The Belgian artist Léon Spilliaert was an insomniac, so he spent his nights wandering around his hometown in search of inspiration. Read more here.

His busy, muddy scenes of seedy nightlife and entertainment were often the focus of his canvases, painted with the gusto and urgency of Social Realism and rendered with egg tempera, oils, watercolors, ...

Among thousands and, possibly millions, of seashells washed up on shore is one painted to catch your eye. The shells are a ...

Is it the hills or plains of your childhood days, or the beach ... One's The Big Painting Challenge. If you want to be expressive, then aim for more than capturing a likeness of the scene.

there are about 30 artists and we all arrive with our blank canvases and we spread out across the city and even as far as into the mountains. And we paint scenes all in and around Knoxville.