There are many variations to look for in scenes of landscape paintings, particularly in images that depict sunset, twilight and moonlight.

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 ...

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 ...

A pair of slippers poised on the edge of the canvas offers a tender welcome; personal mementos line the shelves and walls; ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shara Hughes, whose invented landscapes have intoxicated me since I saw one nearly 10 years ago, is at a turning point. At 42, she’s getting married to her longtime partner and fellow artist, Austin ...

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 ...

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, ...