The art of seeing

For all of my painting life I have been a figurative artist. Trying to capture landscape through direct observation or from sketches and I got immense pleasure from doing so. But recently, that is, ov

For all of my painting life I have been a figurative artist. Trying to capture landscape through direct observation or from sketches and I got immense pleasure from doing so. But recently, that is, ov

IF ART IS A REFLECTION OF ITS MAKER’S WORLD, then Magdalena Starzyńska’s is one of order, rhythm and silence, balancing structure with softness. Nature is her constant theme, not as a postcard-perfect

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The connection between nature and creativity comes in many forms. Here, artists, writers and musicians talk about the different ways in which they take inspiration from the outdoors - and share the places that fuel their imagination

I mused over this article, wondering how worthwhile it is when there are no steps showing the progress of the paintings. Then I remembered, especially with mixed media, the process is evident in the f