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by Debra Keirce As I was painting a piece I’m calling Horsepower, I found myself thinking about how we had to adapt from horse-drawn wagons to automobiles for our national highways to function. We had to get more specific about addresses on postcards as towns became more populated. Every time we surge forward, we have to pivot. We can’t predict what we will need to change, but we know that change is always on the horizon. It’s so easy to abandon ship and start anew every time change is required. But perseverance is so much more rewarding if we can just figure…

My Rehab and Recovery Experiences After Repeated Diagnostic Painter Exposure By Debra Keirce, Guest Contributor Disclaimer: I am of sound mind. I am making these choices without coercion, duress, or the influence of mind-altering substances (unless you count the fumes of that expensive tubed medium). I take full responsibility for any and all mental or physical damage – including, but not limited to, obsessive edge-checking and unbroken gradient insomnia that occurs due to my willingness to submit to the teachings of Anthony Waichulis. Have you ever considered the Ani Art Academies curriculum? Perhaps you’ve flirted with buying the Language of…

An article by Frank Musto For generations, artists have blurred the boundary between reality and illusion. In the era of artificial intelligence, that line is becoming almost impossible to see. The question many viewers now ask when standing before a technically masterful painting is no longer “How did you paint that?” but rather, “Is this AI?” Ironically, this uncertainty may place AI in direct conversation with one of art history’s oldest visual tricks: Trompe l’œil. French for “deceive the eye,” trompe l’œil painting was designed to fool viewers into believing painted objects were real. Artists painstakingly rendered wood grain, folded…