Unrepentant Abstract Painter

Over the summer, a film crew interviewed instructor Pat Lipsky as part of the “Native Icon” series on the website New York Natives. Listen to how the palette of New York City has influenced “her art and her soul.”

Artists’ Websites Now

Artists’ websites have replaced, to a great extent, the traditional art portfolio. Their advantages are significant. Anyone with an Internet connection can see your site at any time. With a website, you can combine unlimited amounts of text, images, and video seamlessly. A site can add a dimension to your creativity, showing others how you…

Mary Beth McKenzie: An Interview

I think it’s important to be able to paint exactly what you want. For me that meant not having to do illustrations or take portrait commissions for a living. I had to be independent.
“Alive with Paint” in the October 2013 issue of The Artist’s Magazine describes painter Thomas Torak’s philosophy and techniques and includes a demonstration of his above self-portrait, In the Studio.
The Instructors Exhibition 2013 September 3–22, 2013 Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery The Art Students League of New York The Art Students League of New York has customarily opened every exhibition season with a show of work by its instructors. Walter Shirlaw presented studies and paintings from his European travels, in October 1882, that appeared alongside…

Sharon Sprung

Flesh is a solo show of Sharon Sprung’s paintings at Gallery Henoch (NYC) that runs from September 12 through October 5, 2013. The opening reception is on Thursday, September 12, 6 to 8 pm.
Technical instructors at the Art Students League possess a refined level of skill and deep knowledge of different materials and tools. This annual exhibition of work by ten technical instructors continues in the Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery through August 15. 2013. Montserrat Daubon, Flay, 2013. Cast cotton, urethane foam, and clay, 29 x 17 x…
“The story I am about to tell is as much a preservation of history as it is an entertaining recollection of just one of my experiences in New York City,” writes Jack Faragasso in the introduction to his new book, The Early Photographs of Bettie Page. Faragasso, who photographed Page at the beginning of his…