Being an artist is no picnic. But it's the only life I know that makes sense. Sometimes I wonder if I truly enjoy suffering, then it becomes a good alibi to be an artist. There's only one catch. I am not "a will be" or "could be" or even an "emerging" artist.

Rene Magritte was a Surrealist painter who was born in Belgium in 1898. In his paintings he wanted people to look at ordinary things in different ways. He sometimes painted objects in places were they didn’t usually belong, like in Time Transfixed in which a train is coming out of a fireplace.

Dedicated to "exploring the myriad of ways art can benefit special needs children and their families," Angel Boy Art is an online gallery of artwork by children with disabilities, a place where these young artists can both sell their work and share their talent.

French court sentenced Sam Rindi, a female painter from Cambodia to one hundred hours of social work and and to 2000 Euros of fine because of the fact that during past summer Sam kissed two paintings in an exhibition leaving on a white background the trail of a red lipstick.

The South Carolina State Park Service is again inviting artists to spend a week in a cabin and share their experience through their work.