Got a little captain in you? Award-winning pirate painter Don Maitz does, and now, so does the Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture in Delray Beach, which has gone all fantastically piratical for its newest adventure exhibit, “Ahoy Maitz! Pirates and Treasures,” a showcase of the artist’s oil paintings, opening this Tuesday and running [...]
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Canaletto Prints
Canaletto prints are a very popular way of appreciating the stylish architecture and scenery of the Italian city of Venice, as it is his work in Italy that this painter is best remembered for. As the career of Canaletto developed he was to travel to Germany and Britain to widen the variety of his topics [...]
Nature, nurture at Fountain Street Fine Arts
Two local artists reveal their views of the world through form and color in a new exhibit, “Painting, Sculpture: The Art of Michelle Lougee and Bob Grignaffini,” at the Fountain Street Fine Art Gallery in Framingham. Using bright colors and defined shapes, sculptor Lougee of Cambridge and painter Grignaffini, originally from Wellesley, intend to depict [...]
Van Gogh's Starry Night Named World's Most Popular Oil Painting of the Decade
Wichita, Kan. (PRWEB) January 11, 2010 overstockArt.com, the leader in handmade oil painting art reproductions, has officially released its Top 10 list of the most popular oil paintings from the past decade. Topping the list is Vincent van Goghs irrefutable magnum opus, Starry Night. We release an annual Top 10 list and thought it would [...]
Wigwam hosts three-day art fest
The Wigwam Festival of Fine Art begins Friday and features Native American art, story telling, music and dancing. The three-day free celebration of art is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sunday at the Wigwam, 300 E. Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield Park. This year’s featured artist is Sharon Brening, a Peoria resident and 2011 Western [...]
