Just took a great workshop titled "Success as an Artist", lead by Catriona Fraser of the Fraser Gallery.  Ms Fraser gives this workshop once a month, to various art organizations and art spaces. If you are an artist living in the Washington Dc area, you might find...

Here I am, sitting in a doorway at Artomatic Frederick and noticing the art around me. I spot this small, 5"x7", photo. It is titled ,"The Infected Are Coming". I like the mystery of the work, the limited palette, and the implied Zombie invasion. Plus, it only costs...

Sometimes I find myself artistically "burnt Out", especially when I have just finished several large paintings. I find painting some small works, pieces that only take a few hours to complete, refreshes my spirit. Here is a sampling of what I have been up to the last...

I saw this work by Ann Harris at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington , Dc. as part of an exhibition titlted  " Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013".   The figure in the red robe reminds me of  the painting "The Call" (see last post).  See this work, and...

Just a gorgeous surreal painting by a woman artist in the 1960's. Isn't this work so haunting and memorable? From Wikipedia, concerning her technique..."After 1949 Varo developed her mature style, which remains beautifully enigmatic and instantly recognizable. She...

I am still creating this painting, slowly building up layers of encaustic and such. You may not be able to tell, but this painting has white flower like objects applied at the hat around the figure. The back gold patterns were created by painting a bright gold...