Chasing the Total Eclipse 2024
I’ve wanted to see a real total solar eclipse since I can remember. I’d read about it, looked at...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, April 17th, 2024
I’ve wanted to see a real total solar eclipse since I can remember. I’d read about it, looked at...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
Being a successful illustrator is not just about being a good artist. That may be the overarching...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, February 21st, 2024
We won’t work on finished paintings. We’ll work on designing several pictures together, preparing...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, January 24th, 2024
Everyone at one point or another has been worried about getting a good idea. No creative person is immune to the work of generating ideas. No one. We all share a common misconception: that ideas pop into mind fully formed by themselves, fresh, new, and creative. It feels like it should be that way. We constantly hear about how this artist or that writer sat down and let it happen on the page. After all,…
Read MorePosted by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, December 27th, 2023
While still in the Christmas Season and Holiday spirit, I’m inspired by some of my favorite Winter...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, November 29th, 2023
I love stamps! The incredible effort that goes into each one is fascinating. Whether with...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, November 1st, 2023
I’ve always been a little different than the other kids around me growing up. I was drawn to...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
I was familiar with the novel, The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, through reviews and movies...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
These are the final paintings for the special edition of Frozen Hell, the short story originally...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, August 9th, 2023
I recently finished work on multiple paintings for a ‘hot metal’ typeset Fine Press Edition of...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, June 14th, 2023
I’m often asked by students how to get ideas and what keeps me excited and stimulated to do my...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
We just lost another of America’s great illustrators, again. Several years ago, before the...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, April 19th, 2023
We are on entirely new ground here. The world hasn’t experienced something quite like this before....
Read MorePosted by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023
This is the post that many have asked me to write for a long time. Color is such a personal aspect...
Read MorePosted by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023
We’re creating art history right now. You are a part of how future generations will look back to...
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