Daniel E. Greene is represented by Gallery Henoch in New York City; Miller Gallery in Cincinnati; Wendt Gallery in Laguna Beach, California; Nedra Matteucci Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Cavalier Galleries in Greenwich, Connecticut. Cavalier Galleries will exhibit his newest paintings in a show opening May 20.

In the April 2008 issue of American Artist, we discussed how Christine Lafuentes still lifes and plein air landscapes are oriented toward achieving a color harmony that captures the play of light across the forms. In this online exclusive gallery, we offer more examples of her technique.Trees, Early SpringMorning2007, oil on mountedlinen, 5 x 7.

I’ve never missed a deadline—ever! Let me get that out there at the start. What can I say? Sometimes inspiration refuses to be rushed.If your muse arrived too late to make the early-bird deadline for entering our Watermedia Showcase art contest, don’t worry: There’s still time to get in your work. The final deadline is August 1.

Drawing in my sketchbook is something that, until recently, I’ve pretty much only practiced at home. But without really thinking about it, I grabbed my sketchbook on my way out the door the other day, when I knew I’d have some down-time while I was out and about. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find my good pen, so I ended up drawing with a blue ink Bic (great for taking notes at work; horrible for drawing, at least for my style and in my humble opinion).

In case you haven’t heard, we wrapped up the judging of our Watermedia Showcase competition a few weeks ago (Sorry, no spoilers here. You’re going to have to wait for the February issue to see the winners announced.), and just a few weeks before that, a colleague and I juried a local arts fair. For one thing, I love looking at great art, plus shows are a great way to find new talent to feature in the magazine and gauge trends—Are there more abstracts than usual this year?

In the March 2008 issue of Magazine, we published “The Nuts and Bolts of Hi-Tech Animation,” an article about production designer Bill Cone and the role of the fine artist at Pixar Animation Studios. To learn about that issue, click here.Cone took a road trip along old Route 66 to prepare for the movie Cars.