Kremer Pigments

by | Feb 24, 2010 | blog

If you love color, please view the pages titled “Colors of Nature” on the Kremer Pigments website.  The photos are gorgeous, with plants, flowers and minerals artfully arranged around bursts of pure color.  Although I rarely use pigments, sometimes I go to this site...

Robin Rosner

by | Feb 21, 2010 | blog

Robin Rosner paints landscapes in oil. The above painting is titled “Sunrise over Tuscany”. Robin’s work can be seen at two websites.Check out  more of her work at  RobinRosner or at lWPA.

Peabody Essex Museum

by | Feb 20, 2010 | blog

This piece  , a figurine from the tomb of an unknown ruler, AD 550 – 650,is from the show  “Fiery Pool:The Maya and the Mythic Sea”. Doesn’t this goat look like he is thinking? Here a some info from the website…”Surrounded by the sea in all directions, the...

Robin Denevan

by | Feb 10, 2010 | blog

Here is my favorite painting from the show titled “WORKING WITH WAX: Contemporary Encaustic Painting in Northern California.  And here is Robin’s Artist Statement, copied from the website. Robin Denevan’s latest work was inspired by his travels to China’s Yunnan...

A is for Anacostia

by | Feb 6, 2010 | blog

This is my try at book illustration. It is for a future alphabet book, with historical Anacostia the subject. I don’t know yet whether I will be selected for this job, but I thought it might interest  any students of art to see how I altered my illuminated letter for...