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The Forgotten

by netGALAXY Studios | Apr 8, 2016 | CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

I find it appalling that we have forgotten Haiti. It is astounding how quickly the child sexual abuse epidemic has fallen off our radar. It's horrendous that the Flint water crisis has already been brushed under the rug and forgotten. And there is a continuous flow of...

I See Blue

by netGALAXY Studios | Mar 24, 2016 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View | 0 Comments

Watch a short film about the color blue: I've noticed some artists tend to favor a certain color. Taking a very wide view, I've even noticed certain cities tend to shy away from certain colors or favor others. It seemed every artist in New Orleans started with a...

Freedom from Identity

by netGALAXY Studios | Mar 15, 2016 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

I've been living a double life for sometime, painting what moves, touches and inspires me, while dutifully holding on to the moniker of being a professional artist. Today, I am giving up the identity of being a professional artist. Ironically, it is also the day I'm...

Still Lives Matter

by netGALAXY Studios | Mar 11, 2016 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View | 0 Comments

I hope you'll pardon this tasteless, though possibly clever, pun as the title to this blog. I've created a lot of still lives over the years but I've always had an odd relationship to the genre. I believe if I am going to ask someone to stare at a painting of mine it...

Inside the Artist’s Studio

by netGALAXY Studios | Mar 4, 2016 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View | 0 Comments

http://hkpowerstudio.com/inside-the-artist-studiorob-maniscalco/

Artfields 2016

by netGALAXY Studios | Mar 3, 2016 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View | 0 Comments

I am very excited to have been selected as an exhibiting artist for Artfields 2016, with my painting of Louise Noel, part of The Quench Project. This competition is open to southern artists and is modeled after Artprize, held annually in Grand Rapids, MI. There are...

Paint it Forward

by netGALAXY Studios | Feb 19, 2016 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View | 0 Comments

In the spirit of the "Pay it Forward" campaign made popular a few years back, "Paint it Forward" is a challenge to other artists to use their unique skill, vision and power to create work that addresses the important issues of our time. Art with a social conscience is...

Recovery versus Relief

by netGALAXY Studios | Feb 8, 2016 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View | 0 Comments

An Excerpt from “Quench” part of The Quench Project Haiti is now in a recovery stage; the emergency relief aid has faded from the headlines as time has passed since the tragedy of 2010. Part of my intention in The Quench Project has been to keep our focus on the...

Why We’re Here

by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 3, 2016 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Theatre Related, Uncategorized, World View | 2 Comments

A letter to fellow creatives I get that I'm just a regular fella; nothing I do entitles me to any more favor than anyone else. God loves me the same as he loves everyone. His love is unconditional and absolute. I also get that we live in a society that celebrates the...

Thirsting for Solutions – City Paper on Quench Project

by [email protected] | Dec 24, 2015 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View | 0 Comments

December 23, 2015 Arts+Movies » Features Robert Maniscalco paints Haitians overcoming the 2010 earthquake Thirsting for Solutions By Bryan Granger Courtesy of Robert Maniscalo The enduring optimism of Haitians is what made...