I love, love, love the New Yorker 's back page--where they give you an illustration and you write in with a caption that you think goes with the image. Some are funny, some are curious, some are just plain silly, but it just goes to show the power...

Some paintings are so powerful and easily identifiable that all you need to see is a little snippet to know it. Well, we put together a little contest for all of you based on that very idea. Below is a snippet of a famous painting (one of my favorites...

David Hockney asserted that Jan Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait was created with optical tools. The camera lucida is something I've known about for years, but I didn't know there was such controversy surrounding it--or that people felt so passionately...

This month's featured artist is Alexandre Reider, a landscape painter who lives and works in Brazil. by Edith Zimmerman Washers by the River 2006, oil, 7 7/8 x 11 13/16. Collection the artist. Our Artist of the Month, Alexandre Reider , hailing from...

Whenever I end up in a conversation where other artists start talking about the kit they take with them when plein air painting --and it often starts with what plein air easel is the best--I tend to keep quiet. Very quiet. A page from my sketchbook when...

This Toronto artist has spent the last three years exploring abstraction of the human figure, blending his classical training with a new approach. Red Boot by Brian Smith, oil, 36 x 24. by Bob Bahr Brian Smith is classically trained and has been drawing...

Steve Doherty asks readers about useful instruction they've received from their teachers.

It's no wonder artists are starving. People want their art for free. This morning I received yet another plea from a charitable agency, offering us the opportunity to support their ongoing mission by promoting Steve Henderson's oil paintings....