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Brice Marden on Paul Cezanne
Probably one of THE most prominent American abstract painters working today, Brice Marden, meditates on Cezanne’s famous “Bathers” series and how his work is informed by the great master.
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The Painting Materials of Van Gogh
So I’m always ( guess you can tell by now) fascinated with artist materials. Of course, It’s not just about materials but I really believe they should be studied like a musician studies his guitar....
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New Landscapes by David Hockney
I wanted to write a little something about one of my favorite artists, David Hockey, on the occasion of his first exhibition of new oil paintings in New York in 12 years at Pace Wildenstein Gallery....
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Celebrating the Letters of Van Gogh
Thanks to the a new exhibition called (aptly enough) Van Gogh’s Letters: The Artist Speaks on view at the Van Gogh Museum in Holland from Oct 9, 2009 till Jan 3, 2010 you can now discover them anew....
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Creating a Personal Brand
So I interviewed one of the most successful artists in the world yesterday – Wyland. For those of you who do not know who he is he is probably the world’s top environmental artist. You can check out...
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What Van Gogh Taught Me About Painting Materials
I’m working on my next DVD (which relates to Van Gogh) and have been reading a number of technical reports which give some amazing information on the tools, materials and process of select Van Gogh...
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Color Field Artist, Kenneth Noland
The great Color Field (and in my opinion, one of the most underrated colorists of the 20th century) artist Kenneth Noland died a few weeks ago. I was always a fan of his work as well as the other...
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Inventing Versus Re-Inventing
I used to really get hung up on this, that is, really trying to come up with some creative project/thing that the world has never seen before and that will make me/them instantly rich (and famous)....
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Abstract versus Realistic Art
Abstract art versus realistic (or figurative) art has been going on for most of the 20th century and continues to today. Is one really better than the other? I know a lot of abstract artists (I am...
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