| The Schubert Lecture Series presents ARC Living Master™ and founder of Studio Incamminati, Nelson Shanks. | |
| One of the foremost realist painters in America, Nelson Shanks is renowned for his portraits of high-profile sitters, his vast collection of 16th and 17th century Italian art, and his dedication to educating young artists.
The lecture is open to the public and takes place on March 22, 2012 at 7 p.m. Chestnut Hill College - 9601 Germantown Ave. - Philadelphia, PA Visit our Events and Exhibitions page for more information. |
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Posted February 22nd, 2012
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| ARC is pleased to welcome James Gurney as an ARC Living Master™!
James Gurney is best known for his illustrated book series Dinotopia. He specializes in painting realistic images of scenes that can’t be photographed, from dinosaurs to ancient civilizations. He is also a dedicated plein air painter and sketcher. Click here to see James Gurney’s gallery. |
Posted February 20th, 2012
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| Dear ARC
For your information, Sarah Katie Li, winner of a Certificate of Merit in the 2011 Portrait of Canada Competition is a third year student at the Angel Academy of Art. She is 17 years old and finishing her high school education while going to Angel full time. We are very grateful to ARC for providing information on traditional art ateliers teaching classical art techniques which lead us to Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. To read more letters to ARC, please visit our ARChives. |
Posted February 2nd, 2012
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| Congratulations to ARC Living Master™ Mario Robinson for his interview in the Winter Issue of American Painting Video Magazine!
You can download this issue at http://www.americanpaintingvideomagazine.com/. Mario Robinson will also be having a show until February 15, 2012 at the Priniciple Gallery – 208 King Street – Alexandria, VA. Visit our Events and Exhibitions for more information. |
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Posted February 2nd, 2012
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| ARC is pleased to welcome Stuart Dunkel as an ARC Living Artist™! | |
| “… nothing exists until light is draped over it. From the nothingness of black we build up to the perceived objects. As in love, we create the feeling the other inspires in us. As in art, we create the feeling to inspire the others in us. In other words, we must think of the consequences of our actions and what results each brushstroke communicates.”
Click here to see Stuart Dunkel’s gallery. |
| Click here to buy Stuart Dunkel’s book, An Artist’s Life: Insights into the paintings of Stuart Dunkel from the ARC Store! | |
Posted January 27th, 2012
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| Joshua Liner Gallery is hosting Resolve, an exhibition of twenty-five emerging and established artists whose work is rooted in classical art traditions and training. Including ARC Living Masters Anthony Waichulis, Dan Thompson, and Jacob Collins.
There will be an opening reception tomorrow, January 26 from 6-9pm. |
![]() A Summer Affair by Anthony Waichulis 7 x 5 inches – oil |
Posted January 25th, 2012
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![]() Woman in a Kimono by Irena Korosec Oil on canvas – 20in x 16in. | Congratulations to Irena Korosec, the master teacher and founder of ARC Apporved Atelier™ Bohemiarte School, on winning Best Portrait Award in the Portrait Society of Canada 2011 Competition!
The Bohemiarte School has also launched a new website. Please click here for more information. |
Posted January 24th, 2012
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| ARC is pleased to welcome Angela Mia De La Vega as an ARC Living Master™!
Exalting the human spirit through expressive faces and natural body movement has become the recognized trademark of Angela Mia De la Vega’s figurative bronze sculpture. Her work’s greatest inspiration is the ever-changing individuality of her children. |
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Posted January 24th, 2012
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![]() Sensuality by Vala Ola Bronze | Don Clapper and Vala Ola, long time friends of ARC and Charter members of IGOR, the International Guild of Realism, are participating in this year’s Celebration of Fine Art in Scottsdale, AZ thru March 25, 2012.
Although there are a large variety of artists who show at this event, Don and Vala both maintain the highest standards in their work, as well as in their organization. To view more on this and other events, please visit our Events and Exhibitions page. |
Posted January 20th, 2012
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| ARC is pleased to welcome James Van Fossan as an ARC Associate Living Master™!
“I have gravitated towards the natural, the heroic and most importantly, the human. As long as the subject matter of my compositions treats the ordinary human experience and their expressions with a sense of awe, I feel inspired. Realism gives me the foundation of comfort to explore the variety in human proportion, scale and balance.” “I feel excited, humbled and proud to be a part of ARC in this manner. I have only been painting for 6 years but I have poured my very heart, mind and soul into it …” Click here to read James Van Fossan’s letter to ARC. |
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Posted January 20th, 2012
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| Is Nudity in Art Good or Bad?
