If you’re an artist, you’ve probably considered that your work, once it’s “out there” for the world to...

This is a story about my father, John Melillo, a retired Vietnam Combat Veteran surviving and coping with...

OPA wishes everyone a happy and art-filled Mother’s Day. “How do you find the time to paint with...

A few years ago, my brother’s beloved dog Calvin died. My brother was so saddened by this loss, I...

(Essay excerpt from book published 2021, Beauty Unites Us, by Rick J. Delanty) Artists are revolutionaries, to some...

The first thing I do when starting a new painting, is ask myself three questions: 1. What is...

We’ve all heard of the Golden Section, Dynamic Symmetry, the rule of thirds and harmonic armatures. And we’ve...

As artists, we tend to accumulate frames that just don’t quite work. They may have gotten damaged being...

Saying the last two years have been difficult is an understatement. It has been a dark period and...

There’s no painting like snow painting! Ever tried painting snow? …While also standing in snow? …Outside? A few...