After my last brief interview with live artist Kris Davidson, he and I decided that we hadn’t drilled quite deep enough into the mystery of what compels us both to paint. So over two weeks, while Kris was on the road in India (more…)

My motivation for performance painting developed over the last few years from “Jeez, I can do that!” to “I am in this to inspire people.” Consequently, it is evermore important to me that I share what I am learning through all of this. (more…)

Green Porno is a revolutionary series created by well-know actress Isabella Rossellini. The combination of ‘porno’ and ‘Isabella’ may sound very suggestive, but don’t be mistaken, I don’t think it will turn you on (more…)

If artists were to have some quasi-phobia of anything, it would perhaps be the fear of blank space. A white wall or a blank page of a notebook would probably trigger some inner outrage, (more…)

Ah, David Lynch, that inscrutable master of macabre doings on Main Street, U.S.A. The deranged impresario behind cult classics (more…)

Its name will probably create a vision of a piece of a lychee resting on a Petri dish, awaiting tingling currents to come from some electrode to touch its white, almost translucent flesh, in an attempt to perhaps invent something (more…)

In 1956, with the support of a friend, Touko Laaksonen decided to show the world his hidden art of sexually-charged portraits of men. He sent some of the portraits to an American magazine called Physique Pictorial, under the pseudonym “Tom”. Published in the spring of 1957 edition of magazine and signed by a certain “Tom of Finland”, these “dirty drawings” (more…)

Autism has been getting a lot of media attention lately which has slowly dispelled myths about the condition. It was once thought that people afflicted with autism were low functioning and were dismissed as mentally retarded. While most people who are autistic lack language and social skills, they generally have extremely high intelligence levels. (more…)

Latest “Blue Sky Studios” feature, “Horton Hears a Who,” transfers Dr. Seuss’ classic onto the up-to-date medium of digital animation — and what was lost and what was gained in the process seems to be the major concern of many film critics. While most agree that the computerized reproduction of Dr. Seuss’ iconic visuals — the big eared Elephant Horton, the jungle vegetation, the town of Whoville and its residents — is faithful to the source, if at times too glossy, (more…)

By now, everyone has heard of the Turkish phenomenon who goes by the name of Esref Armagan. On the off chance you haven’t heard of him, Esref is an amazing artist who didn’t let his blindness stop him from becoming a painter. In fact, Esref has both convinced and astonished his most critical skeptics.

Esref has been creating beautiful works of art for 35 years, (more…)