by Robert Maniscalco | Jun 15, 2025 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites
What Should you Expect from a Legacy Portrait? Basically, you are looking for an excellent likeness that will capture and express the world of the sitter, both inside and out. You really want an excellent portrait of yourself, your family or the founder of your...
by Robert Maniscalco | Jan 10, 2025 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites
A Grandma’s love I’m very excited to show another recent commission. This one from a bunch of photos taken by a proud grandma. In this case, Cheryle gave me many options and said “surprise me.” I have found, the more latitude a client provides...
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...
