Debra Keirce has been awarded Best in Show at the Small Works National Competition at…
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The following is based on the presentation given at the 2025 IX Arts convention. Humans form an initial visual interpretation…
Dust seems like a minor annoyance until you see it wreck a dark glaze or throw sparkles into a perfect…
For as long as artists have worked with brushes, pigments, and varnish, they have also experimented with ways to correct,…
In an art studio setting, critique can often feel like a high-wire act. To be most productive, it often calls…
In recent weeks, I’ve seen a surge of ads for a product called the Everpen, accompanied by some bold claims: an unbreakable,…
The Art Renewal Center (ARC) has officially released the list of finalists for the 18th International ARC Salon Competition—the world’s…
A brush’s quality isn’t proven by the first stroke—it’s revealed by the thousandth. Painters talk about brushes all the time—usually…
“We see what we believe.” — Richard L. Gregory, neuropsychologist, from Eye and Brain: The Psychology of Seeing (1970) I.…
Few debates in visual culture have endured as stubbornly—or as unproductively—as the supposed divide between fine art and illustration. For…
A Vote of Confidence—or a Market Blind Spot? When a gallery raises your prices without warning, the reaction often oscillates…