The Best Way to Clean Your Paint Brushes
Marc Chagall once said “Great art picks up where nature ends”. Artists know this instinctively, and many art critiques may find this is their credo. For every artist, there is a line where they allow imagination and invention to take over. This either occurs voluntarily or not; planned or not. Nature, it is said has within … Read more
A painter experiences summer like a surfer on a wave – propelled forward by sheer nature, and allowing her force to uplift and inspire in ways that moves an artist forward. The annual transition from winter to summer is sometimes swift, leaving us wondering what happened to spring, but more often is accompanied by a … Read more
For representational painters, the three primary genres are Landscape, Still life, and Portraiture. These can be further modified to include figurative, interiors, and myriad other blends. In my observations, it seems most artists stick to one or two genres as their specialty. The most successful gallery painters appear to have found a following based on … Read more
In discussing this branch of painting with fellow artists, I find a wide range of responses. From those who look forward to getting out as much as possible, to those who fondly describe themselves as a studio painter only. My own experience finds the act of plein air paintings as rich, and as fulfilling a … Read more
How many painters find themselves yearning to paint more, but life has a way of intervening? Welcome to the push and pull of the painters’ world. Although this may apply mostly to those painters who work a job unassociated with painting, it is nevertheless very common among we artists. Take heart. You may be working … Read more
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