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Stuart Shils Masterclass
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Alex Kanevsky, the search of clarity
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Alex Kanevsky tells of how he decided, after completing his studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), that he could dedicate his entire artistic life to painting nothing more than apples. I think that all artists suffer from that uncertainty at the start of their careers. To make your own way in…
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Jose María Mezquita, painting from nature
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Painting from a wicker stool It is December and the province of Zamora is experiencing intensely cold weather; ten degrees below zero. A shepherd looks on astonished at the spectacle laid before his eyes; Jose María Mezquita sits absorbed at his easel on a wicker stool, at the mercy of the elements. The water…
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Antonio López: learn from the Master
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hands crossed behind his back, the slight and nimble figure of Antonio López moves between easels and the smell of turpentine. He displays an enviable energy and normally interrupts his wanderings among the painters only in order to have lunch and a little rest at midday. Some twenty to twenty-five artists toil away opposite still-life…