by robert maniscalco | Jan 8, 2025 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Portraiture
The Posthumous Portrait Challenge Here’s an interesting recent commission, from a blurry B&W snapshot taken in the 1970s, evidently on an airplane. Butch passed away last year and his wife of many years decided to have her favorite pic of him made into a...
by robert maniscalco | Oct 19, 2024 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
Dannagal Goldtnwaite Young has written a book called Wrong, which was recently featured on an episode of Hidden Brain (on NPR), called, “Sitting with Uncertainty.” Wrong is a very enlightening book that not only sheds a much needed light on our political...
by robert maniscalco | Oct 14, 2024 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, World View
It was confirmed for me yesterday that the Watermission compound in Porta Prince, Haiti, where I painted the Last Supper mural fell out of their hands in 2023, when they abandoned the property and the country was taken over by gangs. This was part of my work on The...
by robert maniscalco | Aug 3, 2024 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
I’ve been thinking about what kind of artist I want to be. After 45 years in the business, I think its time. Do I choose to respond to what other artists are doing successfully and turn myself inside out trying to beat them at their own game? Or dare I trod my...
by robert maniscalco | Jul 19, 2024 | Art Instruction, Motivational, World View
Another reason I speak out against a second Trump presidency is because it will mark the end of the Parole program, allowing Americans to sponsor citizens of struggling countries, like Haiti and bring them here, legally. I am sponsoring two beautiful young men, Abel...
by robert maniscalco | May 13, 2024 | Art Instruction, Motivational, World View
We think we have freedom, but do we really? Our choices are carefully curated, from presidential candidates to groceries. We have been conditioned to want what we have been given as “choices.” We are told to be happy with these choices. It will go easier for us. But...
