Getting into the Demos of Oil Painting Masters

Yay! Oil Painting Masters at work!

The Oil Painters of America recently asked me to write about several artists' plans for painting demos at the national OPA convention. I jumped on the chance to write it. What an incredible opportunity to interview several of today's most successful painters.

My personal take-away was more about these artists' similarity to the rest of us than their differences. They all have home lives, errands, commitments, and work. The biggest differences were that perhaps they've worked a bit harder than many of us to hone their skills and direct their business of art.

Getting into the Demos

The OPA Twenty-Fourth Annual National Exhibition in St. Augustine is showcasing several of today’s most successful artists. Expect their demos to be motivating. Demos persuade us to experiment, to change, and to energize our own practice. Further, they teach us new ways to think and see, modify our techniques, and remind us of methods we may have forgotten or never learned. Just breathing new air sometimes, being inspired by accomplished and like-minded artists helps move us to reach for the next level.

Read my article about Albin Veselka, Marc Hanson, Morgan Samuel Price, Dominic Avant, Barbara Carter, Louis Escobedo, and Don Demers in this link to the OPA article.

Albin Velseka painting a figure.