WORDS AND PICTURES

When words and pictures are combined to tell a story, one medium or the other usually ends up doing most of the heavy lifting. Personally, I...

MASTERS OF DESIGN

I have irritated some readers by criticizing popular illustrators such as Bama , Boris, Rowena or Vargas . These artists have good technica...

APPLES, ORANGES AND ELEPHANTS

We've all been taught that you can't compare apples and oranges. They are as different as... well, a Rembrandt drawing and a Disney ...

ART, FLOWERS AND DINOSAURS

The famous scientist and naturalist Loren Eiseley explained how flowers made human beings possible. 100 million years ago, wrote Eiseley, th...

THE LOW NOTE IN THE HARMONY

In my youth, I was easily impressed by fine, detailed linework. Fine lines are a great way for artists to show off. They also feel cool to d...

ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 14

This beautiful drawing was done in 1915 by Rudolph Schindler, an architect in Taos, New Mexico. It was part of a proposal for an adobe home...

EDWARD HOPPER'S VERSION OF THE INTERNET

Edward Hopper loved to ride the elevated train through the city at night. As the apartment buildings raced by in the dark, he would catch fl...