Michael Price, painting with natural & mineral pigments “The archetypal world inside ourselves is just as real – or imaginary – as the physical world we inhabit.” With Renaissance Art as his ‘guiding star,’ American Michael Price has been a professional painter since the 1980s. Making his own pigments from minerals, rocks and crystals just …
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David Mayernik, working in the way of the Old Masters The classical art of the Renaissance tradition is rooted in drawing. It is this fundamental skill that allows the painter to design buildings, the designer to sculpt, the craftsman to compose. Opera sets, frescoes for theaters and churches, painted doors and frame designs; grisaille, gouache, …
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Marianne Pados, figurative painting from Norway Marianne Pados was born in Budapest. Before her mid twenties she moved to Norway. She got her artistic education at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Complutanse University in Madrid. There she was thoroughly trained in classical painting techniques, and obtained good understanding of the old masters paintings. Over …
Carla Golembe, Why I Continue to Paint Joy & Beauty I’ve often thought that as humans we straddle the river of our potential with one foot on each bank. Our capacity for love and compassion is equaled by our ability to turn our backs on one another and by the biases and hatreds that people …
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Tricia Cline, Exiles in Lower Utopia EXILES IN LOWER UTOPIA This body of work is an ode to the Animal, its ability to perceive, and our return to that perception. An animal is its very form. Its function is its form. A dog runs at full speed, a distinct scent or sound alters its direction. …
Private art collection, Utrecht, Netherlands After visiting family in South Africa, we spent four nights in Utrecht, Netherlands, staying Airbnb with our host Cees (pronounced Keese). Dennis had originally intended for us to stay for one week in Amsterdam but he had been completely unable to book anything Airbnb for the entire week as there …
Chantal Littleton, painting our guardian angels Chantal works in oils, as well as acrylics, both on canvas as well as tar board and, most recently, plaster board. Her art is characterized by vibrant colors and contrasting shapes, always endowed with a passion for the life she loves. Most recently, she has enjoyed a delightful success …
Ravenswood Atelier, studio visit Chicago The first thing that hits you when you walk into the Ravenswood Atelier is the inky darkness and the sheer scale of the place. It’s enormous! The cavernous space is draped with black cloth and lit carefully by artificial or natural overhead light. Magda was away and the dramatic and …
