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10 things…10 best

by Gregory Manchess | Saturday, October 24th, 2020

Hard to believe it’s been ten years of writing for Muddy Colors. We took an inkling of an idea and fleshed it out into one of the all-time best artist sites anywhere. That’s what nearly all of these “10 things…” posts are about: building and striving toward success. It’s difficult to say which posts are best. Instead of listing my personal favorites, I thought of them as a portfolio of posts. Which ones are practical…

A Visual Reimagining of A Scanner Darkly

by Vanessa Lemen | Saturday, October 17th, 2020

I’m very excited to be able to share these paintings I did for the new limited edition of A...

Celebrating 10 Years!

by Muddy Colors | Wednesday, October 14th, 2020

10 years ago this very month, we started what was essentially an experiment. At the time, many...

Turning Points: Sandro Botticelli

by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, October 8th, 2020

This month I’m returning to my series “Turning Points” which looks at some of...

10 Things…10 Days to a Breakout Painting

by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, October 7th, 2020

Nearly every artist has a breakout painting that establishes their direction. A signature piece...

Dark Vision

by Chris Beatrice | Monday, October 5th, 2020

“The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.” -Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West What exactly is meant by this word, “shadow”? An area of darkness, of less light, perhaps? The very concept of shadow is an artificial convention, which can lead to limiting mischaracterizations of the underlying reality. For instance: Everything in shadow is not darker than everything in…