passion for...