My Fairy-Tale Life, by Steven Boone

From my ongoing “Vanitas” series, these two skeletons seem to capture moments of life—and death—in a quiet yet playful way. Painted in my st...

Over the years I have come to realize my best artwork elicits strong reactions and not necessarily favorable. People have cried in front of ...

Our house is magical; it drew us into itself. All the way from New Mexico USA to Oaxaca, Mexico, near Central America.   We have met neighbo...

When I go to bed, I always see her—a redhead woman leaping, arms stretched in front, about to splash into a pool of water. She is dresse...

After almost 600 posts spanning a decade, occasionally I find myself without a topic to write about. I could go to my poems or myriad journ...

Almost everyone has known the pleasure of gazing in glass store windows. There is a name for it: “window shopping”. The allure is in t...

Artists are often reluctant to interpret their work when asked. A reason could be that the artwork is like a child and the artist ...

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a phenomenal creator. The public recognized his genius and followed along ...

"Visitation" original photo by Steven Boone For some reason I lost my attraction to material things about eleven year...

If there is any doubt that art shapes our way of seeing the world, a recent experience of mine will shed light. Yesterday, m...

Santa Fe Winter , oil on canvas, 26 x 23 inches Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other pe...

Sometimes, in olden days when ships were powered by sails and breeze, it happened that during a journey, the wind stopped. ...

Ice-cream Hangup, by Steven Boone I enjoy surprise in life and art. Surprise is what challenges our perception, and makes us wo...

"Road To Bliss" In business, it is important to create a “brand” which identifies a product as desirable to the public. The...

Every picture tells a story, and in art, it is remarkable how different that story can be from one person to the next. For instance, a p...