This post is Part II, so if you have not yet, read Part I first! There I discuss oil mediums, solvents, and the mediums that I DON’T use or recommend. I demonstrate this oil painting technique in my online course Glazing and Scumbling Roses. Solid, Particle-Based “Mediums” Technically these are […]
Painting Appraisal
connecting his African ancestry to 21st century America
(L) Monolithic Reasons Why I’m African: The Great Benin Walls of The Inner (Ya High Technology II), 2021. (R) Monolithic Reasons Why I’m African: Portal 4 Kings and Queens, 2021. New York City-based, abstract artist Garry Grant opens his second solo exhibition with Lola Shepard titled OUR HISTORY IS OUR FUTURE, […]
Vote Tuesday – Democracy is in the Balance
Wake up! This isn’t about inflation or “sleepy Joe.” It’s about fascism; it’s about the end of our democratic system, already weakened. Their plan is to tie up the election process; they are planting people who will sow more and more doubt until we give up and finally just give […]
Interview with Andrea Solaja: the Figurative Artist of Light and Dark
Andrea Solaja has recently joined Rise Art, bringing her diverse portfolio of abstract paintings and sculptures to the platform. Andrea creates worlds and characters, playing with the contrast of light and dark, and tells stories using shapes in her own personal way to express her feelings and as a source of […]
Children’s Lessons for Advent Through Epiphany — A Sanctified Art
Luke 1:26-45 | 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 | Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 This week, we recognize what preceded Mary’s song of praise: news that was disorienting and bewildering, possibly threatening her life. Together, Mary and Elizabeth find courage and comfort in spite of their unusual circumstances. We, too, are called to […]
Speaking with Miki Mu on BedStuy Walls Mural Festival
I recently had the opportunity to speak to BedStuy Walls Mural Festival founder and chief curator Miki Mu about the hugely successful community arts festival held earlier this month on Lexington Avenue and Do the Right Thing Way in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. This is all so wonderful. What was your […]
RIP Bookforum
The New York-based literary magazine Bookforum will cease publication, according to an official announcement today, December 12. The news that Bookforum’s current December–February issue will be its last comes just days after the surprise reveal that Penske Media Corporation has acquired its sister magazine and parent company, Artforum. Bookforum was […]
Children’s Lessons for Advent–Epiphany — A Sanctified Art
The holidays are a magical time for children. We’ve created these children’s lessons to be used with our Close to Home series for Advent–Epiphany (Year C) in worship, Sunday School, or at home. Each week includes a scripture to read from the International Children’s Bible, some “wondering” statements, a good […]
Magic and Monet | Reagan Upshaw Fine Art
Suppose I came into a possession of a box of junk from my childhood that my mother had neglected to throw out. Included in the box might be an old baseball from my Little League days. What would that baseball be worth? Nothing, of course. You couldn’t even play ball […]
Bartek Swiatecki / Pener: Selected Works 15-21
A new book here features six years of selected works from a Polish graffiti writer, muralist, and professor of art and painting at a secondary school in his hometown of Olsztyn, Poland. He reckons that his life is one of ‘Planned Freestyle,’ meaning that having structure imposed upon him is […]