Mickayel Thurin Fosters Compassion With Emotionally Charged Portraits [Interview]
“When you have a panic attack, you feel like you’re dying,” says portrait artist
Michael Caines and the Unbearable Weight of Genius Cat Art
Late in 2022 crowds of cat-eared animal enthusiasts descended upon Pasadena’s Convention
Painter Jay Silverstein: ‘A Great Existential Crisis’ Looms on the Horizon [Interview]
Jay Silverstein kicks off his artist statement with a staggering statistic: “The
Dream-Like Paintings From Madeline Brice Waver Between Perception and Reality
Why do we confuse dreams with reality? Mounting evidence suggests everything we experience
Our Favorite NOT REAL ART Stories From 2022
From exquisitely staged photographs to heart-stopping digital collages, NOT REAL
‘Wild Child’ Ruth Chase Ponders What It Means To Be Human
Multimedia artist Ruth Chase sees female identity in complex shades of gray—sometimes
The Transcendental Beauty of Susan Chambers’ Southern Gardens
Susan Chambers strays far from the American standard of a manicured lawn and a garden
Yarn Painter Robert Forman Illuminates His World With Colorful Skeins of String
When Robert Forman first glued his mother’s embroidery thread to a collage back
Buoyant Paintings From Heather Robinson Look at the Bright Side of Life
“I have a magpie-like attraction to bright, colorful, decorated objects, but an
Reflections on the New Year: 5 Artist Who Immortalize Themselves Through Self-Portraiture
New Years is often a time for list-making, lofty goals, and new haircuts. While we
The Color of Love: Figure Painter Betsy Podlach Luxuriates in Sensual Bedroom Scenes
A bouquet of roses, a calamine-colored hair scrunchie, rumpled coral sheets, an apple
‘Art Nerd’ Kenish Magwood Creates Comic-Themed Work About the Black Experience [Interview]
“As a Black woman in America, I am in a constant state of double consciousness,”
Yin Ming Wong Uses Ping-Pong as a Metaphor for Code-Switching
“Ping-Pong has become my way to visually describe the experience of being Asian
Eggs, Legs, and Periods: Ashley DuRard on the Raw Beauty of Womanhood
During breakfast an unfertilized egg escapes, slips, sloshes over the side of a spoon.
German Painter Daniel Richter Returns to LA With Color and Fury
“Violence and love, like obsession and submission, are close bedfellows, and then
Yura Adams’ Icy, Poetic Works Arrive Just in Time For Winter
Western Massachusetts-based installation artist and painter Yura Adams has gotten
Pop-Surrealist Brandi Milne Bridges the Gap Between Halloween and Christmas
Isolated in her Fisher-Price-filled studio, Elton John tickling the ivories in the
Paintings of Innocence and Experience From Children’s Book Illustrator Nicoletta Ceccoli
“What is beautiful and sweet often hides dark suggestions,” says children’s
Hypnotic Paintings and Drawings From June Edmonds ‘Feel Like Love’
“The most soul-stirring, heart-opening memories that I have are black … and
Anya Kotler’s Sculpted Paintings Flicker Between Dimensions
“The satisfaction of giving form to the abstraction of thought and following instinctual
Improvisational Paintings From Thomas Brodhead Reveal the Pressures of Modern Life
“Arranging black glyphs on white paper grew tiresome.” And, with that, Thomas
Jeannie Rhyu’s Moody Paintings ‘Float Between Surrealism, Folklore, and Dreams’ [Interview]
“I've always been really interested in light and the way it glows, blazes,
Figure Painter Jackie Nagel Explores the Painful Process of Growth
A 2011 study on creativity reveals that “the creative process is characterized
Nostalgic for the ‘90s? Alex Coronel Creates a Pop-Culture ‘Cluster-Fuck’
“Mmm, good Squishee.” Fans of The Simpsons’ canonical years (seasons two through
Portrait Painter Cara Guri Slips Between Seen and Unseen Realms
“The slippery boundary between the seen and unseen, known and unknown” lies at