by Mark Hillis | Nov 25, 2024 | INSPIRATION
Featured Image: “Al Ritmo de la Respiracion”, by Carlos Jacanamijoy, Harpers.com/NYC Understanding the Artist’s Worldview Art has long been a universal language, capable of capturing beauty, emotion, and mystery. The works of Brazilian painter Carlos...
by Mark Hillis | Nov 20, 2024 | INSPIRATION
Painting Creation emerging from Chaos Featured Image: “ORDER OUT OF CHAOS”, Oil on Canvas, 30″ x 40″ by Mark Hillis “CREATION” is a painting I did some years ago. It is a work that is drawn from the imagination, borrowing upon the...
by Mark Hillis | Nov 20, 2024 | INSPIRATION
Featured Image: Detail from “The Precious Life”, Charcoal on Toned Paper, 9″ x 9″, by Mark Hillis The Miracle of New Life A Newborn Infant – always a symbol of new life, of hope and innocence. The culmination of nine months of life in the...
by Mark Hillis | Nov 17, 2024 | INSPIRATION
The Artist’s Trained Eye The artist’s journey is, at its core, a transformation of vision. While others walk past the ordinary scenes of daily life—sunlight and shadows dancing across a surface, or the architecture of an old and massive tree—the trained...
by Mark Hillis | Nov 14, 2024 | INSTRUCTIONAL TIPS
Underpainting is an important part of the painting process. Technically it is not necessary, and there are some artists who skip this part of the process. But the value of underpainting for those who employ it, cannot be overstated. I would like to bring attention to...
