THE SYNTAX OF COLOR

When preparing a lecture, it seems that a large quantity of unused material is generated that never makes it into the actual talk given....

"The rhetorician would deceive his neighbors, the sentimentalist himself; while art, is but a vision of reality. What portion in the...

The business of tracking down art materials leads to some interesting places. While on collection related business for work in New York,...

Given what has happened in Rome in recent weeks (Editor's Note: April 2, 2005, the death of pope John Paul II), I though it would be...

It is a humorous name for a group of colors. Vermilionettes and Royal Reds makes me think of the name of a big band from the 1930s. ...

The priming layer or ground a painting is placed upon has gotten a lot of attention in recent years. Since the priming layer serves as a...

Well, it’s not grammatically correct, but it is a poignant reminder that it is the only skin we have and we better care for it wisely....

Only a handful of theater enthusiasts would know the name Joseph Kesselring. However, many would recognize one of his most famous plays,...

Water and mined earth material is poured into the tank on the far left that overflows into the next tank. Lighter particles are carried...

Interesting that we should start with the color that Webster's Dictionary describes as “the achromatic color of least lightness.” ...

I find it a lot of fun to run across advertising that predicts what will happen in the future. This ad appeared in the February 1949...

After a considerable hiatus, the art materials website devoted to pigment history stories, interviews with artists and manufacturers,...

(Editor's Note: This essay has been re-titled corrected and reworked. It was first published on April 19, 2016. Essays will be...

This topic comes up many times in discussions with artists. Artists start to question the toxicity of a solvent and the cold hard...

Displayed is a 19th century depiction of a pot that would contain a coil of lead that was destined to be exposed to acetic acid contained...