Monday Morning Art School: what is alla prima painting?
Today, there are far more modern painters pursuing alla prima than indirect painting, but one isn’t inherently better than the other. In fact, with new materials solving the age-old problems of chroma and cracking, who knows if indirect painting is due for a rebirth?
Sunset over Cadillac Mountain
Art is not judged by the effort that goes into a particular piece, but by whether it ploughs new ground, challenges ideas, is technically skilled and provokes a response.
Art heist, and this one was personal
In comparison to the $4-6 billion in art crimes annually, this one was a drop in a very big bucket. But I take it very personally.
Monday Morning Art School: the color of light
Additive and subtractive light refer to two different color systems, but they both affect painting, so you should understand them.
Landscape paintings that are signposts
. Just as we’ve all blurred the line between our own bodies and the airbrushed influencers out there, we’ve all gotten used to online images with the weak spots airbrushed out.