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One of my favorite things is having an artist’s group which meets regularly. While most of us spend...
There are no starving artists in Cuba. One reason for this is that each person receives food from...
I have recently been exploring boundaries and have found some beautiful lines that are helping me to be...
Hemingway said, “Clarity is the indispensable characteristic of good prose,” and E.B. White gave the means to that...
Written by Buddy Odom Dear Mrs. Browning, It has been some forty-plus years since high school graduation, and...
Three weeks ago, the award winners of the 25th Oil Painters of AmericaNational Juried Exhibition were announced. The...
Greetings Painters! Here are two of my favorite things sitting in my studio today: Tube Wringer My first...
Landscape and wildlife painters today and throughout history have been responsible for awareness and change as explorers, documentarians,...
I often hear artists lament “I don’t know what to paint”. Of all the painting crises I face,...
Meet the Gold Medal Winners from the 25th National Juried Exhibition Derek Penix is OPA’s 2016 Salon Show...









