MENE, MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN

The traditional recipe for a mural requires: One (1) person wealthy enough to own a big wall; and one (1) person talented enough to paint on...

An ODE to CONTRAST (verse 6)

Because contrast is a game of extremes, it gives an artist license to cast aside nuance and embrace all kinds of lurid and gorgeous combinat...

An ODE to CONTRAST (verse 5)

Contrast is like those bad boys your mother warned you to stay away from but you just couldn't help yourself. When you first encounter a...

An ODE to CONTRAST (verse 4)

When Alex Raymond drew the comic strip Flash Gordon , he often used  smooth, tapered lines that flowed seamlessly from light to heavy, from ...

An ODE to CONTRAST (verse 3)

Artists have experimented for centuries with visual techniques for contrasting opposites.  However, it is difficult to think of an example w...

An ODE to CONTRAST (verse 2)

Saul Steinberg was an artist of insatiable intellectual curiosity.  His imagination overflowed with fresh, orthogonal views of the world and...

An ODE to CONTRAST (verse 1)

Peripheral vision may be our greatest weapon against ignorance.  Your eyes don't need to stray more than an inch before they might bump ...