Following paintings: Mary Anne and Katie

This is my third in a series of videos of chats I have with subjects of my paintings.

Following paintings: Lyndsay

This is my second in a series of videos of chats I have with subjects of my paintings.

Following paintings: James

Following up with my paintings after they’ve gone on out into the world is one of my favorite parts of being an artist, and that probably has a lot to do with the owners of my work.

Art and money

A conversation with Gabe Flores about art and money.

From life

Is a portrait more true if it’s painted from life instead of from a photograph?  I don’t happen to think so, but I know a lot of people who do, so I decided to learn more about the logic of working from life by asking artist Tom Loepp about his more traditional—and maybe more romantic—way of painting a portrait. 

Working from perfect mistakes to plausible corrections

I have to agree with Chris Haberman: that’s the only way to make a painting.

Portrait of the artist as Web 2.0.

Artist Geoffrey Raymond turns portraits into a platform for comment and captures a moment in history. 

Portrait of the artist as a tangle of yarn

On a recent gallery hopping expedition, I came upon this work by artist Heather Watkins.  It didn’t immediately spark my interest, and, as such, I wouldn’t normally have investigated further, except that I happened to notice that Watkins sees this work as portraiture.

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