Artists creating NFTs can have more direct control over their artistic vision, and connect and transact with their collectors in ways they haven’t been able to before. Plus, the crypto space offers a new untapped audience for artists to convert into collectors. Yet many artists are hesitant. As a practicing […]
From a recent email: Dear Jason, Thank you for the great class. I wish I would have known these things when I was a gallery co-owner. There were 11 owners and we were not trained in selling, just learned by experience. I know there were times like you mentioned when […]
James Quandt is a film critic and curator based in Toronto. João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata, Onde fica esta rua? ou Sem antes nem depois (Where Is This Street? Or With No Before and After), 2022, 16 mm transferred to 2K video, color and black-and-white, sound, […]
Jackson’s Curated Sets are made up of high quality materials, carefully selected by experienced artists, beautifully boxed and wrapped in hand painted paper, and ready to be gifted. Here, the artists Julia Trickey, Kit Boyd and Ruth Murray tested the Botanical Watercolour Set, Lino Printmaking Set and the Oil Painting […]
Title of Artwork: “The Story of Lucretia” Artwork by Sandro Botticelli Year Created 1496 – 1504 Summary of The Story of Lucretia Sandro Botticelli, an Italian Renaissance painter, painted The Tragedy of Lucretia between 1496 and 1504 using tempera and oil on a wood cassone or spalliera panel. Informally called […]
Hello, friends! I’m excited to share that the school-wide collaborative my first through fourth grade students created at THE BEGINNING of the school year (yikes!) is finally installed. Like, finally. Y’all, while I do love having all students creating a collab at the start of the school year, why do […]
Amy Chaiklin says “I am a woman artist, painting empowering images of women from the female gaze.” She explores femininity with evocative images of mythical and contemporary goddesses. Her current series of present-day goddesses portraits started in 2017 titled “Cultured Pearls Portraits.” Together this group of 150 portraits create a […]
It’s almost Christmas and if you’re thinking of buying a Christmas gift for yourself or for a digital artist friend, read on. XPPen is having a Christmas Sale and have asked me to share some recommendations with you. By the way, I’ve reviewed most of the XPPen products listed below […]
In my blog today I am looking at the life and works of the nineteenth century Czech painter, Zdenka Rosalina Augusta Braunerová. Her views and lifestyle influenced many painters and writers, many of whom were her friends. She became a patron of many artists, but she also supported folk art, […]
Share: by Cynthia Close The ornate, magical, curvilinear pen and ink drawings of English book illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) animated many literary classics like the Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, Gulliver’s Travels, Aesop’s Fables, Rip Van Winkle, and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. His illustrated books were often elaborately bound and published, and […]