SEEING THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES

You can tell a lot about an artist by whether they see forests or trees. Some view a forest as a lot of individual trees. Others think that ...

TIME AND CHANCE HAPPENETH TO THEM ALL

Rasputin Morton Roberts (1927-1964) was a serious painter, a child prodigy who graduated from the fine arts program at Yale University and l...

A LITTLE ROOM

When Norman Rockwell launched his illustrious career, his first studio was a small attic room in a brothel. All afternoon a piano played in ...

THE MAD ECCENTRICS

Critics argue constantly about whether comic art qualifies as a fine art. Rather than debate which kinds of art win the "Fine Art"...

CHEERLEADERS FOR MODERATION

You will be tempted to skip over this post because it has the word "moderation" in the title, and instead go looking for some juic...

DRAWING THE LINE

Viewer warning: to illustrate our continuing discussion on censorship, art and pornography, this post contains a few images that are more ex...