By Luana Luconi Winner Giorgio Vasari said in the 1500’s, “Drawing is the necessary beginning of everything, and not having it, one has nothing.” Drawing is language. A drawing is universally understood, regardless of … Read More
The Portrait Society of Atlanta 2021 Spring Exhibition Members Only Exhibition The Portrait Society of Atlanta 2021 SPRING Juried Exhibition will be held at the Mable House Arts Center, Mableton, GA. This competition will … Read More
MAY 24-26, 2021 3 DAY ZOOM WORKSHOP WITH DAN THOMPSON “Self Portrait Drawing – Doubled Mirror Self Portrait & Emphasis on Expressiveness & Vitality” This Zoom 3 day workshop will be conducted May 24 … Read More
How I created a fantasy portrait of Dionysus’ Panther. By Mark Alan Burnett Out of the blue one day, an executive’s assistant called and, with no further explanation, inquired if I could paint a … Read More
By Luana Luconi Winner Artemisia Gentileschi was born on July 8, 1593, into the male-dominated world of 16th century Rome, where the Italian culture was built on the premise that a woman was either a … Read More
By Michael L. Strickland The unfinished portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Madame Elizabeth Shoumatoff has been described as perhaps the most famous unfinished portrait in history due to the circumstances surrounding its creation. Unlike … Read More
By Amanda D. Mattison Jon deMartin is a storyteller. Whether his affinity for the narrative emerged out of his natural propensity toward image-making as a child or his focused study as a film student … Read More
By Suzanne Lavone Smith and Nancy Honea In addition to being inspiring teachers and benevolent jurors, these highly respected professional artists who recently passed away were valued friends of the Portrait Society of Atlanta over … Read More
By Suzanne Lavone Smith (PSA Advisory Board Member) These are trying times. Artists often seek isolation so some of us are doing just fine with little social contact, happily creating in our own worlds where … Read More
By Mike Strickland Perhaps nothing makes a teacher prouder than to have their students succeed. Almost everyone knows the name Claude Monet, but not as many know of Eugène Boudin, Monet’s mentor and friend. Claude … Read More
