Struggle, Hope and Beauty
California-based Chinese-American oil painter Huihan Liu loves the writings of Ernest Hemingway, particularly “The Old Man and the Sea,” so much that many years ago, he made an oil painting inspired by the book. “When I was in graduate school, we had a final project involving literature and painting,”
Painterly Photography
Wayne Heim has spent most of his career as a medical illustrator, working on a freelance basis with medical device manufacturers to explain to surgeons how to use their instruments during various procedures. For the past 15 years, he’s been exploring another medium as he captures images of the
The Studio of Krystii Melaine
When Krystii Melaine and her husband Michael moved from Australia to the United States 15 years ago, they settled in Spokane, Washington. They had a large, lovely house with a tree-filled backyard that sloped down to a river. They regularly saw moose, eagles, coyotes, porcupines, owls, and many other
He’s Still On the Bus
For almost 40 years, Jason Scull has been creating sculptures that are alive with action and emotion. In the spirit of the cowboy ethos he emulates in his art, he takes an organic approach to his realistic award-winning work, eschewing, for instance, working from photographs. “If you’re sculpting a
Reflecting the Magic of Light
When Michelle Kondos was a senior at Bennington College in Vermont, her advisor told her something no aspiring artist ever wants to hear. “I had a bad experience toward the end of college with my main advisor there, who told me that I had zero talent and no hope
The Beauty of Botanicals
The first word that comes to mind when you see a painting by Dyana E. Hesson is “stunning.” Her botanical paintings with their vibrant colors and masterful use of light and shadow simply cannot be ignored. While other artists might paint similar subjects, few—if any—do so on the scale
Communicating Without Color
California artist Ray Brown says that, if he could have chosen his dream job after graduating college, it would have been working as a children’s book illustrator or science fiction fantasy book cover illustrator. That wasn’t the path he took but, when you look at his charcoal drawings, you
