The heretical idea that it's good to be able to draw and paint representationally.

Boris Artzybasheff's expressive machines

Elizabeth Hand reviews American Mirror, the new bio of Norman Rockwell, which makes the case for appreciating that much-maligned artist. (I love The Connoisseur.)

Edward Gorey's book covers

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Tor.com offers paintings of sff writers

Capitalist realism

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Animated Van Gogh pix

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ursulav on being a Real Artist

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