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Conversations with Artists: Christopher Remmers

Lisa Cyr

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1630"] Annicha by Christopher Remmers[/caption] Conversations with Artists is an ongoing series that I am doing for Muddy Colors. This month, I was able to have an insightful conversation with classically trained oil painter, educator and entrepreneur Christopher Remmers. We talked about his unique approach to ideation and development, creating preparatory studies, painting on an epic scale and storytelling through personal myth and immersive experiences. Check out our conversation and studio visit…

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Composition Junction, What’s your Function?

Greg Ruth

September 26, 2025 -   Composition is the quiet workhorse of any piece of work, fine art, cover illustration, key art, etc... it is the contextual energy that guides the eye and steers it across the scope of the image. It does the lion's share of the work on a piece but also often works best when it's buried a little bit behind the hedge making magic in the background. You can express compositional energy with simple graphic layouts as with say splash page style action shots, or use furniture and light, or even the way characters in your image gaze at each other or elsewhere. Composition is the absolute most quiet and potent workhorse on the canvas or page.     Because of my comics background I was forced to grow a limb that always thinks about how…

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