Just finished this little painting. Been wanting to do it for a while now, but kept feeling like the larger paintings should come first. Thi...

Max Turner is an instructor at the California Art Institute ; other faculty members include artists like Tony Pro, Glen Orbik, Ryan Wurmse...

I went to Arcadia Gallery this Saturday to watch a demo by Jeremy Lipking . There were at least 50 people crammed into the gallery for the...

My painting July Serenade was a top 15% finalist in the Fine Art Studio's online painting competition. Check out all the great painting...

I had the privilege and honor of spending this past Monday up in Vermont with some great painters (and ticks, mosquitoes, and black flies)....

I have been working on a very large painting for just about 3 months now. I am determined to get it just right, and I'm going insane, pa...

I am slowly working my way through Harold Speed's book, Oil Painting Techniques And Materials . I'm only through the first chapter b...

I mainly use Gamblin and Winsor & Newton oil paints (I also use some Rembrandt, but the quality is noticeably different). I recently saw...

I recently received Juliette Aristides new book, Classical Painting Atelier. Juliette taught with Jacob Collins at the National Academy in N...

Just finished this new painting. It's 20x30 oil on linen and is actually a section of our backyard (I left out the ugly chain-link fence...

"there is a fascination and tranquility brought about by nature . . . as close to happiness as anything I know of." - Introduction...

I can honestly say, among with many other artists, that some of my first memories and desires for art came from watching it on TV. I didn...

This past weekend, I stopped by Susan Powell Fine Art for the reception of their current show "Putney Painters and Friends". The P...

Over the past month, I have been showing some work at Beardsley Fine Art , in their "A Moment's Beauty" group show. The Recep...

My brother and I had the opportunity to visit the Corcoran Gallery this last weekend to see the John Singer Sargent exhibition. Seeing the ...