Fine Art and You

Thomas Blackshear has created a phenomenal amount of art in his life. Blackshear grew up in Georgia where he pursued an interest in art throughout high school.  After high school, he received a scholarship and attended and graduated from the American Academy of Art in Chicago. Thomas entered the co…

"My art takes root in the African heritage of Haitian culture.  The two main themes, which I have been painting during my whole career, are the representation of the Black woman and nature, developed according to haitian religious symbolism, binding these two interrelated subjects.

Dora Alis is an artist from Colombia. This time I have compiled few paintings by this artist. Paintings by Dora depict lots of emotions of children especially of African origin. The color and strokes used in this painter’s art works are commendable and very appreciable;

Ken Hamilton was born in Nigeria, West Africa and returned to Ireland at the age of eleven where he eventually went to Art College in Belfast. Rejecting the trends of so-called contemporary art, he has sought to restore some of the ancient values of painting now discarded by so many. His paintings…