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Go behind the scenes of how Eric Wert creates masterful Dutch-inspired still life paintings of subjects that are common, yet "unknowable."

Congratulations to Kerri McAuliffe, whose work has been recognized in the PleinAir Salon.

Discover gender-composite realistic drawings that explore the themes of femininity in art history and gender identity today.

The expression “Greatness is in Simplicity” could not be better suited for this organic and valuable technique. At its base are natural ingredients such as...

Based in Seattle, Washington, Irish artist and educator Mark Kang-O'Higgins explains that he became an artist to understand the world and himself: "I paint oil portraits because they help me understand other people."

Through careful development of design, Zhaoming Wu takes the subject to a higher level and develops the conversion from idea to visual usability.

Representational artist Christina Szakonyi takes us behind the scenes of her equine painting, "Unbridled." Click through and ask yourself if you make any of these assumptions.

Rose Frantzen creates figurative, serial, allegorical, and installation works in oil and multimedia. Listen to her podcast interview with Eric Rhoads, view a variety of her works, and learn about her exciting art projects here.

The confusion around the word “kitsch” is common because its usage has been largely isolated to low-skilled productions, but it doesn't have to be associated with something negative. Luke Hillestad explains.

"Finding a clever connection between objects and observations can be exciting but it’s important to avoid the pitfall of letting the message overwhelm the mechanics." Katharine Krieg explains why the constant underlying job of any painter is to make a structurally sound painting with building blocks like balance, value, and good drawing.