Paradigm Shift

Margaret Morrison has been drawn to Baroque painting since she was a young girl. As an adult, she developed a mastery of the contrast of light and dark that characterizes Baroque style.

Emotion in Motion

In a dynamic collaboration between 33 Contemporary Gallery and PoetsArtists, a group of talented international artists explore the human form in motion through their own unique interpretations of the theme.

Wild World

Throughout the month of August, George Billis Gallery in New York City will present new wildlife works from India-based painter Sushma Jain, who has devoted her life and work to the care of and compassion for animals.

JANIS SANDERS Drama and Beauty

Artist Janis Sanders is known for his paintings of “big blue skies” and depictions of isolated homes and structures.

GENEVIEVE MAY Seeing Red

Genevieve May’s father, artist Dennis Nolan, said, “Keeping it simple and magical is the best way to travel. And the magic is always there if we take the time to notice it.”

COME TOGETHER

The Art of the Portrait and the 25-Year History of the Portrait Society of America

ARTISTS of the WORLD UNITE!

Vincent Miller, founder and original publisher of International Artist, tells us why and how he launched this much-loved magazine 25 years ago

PAINT FIRST, THEN DRAW

James Gurney shows how you can use drawing tools over a watercolor or gouache painting to add lines, details and texture

BLAZING The TRAIL

International Artist's inaugural cover artist, watercolorist Alvaro Castagnet

The architecture of water

When Then I moved from Toronto to a tiny community in Nova Scotia, I became fascinated by the ocean, its reflections and endlessly shifting patterns of color and light

Saturated World

Emphasizing the beauty of nature, Joe A. Oakes paints landscapes with warm colors and imaginative compositions

SCRATCHING THE SURFACE

A brief overview of some of the new surfaces being used today with a focus on painting

Forwad MOMENTUM

Artist Lisa Gleim shares the evolution of her career and how she grew into her preferred medium of pastels

A Portable WINDOW

Scott Prior's Seasons

TEAM of ARTISTS

Sculptor Bryce Pettit and a crew of artisans illuminate the bronze process in Utah.

The Art Lover's Guide to Collecting Fine Art in New England, Cape Cod & the Islands

July marks the peak of the summer season on the East Coast and it's especially festive in the picturesque towns that populate the New England seaboard and the quaint islands around it.

PROCESS AND PURPOSE

Bobby Beals presents the first solo exhibition of Coulter Prehm's work in a decade, opening with a special culinary collaboration.

The Knife's Edge

Actor, artist and adrenaline junkie Michael McGrady finds balance in the drama of paint.

Luis Alvarez Roure: Portrait of Felix Oduyemi

Unveiling spotlights a recently completed portrait commission or figurative work from some of the best and most active members of the Portrait Society of America. This month, Kimberly Azzarito, Assistant Director of the Portrait Society, interviewed Luis Alvarez Roure about his recently completed portrait commission of Felix Oduyemi.

Art in the Outdoors

The 39th Annual Sculpture in the Park Show and Sale returns to Loveland, Colorado, to celebrate the art form in all its glory.

Summer Scenes

Contemporary paintings of New England are as varied as its architecture, landscapes and weather.

A Summer Celebration

The Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach returns for its annual showcase of award-winning California artists in a two-month-long affair.

Mythology-Making

The uncompromising F. Scott Hess reflects on completing a massive biblical-themed mural and the new direction his work is headed.

PATRICK KRAMER Masterworks in Ruins

In his second solo show at Arcadia Contemporary, Patrick Kramer offers an array of \"destroyed masterpieces.\" Kramer recreates famous paintings as if they had been damaged in some way.

DEPTH of DIMENSION

Among the ancient figurines of prehistory is the Venus of Willendorf, a four-and-a-half-inch limestone carving with enlarged breasts, stomach and thighs.

Building Better Worlds

Tips for making your story concrete.

THE MEUSEUM OF HUMAN HISTORY

READING The Museum of Human History felt like listening to a great harmonic hum. After I finished it I found the hum lingering in my ears. Its echo continued for days.

The Sea Elephants

SHASTRI Akella's poised, elegant debut, The Sea Elephants, is a bildungsroman of a young man who joins a street theater group in India after fleeing his father's violent disapproval, the death of his twin sisters, and his mother's unfathomable grief.

Literary MagNet

When Greg Marshall began writing the essays that would become his memoir, Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew From It (Abrams Press, June 2023), he wanted to explore growing up in Utah and what he calls \"the oddball occurrences in my oddball family.\" He says, \"I wanted to call the book Long-Term Side Effects of Accutane and pitch it as Six Feet Under meets The Wonder Years.\" But in 2014 he discovered his diagnosis of cerebral palsy, information his family had withheld from him for nearly thirty years, telling him he had \"tight tendons\" in his leg. This revelation shifted the focus of the project, which became an \"investigation into selfhood, uncovering the untold story of my body,\" says Marshall. Irreverent and playful, Leg reckons with disability, illness, queerness, and the process of understanding our families and ourselves.

We Are a Haunting

TYRIEK White’s debut novel, We Are a Haunting, strikes me as both a love letter to New York City and a kind of elegy.