
Illustration versus Fine Art, or How to Save Art and Make the World a Better Place
I was perusing the Drawn blog today, as I often do, and came across an article talking about the plight of Animation & Illustration students at San José State University in the US. Apparently their program is suffering – compared to…

Nude Painting of Canada’s PM has Some Folks in a Tizzy: update
Back in May I mentioned that there was a kerfuffle over a nude painting of Canada’s Prime Minister being removed from public view, with the artist, Margaret Sutherland, crying censorship. As I mentioned in that earlier post: There’s been some…

Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian photographer whose work documents the impact of industry on the environment. Most of his work is quite large, high resolution prints taken with a large-format camera that capture bleak but visually rich vistas of industrial…

Mathieu St-Pierre
I was recently contacted by Mathieu St-Pierre, a glitch artist from Montreal that now lives & works in South Korea. “But wait”, you say, “What is this glitch art you speak of?” Ah, glitch art. Such a fascinating manifestation of…

Meghan Howland
Checking out the ever-excellent art blog, I Need A Guide, I saw a bunch of work by Meghan Howland. Howland is a Massachussetts native who now works & lives in Portland, ME. Howland is one of those artists who does not…