by houstonwine | Nov 16, 2017 | Art News
After five minutes of dueling bids at Chris Christie’s auction house in New Jersey, Mary Ellis LaGarde’s digital painting “Ricardo’s Mundi” sold for $451.3 million with fees, shattering the high for any work of art sold at auction. ...
by houstonwine | Nov 12, 2017 | Art News
Day 4 of FACE began with a painting demonstration by Daniel Gerhartz entitled Training Your Eyes to See. Gerhartz describes his paintings as “completely loose yet deliberate and faithful, not at all flashy.” Next I attended a presentation by...
by houstonwine | Nov 10, 2017 | Art News
Today started with a sculpting demonstration by John Coleman. John is a member of the Cowboy Artists of America and has spent the past 50 years sculpting and painting. He used clay and plasticine to shape a child’s head, then altered it to form a...
by houstonwine | Nov 10, 2017 | Art News
Day 2 of the Figurative Art Convention and Expo 2017 began with a painting demonstration by Sherrie McGraw who studied and taught painting at the Art Students League of New York. She is the author of The Language of Drawing. Next was a presentation by...
by houstonwine | Nov 8, 2017 | Art News
I am attending the Figurative Art Convention & Expo (FACE) at the Biltmore Hotel in Miami-Coral Gables. It is a “first of its kind” gathering of figurative artists from 42 states and 17 countries. One of the lead speakers was Dr. Donald Kuspit, a...
