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April 2017

April 17, 2017

Praying the Art of Sean Scully: The Match of Prose and Visual Art

When I finished reading Paul Anel’s article on the chapel art of Sean Scully, in...

March 2017

March 13, 2017

Souvenirs from the Waste Land: An Interview with Alastair John Gordon, Part 1

By Nicole Miller. Historically, modern art has prized originality and authenticity. But alongside this tradition...

January 2017

January 03, 2017

Transcendence: A Tribute to William Christenberry (1936-2016)

“The art of losing isn’t hard to master,” Elizabeth Bishop said, with irony. Still, it’s...

December 2016

December 26, 2016

A Love Supreme: The Surprising Art of Sedrick Huckaby

This essay is a web exclusive accompanying Image journal’s current issue, #90. By Bruce Herman...

October 2016

October 11, 2016

Art, Icons, and Ant Ovaries

“A world created out of silence gives itself over to prayer.” I’m listening to local...

October 05, 2016

The Art of Steve Prince

This post originally appeared as web-exclusive content in Image issue 78. Steve Prince, a New...

July 2015

July 16, 2015

A Conversation with Artist Natalie Settles, Part 2

By Natalie Settles Continued from yesterday. Image: Natalie, a lot of your recent artwork is...

July 15, 2015

A Conversation with Artist Natalie Settles, Part 1

By Natalie Settles This post was made possible through the support of a grant from...

July 09, 2015

Art on Fire: The Life and Work of Melissa Weinman, Part 2

By Richard Cole Continued from yesterday. When Weinman completed her fellowship in Europe, she came...

July 08, 2015

Art on Fire: The Life and Work of Melissa Weinman, Part 1

By: Richard Cole In a recent painting by Melissa Weinman, a small, white rose floats...

February 2015

February 20, 2015

Back to the Drawing Board

To say I can't draw myself out of a cardboard box is to assume I...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

The House Where Beauty Lives

"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe...

January 28, 2015

The Crucifix’s Motley Crew

Archibald Motley’s most famous paintings jump and jive, then they wail. You might have seen...

June 2014

June 12, 2014

Appreciating Andrew Wyeth

I’ve had a few nasty discoveries of late. All too often, I’ve found out that...

December 2013

December 27, 2013

Making It New: The Image Fall Appeal

Consider the coffee table. It’s a venerable and eminently practical piece of furniture. Most of...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

The Mill and the Cross

In Breughel’s panoramic painting, “The Procession to Calvary,” the fallen Savior, collapsed under the cross beam,...

August 14, 2013

Becoming Baroque

“Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” Oscar Wilde’s mischievously challenging line appears...

May 2013

May 21, 2013

Controlling the Shot

Guest Post By Tyler McCabe We set sail for Robben Island prison at noon amid...

April 2013

April 18, 2013

Art as a Common Gift

Given the several ways of modernist art it is logical to conclude that the production...

March 2013

March 07, 2013

The Wonderful Contradiction of Abstract Painting

A Guest Post by Daniel Siedell My approach to abstract painting changed forever fifteen years...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Learning to See Beauty

When I taught Spanish in public school I projected Hispanic and Latino artwork on my...

January 13, 2013

The Poetics of Painting

Part Four: Tradition Guest Post By Daniel Siedell Today’s post concludes our occasional series on...

November 2012

November 19, 2012

The Poetics of Painting: Part Three

Part Three: Standing Before a Painting Guest Post By Daniel A. Siedell A painting is...

October 2012

October 16, 2012

The Poetics of Painting: Part Two

Part Two: Beyond the Image Guest Post By Daniel Siedell Have you ever been underwhelmed...