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The Enchanted Brush Exhibition

Arnie Fenner

If you're traveling in the Midwest this summer you should make time in your schedule to visit the 2025 The Enchanted Brush: Legendary exhibition curated by Dan Chudzinski for the Mazza Museum's Lea Gallery at the University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio. Beginning with a beautiful poster painted by Scott Gustafson (shown at the top), artists in the exhibit include Iris Compiet, Allen Douglas, Quintin Gleim, James Herrmann, Kelley Hensing, Elliot Lang, Ashly Lovett, Don…

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10 THINGS…HORIZON LINE

Gregory Manchess

May 14, 2025 - The concept of the horizon line in a painting is so simple, I doubt there’s 10 things to say about it. But it’s extremely important if you want to imbue your visuals with impact. Even the most subtle painting needs a good horizon to set elements within. Let’s just assume for the moment you’ve no idea what I mean by horizon in a painting. Think of looking at the Earth. The horizon is simply the line of the planet in the distance. You’re looking at the far distant horizon line, like looking across a landscape or the ocean. Like our observation of the Earth’s horizon, we set a horizon in a painting, too. The difference is on how you observe the horizon: at what angle are you looking at it. This will determine where the…

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