Greg Thompson introduced to me the work of Edward Rice. He's most known for his iconic architectural "portraits," as I would call them. Here is a rare landscape that I found remarkable. I've said before, composition isn't always about structure, it can be about color....

"Moonstricken Girls," acrylic by Carroll Cloar, of Earle, Arkansas. Collection of Arkansas Arts Center, thank God, or should I say Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts now? This might be my gun-to-the-head favorite painting in the whole wide world. Notice how the entire image...

"Fresh Wind," by Russian painter Bato Dugarzhapov. Everything I love about ocean beaches is beautifully expressed in oils. The light, both sparkling and diffuse. The misty atmosphere, breeze, mood, color. The primal expanse of the horizon. This design is dichromatic....