Iranian artist Shirazeh Houshiary lives and works in London. Her paintings, sculptures and virtual reality installations explore the ambiguity of being human and the interplay between the large, chaotic, and …
American painter Kerry James Marshall talks about his strategy to raise his aesthetic into mainstream art, to paint the things he values in the world. What we focus on as …
In celebration of Father’s Day, meet artist Cbabi Bayoc of St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Art has the power to amplify the things which are important to the artist and to …
Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and… stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to ‘walk about’ into a hitherto unknown …
Painting a picture is a bit like meditation. The focused attention required is both relaxing and a means of working out feelings and thoughts. It can be a vehicle for …
Two weeks into our Globe-trotting travel series, today we visit contemporary mixed-media artist Jacqui Beck of Seattle, painting in her beautiful backyard with her cats. For her, this quarantine time …
Day 8 of the Globe-trotting Travel Series features the Jet Headed Gypsy, Dané, a South African vlogger and artist living in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. As she paints, she speaks …
The first video of our Globe-trotting Travel Series comes from my house in Houston, TX. I hope you are well and happy! If you would like to send a video …
A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people. ― Edgar Degas Edgar Degas, …
I visit him a few times downtown while he paints. We talk about how he’s going to Spain for the fall semester and he shows me a painting he …
