Artists are always nervous before a big show, hoping for the best reaction … and fearing the worst. Andrew Rodgers has reason to be especially tense. “Our Memories as Water,” an exhibit of Rodgers’ ...

Art has always been a part of Nick Savides’ life. As a child, he learned to paint from his mother. At Brandeis University, he studied under New York figurative painter Paul Georges, from whom he ...

Painting before the armory show. Popular realism. William Michael Harnett ; Academic Idealism. George DeForest Brush ; Naturalism. George Wesley Bellows -- Naturalism in painting and naturalism in ...

The divide between abstract and realistic art is one of the biggest misconceptions in painting. In truth, every piece of ...

At first glance, there does not seem to be much overlap between the art of Anna Kaye and Sarah McKenzie, two Colorado artists having solo exhibitions in Denver at this moment. Kaye’s “Finding Light,” ...

Realism and its derivations are still hot properties in the fine arts, especially in contemporary painting, and this is a good time to immerse yourself in works of this type. Robischon Gallery is ...

Emily Harrington is as equally at ease being handed an easel as an equation, or dance slippers and a data set. But while the lifelong South Shore resident may defy being labeled as more left-brained ...

RED BANK - If you think artists are born with talent, think again. “Great artists aren’t born, they’re educated — that’s kind of a tagline I’ve come up with,” said Tim Reynolds, president of Ani Art ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — When a dog growled at one of Barrie Barnett's paintings, she wasn't offended. The Annapolis artist strives for realism in her work, so when a real dog thinks his painted ...

Periquet uses brush and palette knife techniques to create this realism, down to the water, trees and rocks. Periquet uses brush and palette knife techniques to create this realism, down to the water, ...