Category Archives: Arts

Why Bother with Art Colleges?

John Morris asked: If you are pretty talented at art you might not even consider going to Art College. Why should you, anyway? You can draw like the masters: Boticelli, Michaelangeo, Da Vinci. There wasn’t a landscape scene your brushes didn’t like, and there wasn’t any portrait you couldn’t draw. You can sketch anything that… Read More »

Five Great Examples of Collectible Paintings: This Art Mimics the Economic Downturn

DiscoveredArtists.com Media Relations asked: Internet art gallery DiscoveredArtists.com reports that art continues to mimic life and, in fact, in some instances mocks life. A growing number of paintings and fine art photos posted to the online art gallery are themed around the current economic downturn.  The artworks range in temper from sympathetic, emphatic reflections on… Read More »

Collecting Australian Aboriginal Art

marie geissler asked: A passionate engagement Marie Geissler on collecting Australian Aboriginal art Aboriginal art is richly rewarding for the collector. Described by renowned Australian art critic, Robert Hughes, as belonging to ‘the world’s last great art movement’, collectors of art from this extraordinary ancient but vibrant living culture have, in recent years, fuelled a… Read More »