An exhibition of ink paintings and calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin, which opens today at Japan Society, presents an overview of a major figure in Japanese art who is virtually unknown to American audiences today. It also shows that Zen teachings can not only be approachable but also humorous and memorable. The title of the exhibition, The Sound of One Hand, derives … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the pen or the brush? Daniel Baxter: I've always gravitated towards working with lines, and still do today. When painting, I am in currently in love with dry-brush technique. PR: How did you decide on art as your métier? DB: As a teenager, I was a dreamer by nature, and felt comfortable with the idea of being an artist. But this was a … Read the full Story >>
It's time to get outside! In today's roundup of photo tutorials from around the internet, we strap on a backpack and get ready to shoot some landscapes. There's a lesson on how make the most out of overcast skies when shooting landscapes, and another on shooting landscapes in flat light. We've also got a brush-up tutorial on the best camera settings for landscape photography, … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from the Bronx, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Brooklyn? A: I'm a townie in one of the greatest cities in the world! I spent my childhood in the Bronx and the 'burbs just outside the city. I moved back downtown when I was 17, then headed out to Brooklyn about 13 years ago where I work out of a … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the brush or the tablet? Michael Marsicano: For me, the brush always informs what I'm doing on the tablet. PR: Where do you live and how does that place contribute to your creative work? MM: I currently live in Sarasota where I teach in the Illustration Department at Ringling College of Art + Design. Coming back as an instructor and teaching alongside my … Read the full Story >>
Opening today at the Denver Botanic Gardens, "Signs of Life: The Photograms of Robert Buelteman" puts flora in an electrifying new light altogether. The images in the exhibition, made without camera or lens, have more in common with Japanese ink brush painting and improvisational jazz than with the current practices of photography, notes Buelteman, who is a Pro Photo Daily reader. "The imagery succeeds … Read the full Story >>
This week marks the first anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. This week last year marked the last public art events that I attended, including a performance of “Contract and Release,” by Brendan Fernandes, at the Noguchi Museum and the West Chelsea Arts Building Open Studios, where subscriber Tom Cocotos works. Today the New York Times ran a feature titled, … Read the full Story >>
The DART Summer Invitational, Pimp Your Sketchbook, continues with Brooklyn-based artist Dean Monogenis, who is currently on the road with his sketchbook, in Greece. Traveling with a sketchbook is essential. I have found that what I can accomplish with a camera will take me only so far. In terms of compiling source material for my studio art, it is important to have a … Read the full Story >>
Lynda Barry's new book, Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book, takes her invention, the graphic memoir, into uncharted territory. She brings back Marlys and Arna, characters from her previous book, What It Is, and introduces the Near-Sighted Monkey, a cigarette-smoking alter ego from Hell. Through these tough cookies, she poses questions that no adult in their right mind would ask. For … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Your ink/wash drawings are so expressive. Where did you first notice this medium and when did you take it up yourself? Paul Alex: I’ve been drawing with Chinese brushes and ink wash for about three years now; before that I mostly used technical pens. I can’t recall specifically where I first noticed the technique although I have been a life-long admirer of … Read the full Story >>
Ross MacDonald is perhaps best known as an illustrator, yet all the while he has led a secret double life designing and fabricating props for over 40 movies and television series. Type Directors Club is currently presenting the exhibition Hidden in Plain Sight, giving a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how movie, TV, and theater props are created. Info Q: Originally from [where?] what are some of your … Read the full Story >>
"I just found it really interesting straight away," says Brazilian illustrator Ze Otavio, who in 2015 was commissioned to create work for an article in Intelligence Report magazine focusing on a number of hardline anti-Muslim activists in the US -- all of who are women. He used ballpoint pen and nail polish to create the illustrations, focusing on the color orange to capture the … Read the full Story >>
Architecture photographer Swee Oh. Fine-art photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten. Fashion and beauty photographer Bara Prasilova. Fashion and portrait photographer Celia D. Luna. Fine-art photographer Clarissa Bonet. Portrait photographer Natalia Evelyn Bencicova. Fine-art photographer Chiara Zonca. These are the recipients of the second edition of the Hasselblad Heroines honors - a program that aims "to encourage the next generation of female photographers to go against the … Read the full Story >>
Georges Bracque, Pablo Picasso, and Juan Gris are the Modernist stars of Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition, an exhibition opening today at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Featuring more 14 works by these artists from The Met’s Leonard Lauder Collection, together with masterworks from the 17th to the 19thcentury on loan, the show demonstrates the previously overlooked connection between these two forms of … Read the full Story >>
Fernanda Cohen is a Buenos Aires-based illustrator who has spent considerable time in New York City. Cohen came to the States to study at the School of Visual Arts, and although she returned to Buenos Aires 12 years later, she's a frequent visitor to NYC and her work appears in numerous American publications. Cohen uses pen, ink, and gauche to make vibrant, stylish artwork … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Texas, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in New York City? A: The energy, and the people of this city, are insanely inspiring. I grew up outside of Houston and I always dreamed of living and working in NYC as a kid. I’m guessing it was the movies, cartoons and video games that did it? Can’t … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from [where?] what are some of your favorite things about living and working in [your current locale]? A: I grew up in New Jersey. My parents did the very common Brooklyn to Staten Island to New Jersey migration. They had one kid in each place, and I was born when we lived in Staten Island. It all feels like one continuous outer-borough/suburban … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the brush, the pen or the tablet? Eugenia Mello: The pencil, the marker, the pencil again; then the tablet, the chalk pastels, the iPad, the Cintiq. PR: Where do you live and how does that place contribute to your creative work? EM: I live in Brooklyn, NY now. It has everything to do with my work because this … Read the full Story >>
Julian Callos is a Los Angeles-based illustrator and artist. In addition to his many assignments for print and digital publications, Callos frequently exhibits artwork at a variety of galleries. He cites indie comics and animation as major influences for his stylishly graphic illustrations. Read the full Story >>
The October 1 edition of DART, 150 Years of Wonderland at the Morgan, found its way to the Marketing Department at the British Library, which wrote yesterday to inform me that the original manuscript of Alice Under Ground has been digitized and made available for everyone to read by "turning the pages". The story about how the manuscript came into the possession of … Read the full Story >>
