Tree's Place Gallery Exhibition: Six Premier Landscape Artists

Six top artists combined observation, investigation, and invention to respond to the encompassing reality of the landscape. They will be exhibiting their sketches and studio paintings together for the first time this summer.

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Scott Prior's Landscapes

In the June 2008 issue of American Artist, we explored how urban landscape painter Scott Prior proves that a contemporary, "punk-rock" alternative to classical California subject matter can still produce moving and thought-provoking imagery. We offer more of his oil landscapes in this online exclusive gallery.

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Gustave Courbet's Realist Paintings

In the June 2008 issue of American Artist, we explored how Gustave Courbet is considered one of the first to propel Realism into the modern world. We offer more examples of his realist approach in this online exclusive gallery.

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Garth Herrick: Portrait Technique Interview

Watch a studio interview with June 2008 American Artist featured artist Garth Herrick about his portrait-painting process (11:07).

Check out a step-by-step demonstration of a large portrait commission taken on by Herrick, and check back weekly to view the next step in Herrick's process.

Objects in Water

The reflection of an object in water is longer than the actual object.