TIME AND CHANCE HAPPENETH TO THEM ALL, (part 2)

. The artist's dilemma: you can't accomplish anything without compromises, but compromises distort what you hoped to accomplish. One...

REPIN

One reason to take a second look at the great Russian illustrator Illya Repin is that art critic Clement Greenberg didn't think Repin wa...

A GIFT FOR DELUSION

Once upon a time, an artist was born in a shabby apartment in a bleak part of NY City. He grew up playing in vacant lots littered with junk....

PAUL COKER, JR.

You've seen Paul Coker Jr.'s drawings all over the place-- on countless greeting cards, ads, magazines and comic books-- but when wa...

EARTH, AIR, FIRE and WATER (and of course, ART)

In the flickering light from ancient torches, the shadows on cave walls suggested mastodons and bulls to our prehistoric ancestors. They bec...

ROBERT FAWCETT'S OPINIONATED DRAWING

When it comes to strong, opinionated drawings, I know of no 20th century illustrator better than Robert Fawcett. He did not simply record th...

LEAVING THE BEST UNTOLD

I swear I see what is better than to tell the best, It is always to leave the best untold. .......................................... . -- ...