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Headmaster Chad Lawrence

by [email protected] | May 18, 2022 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View | 0 Comments

The Portrait Presentation was a Hit I'm very excited to present my portrait of Headmaster Chad Lawrence who is retiring from Holy Trinity Christian school in Beaufort, SC this year. The portrait was a senior gift to the school and will hang in the lobby of the new...

The Dynamics of Sharing Our Creativity

by [email protected] | May 9, 2022 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

Blinders On When I ran the Maniscalco Gallery in Grosse Pointe, I remember more than once, artists coming through the door, head down, arms full of art, mumbling something like, “I don’t want to look at anyone else’s art. That’s how I know that what I’m doing is...

Palm Sunday Conversation About Dreams

by [email protected] | Apr 10, 2022 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, World View | 0 Comments

Welcome to Psalm Punday! Today, we live in a world of guns and violins. Personally, I don’t condone violins. I’m rather partial to violas. Seriously, thanks for having me here at the All Souls Waccamaw Unitarian Universalist Church. We tried this once before. And then...

Portrait of Juan Wu Li

by [email protected] | Mar 22, 2022 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View | 2 Comments

I have gotten to be very particular about taking posthumous portrait commissions. They pose some singular challenges to any portrait artist. My goal is to capture life, or at least to create portraits that have the feeling of being painted from life. This can be very...

Forever Young

by [email protected] | Feb 5, 2022 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, World View | 3 Comments

The Portrait of Steve Holmes I love the adventure of creating portraits. I always have. Some portraits stand out, not just because they are amazing subjects, fun to paint, but because the story around their creation moves, touches and inspires me. They say you can...

Solo Exhibition at Grosse Pointe Art Center

by [email protected] | Dec 21, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture | 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2022 Contact: Robert Maniscalco, artist [email protected] mobile: 313-689-2993 GPAC: 313-881-3454 Robert will be in Booth #40 at the Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibition in Marion Square (Downtown Charleston SC) May 27 to...

Q & A with Robert Manisalco

by [email protected] | Dec 2, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

Originally from Detroit, artist Robert Maniscalco apprenticed in the early 1980s under his internationally renowned portrait artist father, Joseph, who believed it was a sin to hide one’s talent. His gifts have led him to become an accomplished multi-media artist....

Carolina Arts News

by [email protected] | Nov 15, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational | 0 Comments

Newsflash: Maniscalco has now won four consecutive awards. « Anderson Arts Center in Anderson, SC, Opens Art Market Once Again – Calls for Artwork Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC, Calls for Sculptor’s Proposals – Deadline Oct. 19, 2021 » Robert...