In his 1889 book, “How to judge of a picture”, John C. Van Dyke thoroughly describes how » Read More
Art History
Advice for creating and critiquing paintings – Part 2
In his 1889 book, “How to judge of a picture”, John C. Van Dyke thoroughly » Read More
Abram Efimovich Arkhipov
It was during the latter months of » Read More
Naturalism
I first heard the term “Naturalism” in 1987 when » Read More
The Barbizon influence
It was in an Art History class in college, » Read More
Charles-Francois Daubigny
An important art critic of the mid 1800s said » Read More
The value of still life painting
I have created a number of still life paintings during » Read More
The best plein air painter of all time?
A few years ago the Meadows Museum in Dallas hosted » Read More
Norman Rockwell
When I was going for a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in » Read More
Frederic Rodrigo Gruger – Illustrator from the Golden Age
The last quarter of the 1800s in America produced, what seems » Read More
John Francis Murphy – American tonalist
Exactly 100 years ago yesterday » Read More
Stanhope Alexander Forbes
“I had come from France and, wandering down » Read More