Artie's Eight
Oh, to be trapped in Paris. While Kate Lowman was traveling in France with her husband, inclement weather forced her indoors. The museums she visited inspired her to create, so off she went with her husband’s camera. That was the start of her photography and printmaking career. Printmaker First Fifteen years later, Kate considers herself ...
Luis Peréz has a knack for seeing beauty in fleeting moments. Take, for example, “Krilling Me Softly,” shown above. Standing at his sink rinsing shrimp, Luis noticed the setting sun casting a warm glow onto his future dinner. What’s a fine artist to do in such a situation? Kitchen Sink Inspiration Luis grabbed his 35mm ...
After practicing architecture for 40 years, Julie Brown wondered if her creativity had been sapped by the business world and by staring at a computer for so long. Instead, she found a new passion: abstract painting. It’s visual, like architecture. Unlike architecture, it’s more about intuition than precision. Her Happy Place Julie says abstract painting ...
Not every artist would sign up for a six-month stint painting eight to 10 hours a day in a small cubicle in Gdansk, Poland. But for Dena Peterson, it was an honor: She’d been chosen as one of 125 international artists to work on “Loving Vincent,” the world’s first fully painted film. From Realism to ...
From California to Canada and Iceland to Italy: The world is an oyster to Paul Cassidy, who travels for his fine art photography as often as possible. In fact, his passion for photography — which started as a teenager but was put on hold by career and family — helps dictate where he roams. Global ...
Plenty of folks would call themselves “dog people.” But not everyone turns their affection into a career that artfully celebrates man’s best friend. Florida artist Michael Vistia has done just that with his bright, joyful depictions of his customers’ furry companions. Bow Wow Michael’s mediums of choice are oil paint, automotive metal flake, and resin. ...
Newsrooms and courtrooms are not obvious sources for colorful, playfully titled fine art photography. And yet, Rene Crystal can trace her present career back to both. In my Q&A with Rene below, she shares how her father’s job as a photographer for a New Jersey newspaper lit a fire in her soul for the art ...
Raised in Dallas riding horses and painting side-by-side with her mother, Lorrie Beck has never outgrown her love for art and equestrianship — much to her collectors’ delight. Journey to Fine Art Lorrie earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Art from Baylor University and an MBA from the University of Colorado, then gained experience in commercial ...
“Sea Meadow.” “Promise of Rain.” “Sanctuary.” “Hush.” Emmeline Craig titles her works simply and accurately. This fine art painter from France — who now lives in California’s Marin County — creates with the intention of bringing peace and well-being to those who view her art. Watercolor Wonders Watercolor and water-mixable oils are her mediums of ...
Observation and curiosity can be a powerful combination. Raj Manickam employs both virtues regularly in the mountains of Colorado, where he captures the beauty of nature and humanity with his camera—“all in good light,” as his website’s URL proclaims. Image Meets Prose In the Photo Essays section of his website, Raj reveals the stories behind ...