It might as well have been the holy grail. That's how excited I was to find the dusty anatomical heart model in a junk store just west of...

I'm never quite sure why I feel the urge to create a still life around a specific object. For my painting, In search of the muse (shown...

When I set up a still life for a painting, I start with an object I find interesting and then rely on my instincts to guide me toward a...