Motivational Blog
Hue-based Society
We live in a hue-based society. Most artists have an unhealthy addiction to hue. Our obsession with color, specifically the hue of a color, undermines our ability to see form objectively. The Power of Positive Painting, my 157 page full color book, is an an effort to...
What People are Saying About The P3
I didn't set out to write four books. I simply had something important to say and I found a way to say it. Here's what People are Saying about my teaching and the book I could not be happier that my latest book, The Power of Positive Painting has received such glowing...
Press Release About the Power of Positive Painting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 15, 2024 Contact: Robert Maniscalco, author [email protected] mobile: 313-689-2993 The Power of Positive Painting has become a #1 Amazon Bestseller! 0 Forty years in the making, author, artist, and gallerist Robert Maniscalco...
The Magic Easel
Hi Robert, I am an artist, Ron Gianola, from Detroit living in northern Michigan. I have a story you may find interesting. I was a student at Arts and Crafts, later CCS, for years. Automotive Industrial Design, Illustration, later Fine Arts. Around the mid 80’s I...
Right Twice a Day
A Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day People don’t like to be told what they “should” do. These days, people prefer to construct their own morality, particularly true when it comes to choosing whether or not to get the Covid19 vaccination. Many people simply do not...
Hitler and the Creative Spirit
How unfortunate that Hitler turned out to be a better dictator than he was a painter. I often wonder how much suffering the world would have been spared if only he had remained a painter instead of becoming the evil force he did become. Moral: Buy Art or the World...
Let’s Get this Party Started
Methinks those feigning surprise and outrage about the right resorting to violence this past January 6th must have been asleep the last 400 years. At the root of conservatism is racial violence. It’s as American as apple pie; it is our collective scourge for allowing...
Forward from The Power of Positive Painting
Forward from "The Power of Positive Painting" A lot has changed in the art world in the forty plus years since I embarked on my career. Academia is finally embracing contemporary realism – realism that has something important to say about our world. Meanwhile, popular...
Private Lessons Are the Way
Virtual or In-person Private Lessons Covid19 has everybody making adjustments. As an artist, I am going about my business very differently than usual. The Pandemic is an interrupter to the art business, in a lot of ways. Fortunately, as a visual artist, a lot of my...
Behr With Us
This Christmas was very special for a some wonderful Dog people, who received the surprise of a lifetime for Christmas.Behr was revealed to his "mommy" by her loving mother. Behr is twelve and loved by everyone who meets him. Austen and Ella, brother and sister, love...
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Even in the rain, we persevere. What people don't realize, inside our tents it's cozy and warm, even in a downpour. It's a great time to get intimate with the work. We're all open, rain or shine. So don't let a little rain upend your plans. This is the stuff they talk about in singles ads. "I want to feel the rain on my face." Well here's your chance! ... See MoreSee Less
Mini portraits of stuff in my backyard. ... See MoreSee Less
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See it all in person at the 2025 #PSOAE May 23 to June 8. 10-5. I will be there every day, corner of Meeting and Calhoun.
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Barn at Dusk - Maniscalco Gallery
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There is something lonely, yet reassuring about a barn standing strong in a field, this one freshly tilled. They are shrines to hard work.I love Pete. Him and AOC, the dream team to end this madness and start over. ... See MoreSee Less
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