MY JOURNEY TO THE FINE ART WORLD DENNIS MATHEWSON

In the 1990s, my custom paint shop, Cosmic Airbrush, worked with many fine artists in Hawaii. In addition, we serviced many well-known fine artists involving clear coat applications and repairs. As a result, I got to know many artists and folks associated with the galleries.

Mid Journey Al And Art By Susan Corbell

What is art? Frankly, that’s a question that I think many people have asked for a long time.

HARK SPACE SHIP

For this project, I will be using the following equipment and materials: IWATA Eclipse HP-CS Airbrush.

ARTIST BUTCH HARTMAN

I took all sorts of art classes in high school, and after graduating, I went to a community college for graphic design and digital imaging.

Beautiful Blossoms

Kathy Anderson discusses her techniques and what inspired her to start painting florals

PAINTING IN THE GARDEN

James Gurney shares his experience painting botanical subjects outdoors in water media

Searching for HOME

New York artist Gigi Chen shares her deeply personal experience painting a large-scale muralthe size of a bedroom-for an artist residency

The Feeling of the Sea

Jo Payne creates textured coastal paintings in oil using a classic notan as a starting point

Atmospheric Gardens

Adjusting the intensity, temperature and placement of her colors, Kathleen Rietz creates airy florals

An Improbable PUNK

Marc Dennis subverts beauty's allure by introducing elements that turn our perception on its head.

MODERN MOSAICS

COLLECTOR'S FOCUS MODERN ART

A Sense of Vitality

Aura Skugariene uses a hatching technique to create her colored pencil portraits

Visual Paths

George Tsakiris concentrates on the relationships and interplay between objects in his still lifes

On the WATER

COLLECTOR'S FOCUS SEASCAPES, RIVERS AND LAKES

Found in Translation

These works exist way outside of the box. In fact, forget the box altogether.

Artful Atlanta

A select group of the country’s top plein air artists convene in Georgia to capture the region’s beauty in real time.

ON YOUR OWN

The advantages of going solo and selling your own artwork

COLLABORATING COLLECTORS

A couple in California curates a thoughtful yet intuitively guided collection of contemporary art.

The Art Lover's Guide to Collecting Fine Art in Texas

As the second largest state in the U.S., it should come as no surprise that Texas has a lot to offer.

The INK and the GRAIN

Using the Japanese moku hanga technique, Leon Loughridge creates rich woodblock prints of the American Southwest

Radically Human

Working with his reference to develop a concept, Grant Gilsdorf imbues his paintings with narrative and meaning

The Best of the Best

Oil Painters of America presents 200 works by today’s top representational artists in its 32” annual National Juried Exhibition.

Organic Elements

Page was the Grand Prize Winner in International Artist magazine's Challenge No. 133, Florals & Gardens.

A Borderless World

Treacy Ziegler shares her thoughts on art, the evolution of her process and the unusual venues that have provided fodder for her work.

A Celebration of Women Artists

Lee Vasu has been hosting an annual juried exhibition of exceptional women artists at Dacia Gallery in New York’s East Village for 10 years now.

American Purgatory

Artist Marc Trujillo distills the sterility of American consumerism into haunting snapshots of the mundane, liminal, moments that make up much of our lives.

Jeff Koons Goes to the Moon

Having conquered this world or at least become one of our most famous and priciest artists Jeff Koons is pushing his art beyond the limits of boring old earth.

Anatomy Lesson

How one prominent female artist is using an X-Acto knife to reimagine the male-dominated canon of photography

Joyful Show-off's

There’s still life painting, and then there’s garden-to-easel still life painting. “Except for the orchids, everything that I paint, we have grown in our garden,” floral artist Jane Jones tells us. In other words, she takes process to a higher level.

BOUNTIFUL Bouquets

Mary Oliver stood among the flowers and wrote, “The poet must not only write the poem but must scrutinize the world intensely, or anyway that part of the world he or she has taken for subject.