"Manet did not do the expected. He was a pioneer. He followed his individual whim. Told the public what he wanted it to know, not the ...

All images of paintings   by Camille Pisarro “The originality here is profoundly human. It is not derived from a certain facility of ha...

Sorry I've been out of touch! I've resolved to post more frequently, even if it's only a beautiful work of art, an inspiring quo...

The River Gallery School sells a booklet on the process for $15. A couple of weeks ago I plunged into a painting class while visiting f...

File under "humble subject matter." One of art's tasks in our time is to reveal beauty in the mundane, to raise the commonplac...

My parents had a print of a European harbor scene that occupied a place of honor in my boyhood home. It hung over our  wooden record cabinet...

This week in my weekly painting workshop in Lowell we set ourselves the task of painting the sensation of flowers - we were to paint not the...