Some people feel that the nude form is something that should be hidden away both in art and the artist’s classroom and they frequently write to ARC expressing trepidation about the fact that we display nude drawings, paintings, and sculptures in the ARC Museum. Sometimes they even us to remove or hide away such works. This new article by Brian K. Yoder describes their complaints and attempts to respond to their concerns and makes a case for the value of nudes in art and the training of artists. |
Posted January 17th, 2012
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| ARC is pleased to welcome Peter Fiore as an ARC Living Master™! | |
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Fiore’s compositional simplicity with the complexity of his lively brushwork makes him a standout. Employing a deceptively wide array of marks and colors, Fiore captures the way that light and shadow impart mood to a patch of land. Like many before him, he prefers winter because snow “reflects light and creates a spectrum of colors. But for me, that light is more than a visual tool, it is an emotional subject.” Click here to see Peter Fiore’s gallery. |
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Posted January 16th, 2012
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| Nelson Shanks - Portraits and Studio Paintings
This exhibition of ARC Living Master™ Nelson Shanks work will include approximately 20 paintings and is the first solo exhibition of the artist's work to be held in New York in fifty years. For more information, visit our Events and Exhibitions page or click here. |
Posted January 13th, 2012
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| Hi Mr. Ross –
I am one of the recipients for this year’s ARC scholarship competition, and I just wanted to send my sincere gratitude for having chosen and supported my work. This scholarship will allow me to complete my fourth year at the Florence Academy of Art with financial security and more focus, without having to worry about raising money on the side. I know an email isn’t the strongest gesture of gratitude, but I would just like to say that I promise you these funds will be put to good use. I hope that my work in the months/years to come can be a form of thanks. I greatly appreciate what you are doing with the ARC, and am honored that I am receiving support from such an organization. I wish for you continued success with the ARC, and I hope I have the chance to thank you in person some day. Sincerely, |
Posted January 10th, 2012
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| ARC is pleased to offer How to Create an Underpainting Like the Old Masters: A Step by Step Guide e-book by Eric Bossik. | |
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This e-book is a short 37 step guide on how to create a wipeout underpainting as done by many of the old masters and includes many helpful photographs and good foundational information for this process. Bossik’s works have been exhibited in many locations including the Society of Illustrators, the Salamagundi Club, the Art Director’s Club of New York, to name a few, and his Historical Military Paintings have been featured on the covers of The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography and From Sea to Shining Sea. |
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| To see a sample of this book in our technical articles section, please click here. | |
Posted January 10th, 2012
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| Faces of Winter 2012 - A Daniel Greene Festival | |
| Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists' Biennial Fine Art Juried Portrait Exhibition January 30 - February 24 at UConn Stamford, One University Place, Stamford, CT Ladies and gentleman, artists and art lovers, CSOPA is honored to host an historic weekend with American icon and A.R.C. Living Master™, Daniel Greene. The symposium taking place from Feb 3-5 is expected to sell out soon. Dan Greene devotees, aspiring portraitists, friends and colleagues should sign up soon. For more information, click here. |
Posted January 5th, 2012
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| ARC is pleased to announce the availability of new books by two of our Living Masters™ in the ARC Store. | ||
| Click here to see all books offered in the ARC Store. | ||
Posted January 2nd, 2012
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| Two New Articles by ARC Director of Operations Kara Lysandra Ross are available at the Epoch Times. | |
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The term, “Contemporary Art,” has long been associated with the Modernist and Post Modernist Movements because at the time they were created the words “contemporary art” or “modern art” also meant the art of today. |
| However, these movements started several decades ago and today the terms have become deceptive as a new movement of living artists is taking back the word contemporary and associating it with the traditional techniques of the old masters applied to the human experience as well as important subjects of the times. The general public is growing tired of art that needs long explanations and justifications and more and more people want to recognize what they are looking at and respond to it on a humanist level rather than a purely conceptual one… | |
| William Bouguereau and his Religious Works | |
| William Bouguereau (1825-1905), although well known for his paintings of peasant girls and mythological scenes, has also become one of the most beloved religious painters of all time. As a devout catholic, Bouguereau, as so many other religious painters, viewed his work as a form of worship both of God and of his most beloved creation, mankind. Bouguereau’s love of Christ can be clearly seen in his religious paintings for which he took no short cuts and spared no time and dedication in creating… |
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Posted December 28th, 2011
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| ARC is pleased to announce ARC Living Master™ Max Ginsburg’s gallery and workshop page. | |
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Max Ginsburg is a New York artist whose paintings are extremely realistic in form and content. His paintings explore the range of daily human life, concerned as much with life’s ironies and social injustices, as with its many joys. Issues of war and peace, racism and the inhumanity of man have been a major focus in his art. |
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| Click here to see the Max Ginsburg Gallery.
To view Max Ginsburg’s workshops, click here. |
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Posted December 28th, 2011
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| In response to international demand, ARC-approved atelier the Academy of Realist Art is pleased to announce its first UK workshop. Senior Instructor Fernando Freitas will be conducting a seven-day Bargue Drawing course from February 20 to 25, 2012 at The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, London. This workshop is designed to appeal to all levels of experience, from beginner to advanced.
The Charles Bargue Drawing course was developed and widely applied in the mid 19th century as a foundation exercise for fine art training. Throughout the years it has been used by many great masters as an essential process in understanding the principles of shape, proportion, value and form. |
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| Don’t miss this rare opportunity to learn the original Bargue method from a world-renowned instructor in old master techniques. For information or to register, visit www.academyofrealistart.co.uk or contact Ewan McNaughton at info@academyofrealistart.co.uk. | |
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