Studio Update: Keep On With The Keeping On
Phew! Summer is really coming in quickly, isn’t it?! I can’t believe it’s already getting to be the middle of May. Where did all the time go? Before I know […]
Tag Archives: Painting
Maria Izaquierdo: Despite Risk And Circumstance
One hundred years after her birth, Maria Izaquirdo was declared a Monumento Artistico de la Nacion. She lived in the same age of Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros, Frida Kahlo. Her […]
Frida Kahlo: Weighed, Measured and Commodified
In celebration of Cinco De Mayo (coming up on Monday!) my next three posts will be about three important female Mexican Artists. Finding these artists should have been easier, but […]
Sonja Barbaric: Let It Out In The Open
What is it that draws me to Sonja Barbaric’s drawings and paintings? It might be the just-veiled, raw emotions they hold in their elongated fingers. Maybe its because they feel […]
Studio Update: Drawing on Distortion
These days I feel a little bit like I am living my life on a stop-watch. I get a little bit of this and a little bit of that done, […]
Studio Update: Springing Into Art
I heard that the north east got some… dare I say it… snow today. *HUGE SAD FACE* It has definitely been feeling like spring in my studio though. Actually, it’s […]
Erin Murray: Hierarchies of Limitations and Opportunities
I first had the honor of meeting Erin Murray when I was a sophomore in college. She is the good friend of my undergrad professor, a fantastic painter, and one […]
Alessandra Sulpy – Figur(ing) It Out
It is my pleasure to write about a fellow traveling artist today. Alessandra Sulpy currently lives outside of Pittsburgh, but she is from a little bit of everywhere. She was […]
Lindsey Carr: La Bizarre Singerie
I really enjoy the complex compositions of artist Lindsey Carr. “The White Heron is not a species of Heron but is simply a Great Blue Heron with a rare mutation […]
Stephen Wright; Drawing on Art History to Draw like a BAMF
It’s good to remember that no one can visually hand your ass to you like a strong figurative painter. Literally: Looking at photography has been really great and inspiring lately, […]
