Jeanette and me, age 24 The part of my recent YouTube video that attracted the most interest was my answer to Andrew’s question about wha...

This blue boat catches my eye as I explore an island in Maine. It's beached at an odd angle above the high tide line. Not far away, a fl...

Which of these colors are primaries? One of the most basic art questions turns out to be not so simple. Full story on Substack today.

  I’m editing a YouTube video, where I paint this little plein-air study of a stranded sailboat: It’s painted in gouache over a casein primi...

  The key to painting imaginary subjects is to hold onto the dream image as long as possible, even if it's hazy and tentative. Then you ...

  Abbey wrote to an art student: "You should be sketching always, always. Draw anything. Draw the dishes on the table while you are wai...

Steve Jobs wanted the personal computer to be like a “ bicycle for the mind .” Has it worked out that way for you? More on my Substack .

Cesare Tallone was an Italian painter born on August 11, 1853, in Savona, Italy .  After losing his father at a young age, he moved to Aless...

I was never sure what my dad did for a living, because I never got to visit his workplace. He was in mechanical engineering jobs that were e...

The Akin Free Library in Pawling, New York is like a time machine that takes you back to a different way of organizing and presenting knowl...