Richard Raiselis’ view from above

Richard Raiselis Palimpsest: Site of the Boston Massacre 2005 Oil on Linen 22″ x 24″
Painting large cityscapes in a busy downtown area can be sheer madness trying to keep your wet paint off the coats of passers by and more importantly, preserving your sanity and concentration. Richard Raiselis finds the solution by setting up [...]

Michael Kareken – Recycles Masterly Painting

Michael Kareken Scrap Paper Pile with Water Cannon 2007 Oil on Canvas 36″ x 48″
Michael Kareken paints trash as if it mattered. His paintings of a busy Minneapolis recycle center over the past three years are displayed on his website where he separates his subjects into Metal, Paper, and Glass in the same manner as [...]

Andrew Lenaghan’s fun with parking

Andrew Lenaghan Coney Self Portrait 12 1/16 x 24 inches Oil on Panel 2006
This car mirror self-portrait knocks me out! What an amazing idea, painting a expanded perspective view of the inside of car where the curvilinear elements of the car interior echo the fisheye-like distortion of the expanded viewpoint which also compliments the [...]

Without Nature there is no conversation

Jim Phalen Two Pomegranates 12 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas
I was just visiting the wonderful painter Jim Phalen’s website, which shows his magically and intensely observed still lifes of pomegranates, Styrofoam trays, fishes and various other objects of interest to him. His paintings are worthy of careful investigation but I was struck [...]

Lucy Barber

Lucy Barber Greenhouse oil on paper on panel, 12″ x 16″
The quiet poetic feel of this little painting takes my breath away. Every element seems perfectly seen, captured and working together for the color feeling as a whole. The reflected glare on the greenhouse windows has just the right degree of punch. Her views of [...]