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Rombes and the superhero Clarence Clan by Robert Herkstroter – Art Beat interview

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I have strong feelings about quality in comics. I think quality has declined since the “Golden Age”

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“I help people celebrate their lives – it’s the best part of my work.” Illustrator Denis Blandford – Art Beat Interview

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I help people celebrate their lives. It’s the best part of my work.

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The Art of Consumption

I think you should be honest with what you’re painting. But I never know if what I’m doing is simply ludicrous.

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Owning Up To Contemporary Art – A Fair-Goer’s Buying Guide

What’s so great about contemporary art? It’s part of life in the here and now. It’s the work of living artists whose styles are evolving all the time.

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Hot Art in a CoolBrand, Part 2: In Love With Line

Howard Tangye’s art was hot. So hot, in fact, that it sparked bidding wars.

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Just Between Us: When Words Are Not Enough

They think I can see into them by looking at their pictures, and they’re afraid…

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Child’s Play with Rebekah Narewski: “art by the artist” series

I like the idea, the feeling of watching or being watched.

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Hot Art In A CoolBrand, Part 1 – Art Beat

Back when I was just an artist, I used to think it was outrageous that galleries charged the sort of commission they do. Now I see it completely the other way round.

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Through The Looking Glass – Art Beat

I’ve just been discovered. I’m sitting here at the computer minding my own business when suddenly a little boy thrusts open a cupboard door. He catches his breath. I stop typing. We stare at each other. It’s a Through the Looking Glass moment. Outside my window it’s a dull grey January afternoon, but inside the boy’s cupboard summer [...]

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Frida’s Pain – Art Beat

Committed to canvas, harsh reality and harrowing memories can be transmogrified into something of wonder.

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