ERNEST LAWSON ON THE EVENING OF LIFE
Miguel de Unamuno, the great Spanish writer, poet, and philosopher, who flourished a century ago, did not mince words. He said that Spain’s great epic tale, Don Quixote, did not belong to its author, Miguel de Cervantes, but to the
Andrew Tavukciyan: The Mural Maestro
The Cambridge English Dictionary defines mural as a large picture that has been painted on the wall of a room or building. Andrew Tavukciyan’s graphic imprint can be seen on the facades of buildings across Western Canada and Toronto. Winning
Finding Your Artistic Voice
The greatest mistake that any student of art makes is confusing technical proficiency for artistic voice. The greatest frustration any student of art will face is realizing the distance between the two, and the necessity of each to give meaning
The Purpose of Artistic Community
One of the first things we learn in school is that we don’t want anyone to copy our work. Teachers go to great lengths drilling this point into each student’s head: copying is cheating, and cheating is wrong. Even in
So, You Say You Want a Revolution
Human history is one of violence and revolutionary reaction. It’s true, our history is filled with injustice, wrongdoing, and downright evil. But, our history is just as rich in those who stood up and spoke out, demanding better. Take this
A DREAM TRIP THAT INSPIRES WITH EVERY BRUSHSTROKE
Gonzalo "El Gordo" Álvarez, illustrator, painter, and muralist by profession, is an Argentine artist who in 2015 undertook a journey full of adventures, inspiration, and learning from different cultures of the world, leaving a memory of his art at each
THE MYSTERY OF
VERMEER’S VIEW OF DELFT
The gift of art is mysterious. It can be experienced; it can hardly be explained. In a poem spoken by a painter Robert Browning gave us his famous line, “Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,/ Or what's
HEALING THROUGH EXPRESSION
Art is therapeutic. Pick any academic study on the subject and it will validate the healing benefits of art. Those benefits come in many forms. There is the process, the feeling of creation, expression, the individual marks that the artist
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun: The Visionist
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun, the man of many masks and colours is a Coast Salish contemporary artist working out of the unceded territory of Vancouver, British Columbia. A survivor of residential school, Yuxweluptun deploys a piercing activism across his culturally