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Fine Art vs. Illustration: Can the Battle Continue… Please?
Fine art is elite and academic and snobby and well, how do I say this bluntly? it is the finest, the… Read more Fine Art vs. Illustration: Can the Battle Continue… Please?
Giverny, You Are a Part of Me
My university art history classes filled my mind with inspiration and my heart with the greatest desire to travel the… Read more Giverny, You Are a Part of Me
Graduate School, So Painful, So Confusing…Why?
What I did not know at the time was every push and painful poke of those professors was supposed to make me more confident in my own ideas.
SPOTLIGHT ARTIST: Anne Jackson…my mom
My mom has been building decorative and functional ceramic art since the early 80’s when she went to college for… Read more SPOTLIGHT ARTIST: Anne Jackson…my mom
SPOTLIGHT ARTIST: Shaun Ellsworth
I had the privilege of knowing Shaun for many years. When he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer… Read more SPOTLIGHT ARTIST: Shaun Ellsworth
SPOTLIGHT:
Watercolor ink drawing of dragon.
Spotlight Illustrator: Patrick Scullin
Patrick Scullin is an award winning illustrator, designer and cartoonist. Patrick’s illustration style is a blend of traditional drawing, inking, painting and… Read more Spotlight Illustrator: Patrick Scullin
Spotlight Artist: Helen Melville
I have always loved art, especially drawing ever since I was little. I remember back in elementary school we decorated… Read more Spotlight Artist: Helen Melville