Picture Frame Blog

Megan Rowley Stern spends her days balancing art with motherhood. The two aren’t so different, really. Both require nourishment. Each brings untold joy. Sometimes Megan’s oil paintings are a direct nod to motherhood as she captures this fleeting season in real time. Tale of Two Talents Growing...

Angela’s optimistic-meets-realistic take on life serves her well as a portrait photographer. Connecting with her subjects is important, and when you’re photographing joyful high-school seniors one day and corporate executives the next, you need to adapt your personality accordingly. It also...

For many of us, bright colors can be a healing balm to a battered spirit. This is especially true in the artwork of Christopher Johnson, a self-taught abstract oil painter from Nyack, New York, who left a 20-year advertising career to pursue fine art full time. Hope Unfolds Prompted by his...

Charles Andrade (pronounced ahn-drah-day) is equal parts artist and thinker. From his early endeavors as an art therapist to his more current passion for chalk pastels and custom wall designs, Charles gives rich, meditative thought to his work. Especially to color. The Theory that Changed...

Have you heard the story of the little boy who complained that his mom gave him too many green beans? When she told him he could just eat half, he bit into half of each green bean, leaving the remnants on his plate. Often we assume people know things that they don’t. Not because the process is...

When Lauren Aczon’s parents gave her office supplies to play with as a child, she transformed them into mini works of art. In fact, she still has the drawings, hole punches and color-coded dot labels she created as a kid. Mapping Out an Artful Life These days, Lauren channels her artistic...