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Frederick Wong has been teaching watercolor techniques to artists for more than 30 years and has authored several helpful instructional books throughout his career, so it's easy to see why [...]

In 1926, Georgia O'Keeffe said, 'One can't paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt. 'Artist Michael McNamara, however, does both in his New York cityscapes. [...]

A few years ago, Massachusetts artist Matthew Mitchell was working as an illustrator and painting alla prima in oil for pleasure when he determined two things: First, that glazing and [...]

THE WOODS BEHIND SUZANNE LAPRADE'S STUDIO in Lexington, Virginia, are full of deer, and the artist has accumulated, as she puts it, 'all kinds of interesting bones' that often make [...]

For many years, Lawrence Alan Noble made his living as a successful illustrator, but then he switched artistic fields dramatically--in part to keep up with the times. 'Illustration as I [...]

For at least two days a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Gregory Paquette works in his studio, a small, nondescript room about a mile away from his home in the Brooklyn [...]

For Brooklyn artist Laurie Fader, painting a landscape is a process of translating an experience. "I want to capture what a place feels like, smells like, sounds like--all the sensations," […]

The quality of the light in Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the tip of Cape Cod, has attracted artists for decades. The light reflecting off the waves, the dunes, and the low [...]

Paducah, Kentucky, and Santa Ana, California, have little in common--except that both are havens for artists. In an effort to revitalize downtown areas, Paducah and Santa Ana implemented iniatives to […]

Many of Dinah Maxwell Smith's oil paintings have a light, almost translucent quality, and while her work appears very realistic from a distance, closer inspection reveals a looseness that she's [...]

Jeff Miller feels it is important to explore a wide range of approaches to oil painting in order to keep the process stimulating for himself and viewers. Jeff Miller of [...]

Not only do Californian Don Hatfield s light-filled impressionistic paintings sell very well, but so do the screen prints that are created from them. Here, the artist talks about the […]

To Milo 'Skip' Whitcomb, pastel painting is that wonderful marriage of drawing and painting. But when painting outdoors, Whitcomb uses oils, rather than pastels, to do his initial sketches. He [...]

When Herman Margulies first started to paint with pastels, he found the paper fraught with problems. "I realized that the surface was relatively smooth and required the use of fixatives […]

For Diana Randolph, discovering pastels was a serendipitous experience. While working at a gallery, she came across the book Drawing With Pastels, by Ron Lister (Prentice-Hall). 'I borrowed it overnight [...]

Alan Larkin is an associate professor of fine arts at Indiana University at South Bend. He received his B.A. degree from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and his M.F.A. from [...]

An alternative venue such as The Art Sales & Rental Gallery at the Philadelphia Museum of Art can provide artists with invaluable exposure. Located within the Philadelphia Museum of Art, [...]

Two artists-turned-gallery-directors share their unique viewpoint on the business of art. What happens when artists become gallery owners? For Connie Bostic and Michael Shanoski, their galleries have taken precedence over [...]

California gallery owner Ray Redfern bases his business on making the artist-dealer relationship mutually beneficial. Here's his advice for artists. Back in the mid-1970s, Ray Redfern discovered his calling. As [...]

Gregory Lucas, owner of one of the most successful Midwestern galleries, discusses his business relationships. Gregory Lucas, owner of the G.C. Lucas Gallery in Indianapolis, is remarkably unassuming considering the [...]

Steeped in an iridescent, early evening light, Linden Frederick's oil paintings depict a rural America, landscape defined by a contemporary mobile society. Bathed in a gloomy combination of natural and [...]

Profiles New York City painter Laurie Fader. Characteristics of her landscape paintings; Career and educational background; Sponsor of her trip to Hungary in 2000.

Features the oil paintings of Linden Frederick that depict rural American landscape. Background on his painting process; Materials he used; Basis of every picture he paints.

Features New York City artist Mary Close and her still life paintings. How Close chooses objects essential to the success of her paintings; Colors that Close frequently use; Close' favorite subject to paint; Information on Close education and art works.