We are pleased to share this week’s blog from OPA Master artist Mary Qian.  Mary will be giving a...

Did you know that OPA has been sharing artists’ blog posts for over ten years?  We have an extensive...

I stumbled into painting the hunt by chance. My meandering path of artistic enthusiasms led me from landscape...

I recently saw for the second time, Searching for Sugarman.  It is a fascinating documentary of a musician,...

In a recent blog post a fellow artist labeled still life as a “lesser” genre of painting.  ...

Usually, I travel around the country giving painting demos and lecturing at art organizations. Not so during this...

As a relative newcomer to fine art, one of the biggest challenges I faced was what subject to...

No clowns, no bells, no whistles.  Nothing fancy here, this is just for you and me.  January 2020...

My color choices are based on observation, feeling, and the desire to express my experience.  My brain does...

I recently received a photograph from a fellow artist. It was of her mother and father. She wanted...