Barbi Leifert sold her first painting at the age of 9. She has been a dancer and artist all of her life, selling out in galleries on the West Coast and creating private commissions for clients in the Seattle area. Like any artist she continues to learn and practice her art on a daily basis and is currently a member of…
Stacy Conde, director of the Conde Contemporary art gallery in Miami, shines a spotlight onto the art stars of an inaccessible island nation By Meredith Quinn The stories of Cuba, a land so close yet so far away, are teaching the world about life and people’s struggles in an isolated country. Perhaps no one has been more inspired than Conde…
Linda K. and Theodore M. Shinkle are a conceptual mother/son artist duo creating at the intersection of art, science and technology. Their medium reflects a metaphysical symbiosis continuously emerging across dimensions expressed through Metalagram®, a mixed media art form created by the artists in their studio. This piece shares the artists experience of exhilaration and frenzy as they ran the last mile in…
New York is the most populous city in the United States and is the financial, theatrical and fashion capitol of the country. With Central Park in the foreground and ships sailing in the background, this cityscape is full of architectural landmarks. For more information please visit DowdleFolkArt.com and check out Dowdle’s new TV series “Painting the Town with Eric Dowdle.”
Artists share the process and inspirations behind their work. By Linnea Jessup Behind each artist and every painting, sculpture, and multimedia creation lies a fascinating story. Events, places, people and even something as simple as color or texture can inspire a work of art, and the stories behind a piece can help us gain a greater appreciation for its complexity…
France Malo: “Physical performances correspond for me to the survival efforts for life; expressing it gives me this surprising sense of balance.” Recognized as a Master in Fine Arts by International Artistic Associations, Malo began to teach drawing, painting, and ceramic at the age of fifteen. She has a college diploma in arts in fine arts, a bachelors in communication from Quebec…
“Feline Fashion Harem” depicts the model, Alexandra, attired in brown velvet, lounging with her three cats on a decadent pillowed daybed. Barbara Tyler Ahlfield is a career fashion illustrator who has made a second career as an oil painter. She unites her expertise in fashion illustration with modern portraiture. fashionillustrationandmore.com
These 15 exhibits in Boston, New York and Washington will keep you busy all up and down the East Coast this spring. By Megan Kaplon Spring on the East Coast—that wet, hopeful season—often begins as Bostonians are still removing the final dregs of winter from their driveways. As the season matures, it quickly transitions into a lush period of growth…
This image was taken as part of my new series, “Dancers After Dark,” which will be released by Workman Publishing in the fall of 2016. Lloyd Knight, a principle dancer with Martha Graham, posed in front of this busy tollbooth last December in Miami. I asked him to create a shape that mimicked the architecture of the structure. Oncoming traffic…
Thomas Frontini is an internationally recognized artist based in Cleveland, Ohio. He was educated at the Cleveland Institute of Art, The Institute for Art and Restoration in Florence, Italy, and received his M.F.A at The Ohio State University. His work shows heavy influence from early Italian Renaissance artists, such as Duccio and Sassetta, with the style and composition of a…
