Landscape Painting Now: From Pop Abstraction to New Romanticism, by Barry Schwabsky (DAP, April 2019) Art critic Barry Schwabsky’s new book, Landscape Painting Now: From Pop Abstraction to New ...

Landscape painting is a tradition that goes back thousands of years. The paintings can be so magical that they transplant people to that particular space and time and the wide view of a landscape can ...

Romantic artists often used sunset, twilight, and moonlight to explore emotions and spirituality in nature. The transition from day to night in art can symbolize continuity, romance, or even ...

“I’ve been told countless times how ‘painterly’ my work is, and I’m often asked how I achieve this quality. A painterly painting may appear to have happened effortlessly, but for this to occur, each ...

Take any major historical Western art movement from the 16th century through today and you can bet women played an important role. Until the last handful of years, you can also bet that male scholars ...

Spending time in nature reduces stress. A number of scientific studies have found it can help lower cortisol and blood pressure levels, and even alleviate depression and anxiety. While few of us these ...

We typically associate romance with images of sunsets on the beach and candlelit dinners. Not alien landscapes. But in 1936, it was a mysterious landscape painting that left American artist Kay Sage ...

Maureen Gallace, Ice Storm, Easton (With Robert), 2015. (© Maureen Gallace, courtesy 303 Gallery, New York) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...

Having trained under the guidance of Shen Shijia, a legend in the field, Yu has dedicated his life to perfecting the art of Chinese landscape painting. Opinions expressed by Digital Journal ...

One needs years of immersion in Chinese culture, language, history and philosophy to be able to fully appreciate the timeless beauty and symbolic richness of Chinese ink paintings. Despite this, ...

Scott Sweet’s career trajectory has veered off the beaten path. He received a geology degree from Brigham Young University-Idaho but found himself drawn to art. Sweet now sells art at farmers markets, ...

Whether it's a tree in the foreground or a ship off in the distance, artists put a lot of thought into the placement of each element on the canvas. Now, researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of ...