"Washington is my favorite museum. The buildings themselves are magnificent, and I have created several paintings that show museum exteriors. So it was only natural to want to paint something inside a museum as well."

July 21, 2014

Sally Davies on British Museum

Artist Interviews

“I love long shadows in the morning and evening … and that warm glowing light that is so transient.”

June 26, 2014

Q&A with Mixed-Media Artist Donald Cicconi

Artist Interviews

Donald Cicconi makes art with photographs, handmade paper, wood block prints, acrylic paint, and a strong influence from Japanese art.

June 12, 2014

Intimate & Accessible: A Tabletop Ceramics Q&A

Artist Interviews

We asked the potters of "Tabletop" to tell us why they make these functional forms — here's what they had to say.

May 19, 2014

Q&A with Claire Carroll: “Woman Shoots Man”

Artist Interviews

"There are so many stories in the news at the moment about men overpowering and suppressing women that I wanted to show an instance of woman being in control of man."

May 2, 2014

Q&A with Artist Arlie Hammons

Artist Interviews

"I never wanted to be an artist. I was dragged into it."

April 30, 2014

Q&A with Artist Nancy Pane Fortwengler

Artist Interviews

The Fabrications series explores the dramatic lighting, movement, and costumes of ballet — without the dancers.

April 18, 2014

Q&A with Photographer Claire Carroll

Artist Interviews

With larger-than-life colors and bold presentation, the photograph above isn't shy about putting the "pop" in "Pop Art."

April 3, 2014

Q&A with Award Winner Victoria Cowles

Artist Interviews

"For me the stream of consciousness is an expression of what is most important to me emotionally. I try to allow as much chaos and spontaneity as possible with just enough structure to hold it together."

March 28, 2014

Q&A with Award Winner Linda Lowery

Artist Interviews

“I worked with lots of colors, but found something special in the contrast of pink and blue.”

March 5, 2014

Q&A with Award Winner Michelle Simoneau

Art Classes, Artist Interviews

"My focus shifted from the end product to the experimental act, which made me more audacious and less critical."

February 26, 2014

Q&A with Award Winner Nada Abizaid

Art Classes, Artist Interviews

We asked artist Nada Abizaid, a graphic designer during the day, about taking ceramics classes and creating the piece that won the Dennis Davis Award for Pottery.

February 24, 2014

Q&A with Award Winner Milton Shinberg

Art Classes, Artist Interviews

"People say watercolor is unforgiving, which just means you have to enjoy risk and accident. I'm trying to get there."

January 25, 2014

Award Winner Gaetano Rando on 64 Garden Squares

Artist Interviews

Regulars in the Gallery will remember Gaetano Rando, or Guy, from the December 2011 solo exhibit "Transitions" featuring work by Guy and his son, Marco.

January 13, 2014

Q&A with Award Winner Constance Slack

Artist Interviews

"Adagios produce a different painting from Spanish Flamenco."

December 24, 2013

Q&A with Award Winner Tatyana Schremko

Artist Interviews

November 27, 2013

Q&A with Award Winner Wijati Soemantoro

Artist Interviews

"The final products of my mind are usually more representational portraits and figures … when I utilize more of my heart, it evokes an emotional response."

November 26, 2013

Q&A with Award Winner M. Alexander Gray

Artist Interviews

"I can trace my interest in printmaking to a college instructor who said my pen drawings reminded him of Albrecht Durer's woodcuts. Over the years since then I have come to appreciate printmaking as an extension of — and improvement upon — drawing."

November 20, 2013

Q&A with Award Winner H.K. Anne

Artist Interviews

"Many of the Hudson River artists' paintings were panoramas of the landscape used as a metaphor for the possibilities of this new country. Most of my landscapes are up close and complicated, which I feel reflects our time in history."