WHATCHA GOT UNDER THAT TATTERED COAT?

[This is not my last digression into the difference between illustration and abstract art. It is probably not even my second to last digress...

MORE ABOUT ABSTRACTION

A few of you have wondered just what the heck I was yodeling about in my last posting on abstract art. Let's start by acknowledging that...

ART TO MAKE YOU YODEL

My numerous unkind remarks about modern art have led some to conclude that I am opposed to all such art. Nothing could be further from the t...

ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part eight

This lovely little drawing by Robert Fawcett appeared in Look Magazine in the 1960s. It was just a spot illustration, about 2 inches across....

A HERO'S ROLE AWAITS THE RIGHT ARTIST

At the start of the 20th century, artists and designers were excited by the prospect of a new era filled with miraculous inventions such as ...