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Artist of the Week: Filbert Arzelos
Congratulations to Filbert Arzelos, whose work has been recognized in the monthly Plein Air Salon.
Drawing as a Way of Seeing
"My creative process is inherently about labor, and against the modern backdrop of instant, image-driven gratification, I have found the physical process involved in the painstaking, craft-driven rendering of a subject or a moment to be ever more important."
Creativity, Happiness, and Stillness
"Just like the girl in my painting 'The Color Collector,' creating art was for me a refuge, a place where I was with myself, away from my country."
A Slice of Americana
In her illustrative storytelling, Morgan Irons often maintains a mystery that holds viewers’ interest and invites them to ...
Civil War Art: Re-Enactments From an Artist’s Perspective
William Blake is “obsessed” with America’s Civil War and has made a life, and a living, re-enacting and memorializing its events. Here's how, and why.
It’s Personal: Portrait Paintings by Nanette Fluhr
Nanette Fluhr's portrait paintings have a personal touch that transcends the artist/model relationship, inviting the viewer to feel a similar sense of connection within her works. In this Q&A with Daniel Maidman, she explains how.
Serenity Within Disunion
Learn about a self-taught realist painter whose autobiographical portraits use symbolism and highly detailed compositions to explore her struggle with social anxiety.
Shades of Blue: Drawings, Watercolors, and Works on Paper
“Shades of Blue” is revival of a drawing show, titled (appropriately enough) “Blue Drawings” which was first exhibited at Portraits, Inc. in June 2015...
Paintings Inspired by the Cosmos and More
Figurative realists Sara and Shane Scribner share their inspiration: Sara, for her "Nightfall" series of paintings of women who have found a place of calm and introspection within the looming nightfall; and Shane, for his paintings highlighting light and contrast.
Painting with Fire: How Destruction Creates Beauty
This Dutch artist’s time-intensive process requires extraordinary patience, focus, and accuracy: "For me, this is an exciting way of working where destruction creates new life and beauty.”