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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