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The inspirational art of Richard D. Wilson, Jr.
"Bec, the protagonist ... is a young woman owning her sexuality and strength."
I could have been a top-notch, strictly-representational painter if I stuck to my guns from the get-go. But I got restless...
What makes a portrait so appealing that one would buy a painting of someone they don’t know?
"Painting this dwelling was a form of worship," said Mario Robinson. "This building served free African Americans on the island of ..."
What is the most interesting thing you have painted/sculpted and why?
Shawn Michael Warren: I would have to say that my allegory, “In a Promised Land” stands as the most interesting subject I’ve covered. It was the first time I ventured into narrative painting, as well as depicting death and destruction in my work. The piece covers the story of...
"My goal in this painting was to pull the subject's shadowed face out of the darkness, allowing only the light areas to contain detail while handling the dark of his clothing and chair with a gestural, even calligraphic brushwork."
This annual art competition offers $50,000 grand prize is the largest offered solely to ...
Adrienne Stein shares her process for painting the contemporary realism portrait "Wild Orchid," which consisted of a different approach ...
Watch: Susan Blackwood takes a painting that started en plein air and shares her concepts to make it an even more powerful work of art once in the studio.