Painting above: Xue Wang, Uninvited Guest I can’t believe some of the shit my brain says. I wouldn’t let anyone talk to me the way I talk to myself …
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The Inner Critic
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Gun Violence
Another shooting. Artists, help me grieve. My job is to look. I want no subject to be taboo. If it is a face, I will look. If it is death, I …
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Art Trumps Politics
A strong relationship between the arts and politics, particularly between various kinds of art and power, occurs across historical epochs and cultures. As they respond to contemporaneous events and politics, …
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Patty Haller: The League’s Official “Artist Not in Residence”
The League is proud to announce our official Artist-Not-In-Residence: Patty Haller. She will be using the front studio space to paint a 12′ panel for her January solo show at Smith & Vallee …
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Marc Dalessio’s Winter Landscape Demo
Recently I’ve posted several painters’ interviews from Painting Perceptions, so today I wanted to branch out a little. I was happy to find this Youtube painting demo with some helpful information …
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Casey Klahn
“The Colorist” Casey Klahn is an American pastel artist born in 1958 in Hoquiam, Washington, now living in Davenport. His pastel landscapes are abstracted shapes where color gets to play.
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Mitchell Albala: Simplification and Massing
Excerpt from Mitchell Albala’s Book: Simplification and Massing The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. – Hans Hoffman At a recent workshop, …
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Mark Bohne on Painting Perceptions
Marc Bohne January 29, 2010 By Larry Interview on Painting Perceptions Marc Bohne Clearing Sky, oil on panel, 6 x 7 inches Marc Bohne is a landscape painter from Seattle, …
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100 Paintings of Water
Painting above by Fredericka Foster. More by Foster at the end of this post. What makes painted water look like water? Is it the tone of blue, or by the reflective color …
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