In Gratitude for Steve Doherty

Janice K. Johnson

In Gratitude forSteve Doherty Hawaiian Waterfall   24 x 18″   Oil   M. Stephen Doherty    We first met Steve when we were living on the Hudson River in the tiny hamlet of Garrison, New York, in 1983. He drove up from his home in Croton-on-Hudson to attend our community’s annual on-location […]

Meet The Others: Lux Eterna

Janice K. Johnson

Lux Eterna is an Australian born interdisciplinary artist working across forms of performance, dance, drawing and lens-based media.  Lacebark Elm II   Extending across drawing, performing arts and screen media, Lux’s practice has positioned her within many roles – as facilitator for the likes of Marina Abramović; as the live […]

Violin Sketch, Photograph and Musical Works

Janice K. Johnson

“My Violin Sketch” [30th October 2022] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist, sketch with HB and 4B pencils, signed in black ink on 280gsm 250mm x 300mm gesso primed canvas [pad], digital image 1700 x 1990 pixels. Original freehand sketch drawing. The first draft to this sketch was completed in approximately […]

The One Colored Pencil Technique you must master to create Photorealistic Colored Pencil Drawings – Veronica Winters Painting

Janice K. Johnson

The One Colored Pencil Technique you must master to create Photorealistic Colored Pencil Drawings Shading with colored pencils If your aim is to create photorealistic colored pencil drawings, you need to master the very basic drawing concepts, which includes shading with colored pencils. Whatever subject you draw in colored pencil, […]

Fra Angelico and the Story of St. Nicholas

Janice K. Johnson

Share: by Cynthia Close The early Italian Renaissance painter Fra Angelico (1395-1455) is considered one of the giants in the evolution of European art history. His life was surprisingly well-documented. Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), another great Renaissance Master and art historian, declared Fra Angelico to be “a rare and perfect talent.” […]

SUPERSONIC ART: Ben Tolman’s “Unmode.”

Janice K. Johnson

Currently on view at Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles, California is artist Ben Tolman’s solo exhibition, “Unmode.” Originally from Washington, DC, Ben Tolman now resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For the past decade he has become known for his carefully detailed, architecture based drawings often pointing to social issues. With this exhibition Tolman […]

Igshaan Adams at Casey Kaplan

Janice K. Johnson

Vastrapplek translates from Afrikaans, Igshaan Adams’s native language, to mean “hold fast and stomp in place.” Adams’s exhibition here takes this word as its title, which alludes to a dovetailing of stasis and release, as this relates to a body fixed yet driving energy outward. The Riel dance, traditionally performed […]