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Auction Preview: Bonham's Auction 2048519th Century Paintings, Drawings &...
Henry Tanworth WellsPortrait of Emma and Federica Bankes of Soughton Hall at their Dressing Table (1869)oil on canvas57⁵/₁₆ X 48⅟₁₆ in.Bonham's Auction House, London, will be holding its sale of 19th...
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Arcadia Gallery at the LA Art Show
Mary Jane AnsellGirl Ashoreoil on panel20 X 13.5 in.New York City's leading venue for contemporary representational art, Arcadia Gallery, is heading west this week to give Californians a first-hand,...
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Max Ginsburg NYC Workshop April 2013
Max Ginsburg is offering a five-day workshop at The Art Sudents League of New York this April, from the 15th through the 19th. Enrollment is limited to 12 students, with a fee of $800 per person for...
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Jeremy Lipking: Upcoming California Workshops
Artist Jeremy Lipking has recently announced two upcoming workshops:Painting the FigureLipking Studio, Agoura Hills, CAMarch 1 - 3, 2013Tuition: $495"All aspects of painting the figure from life will...
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Color Palettes: Rupert Alexander (b. 1975)
Rupert AlexanderRobert van Wijkoil on canvas70 X 60 cm.With the frenetic pace of life that most people keep today, it can be quite difficult for a portrait artist to pin down a sitter long enough to...
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Random Inspiration: John MacDonald Aiken
John MacDonald AikenPortrait of the Artist and his Wife (1910)oil on canvas181 X 114.3 cmScotsman John MacDonald Aiken was born in Aberdeen in 1880, and remained there in the great "Grey City" for most...
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Words of Wisdom: Harrington Mann (1864-1937)
Harrington MannPortrait of a Young Girl (1927)oil on canvas29 X 25 in."There is one thing about painting – you can be a student to the end of your days. You can never learn all you want to know....
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Sneak Peek: Maxwell Alexander GalleryDrawings and Works on Paper
Vincent XeusString, in the Event of Lightcharcoal and pastel25 X 19.5 in.California's young, and very promising, Maxwell Alexander Gallery will celebrate the art of drawing with an exhibition opening...
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A Survey of 19th c. French Palettes
Prior to the 19th century, artists typically employed a palette composed primarily of earth-based pigments. But advances in the science of color and vision, discoveries in chemistry, and new methods...
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Words of Wisdom: Aldro T. Hibbard
"[Hibbard] has something that the other American painters of these snow scenes, able as they are, do not possess – a superior subtilty (sic), a sense of values, a faculty of lifting the work above the...
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Lecture: "Significance of the Boston School"
There will be an open house at the Ingbretson Studio with a lecture by Paul Ingbretson on the Boston School of Painting – of which he is a part of the lineage - on March 3rd.
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Virtual Tour of Whistler's Peacock Room
"The Story of the Beautiful – Freer, Whistler, & Their Points of Contact"The Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art, in collaboration with Wayne State University in Detroit, has created an online...
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Fiery Joe
James Abbott McNeill WhistlerSymphony in White, No. 1 : The White Girl (1862)oil on canvas83⅞ X 42½ in.What may be surprising to today's audience of art appreciators is that when James Abbott McNeill...
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Better Know the Historic Palette: Who You Callin' Yeller?
Hal Jordan AKA Green Lantern"You say his name is 'The Yellow Fellow'? Sorry Justice League," (cough, cough). "I don't think I can help you save the world today. Er, I think I'm coming down with a...
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What's On View: March 2013
Here are just a few exhibits and shows going on during the month of March. Most are in the mid-Atlantic area, and near to where I live, though several are events further afield which I wish I could...
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More Words of Wisdom: Aldro T. Hibbard
Art school gives you the fundamentals, the discipline, the tests. Then you must get out and set up your easel.The first fundamental is drawing.The most important fundamental rule in painting is...
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Sneak Peek: Maxwell Alexander Gallery "Still, Life, and Land"
Joseph TodorovitchRio20 X 16 in.oil on linenOpening tomorrow at the Maxwell Alexander Gallery in Culver City, California, is the new show "Still, Life, and Land," featuring a diverse set of artworks...
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Sneak Peek: John Pence Gallery Recent Arrivals
Will WilsonIvy7⅞ X 8⅛ in.oil on gold leaf panelThe John Pence Gallery in downtown San Francisco has long been one of the leading dealers of contemporary American realism in the country. Now in its 33rd...
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On the Newsstand: Illustration #40
Several years ago, a friend gave me some advice: "If you think you are going to buy more than two issues of an art magazine over the course of a year, then you are better off subscribing." It was his...
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On the Newsstand: International Artist #90
The latest issue of International Artist is now available, and if you have not yet seen it, I am proud to announce that it features a review by me, of Warren Chang: Narrative Paintings, the first book...
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