Category: art

Why Art Is Not ‘What You Can Get Away With’

Commentary Philosophy is littered with questions that are easily stated but difficult to answer. What is—well, you choose: What is justice? What is knowledge? What is virtue?  What is love? Many such questions are probably unanswerable or at least unanswerable in any way that is profitable. Any answer that is accurate is also likely to…


Pure Beauty: ‘Between Generations’

We are delighted to present a selection of oil paintings by talented artists from NTD’s International Figure Painting Competition. The competition’s mission, “Pure Truth, Kindness and Beauty,” has inspired many artists to recognize their responsibility in creating art with traditional values. Award-winning Paintings Original artworks, canvas wraps and prints are now available for purchase. All net proceeds will go toward supporting the artists…


Pure Beauty: ‘Birds of the Air, Grass of the Field’

Click here for more inspiring videos. We are delighted to present a selection of oil paintings by talented artists from NTD’s International Figure Painting Competition. The competition’s mission, “Pure Truth, Kindness and Beauty,” has inspired many artists to recognize their responsibility in creating art with traditional values. Award-winning Paintings Original artworks, canvas wraps and prints are now available for purchase. All net…


Pure Beauty: ‘Milena’s Friends’

Click here for more inspiring videos. We are delighted to present a selection of oil paintings by talented artists from NTD’s International Figure Painting Competition. The competition’s mission, “Pure Truth, Kindness and Beauty,” has inspired many artists to recognize their responsibility in creating art with traditional values. Award-winning Paintings Original artworks, canvas wraps and prints are now available for purchase. All net…


Pure Beauty: ‘Child Fighter’

Click here for more inspiring videos. We are delighted to present a selection of oil paintings by talented artists from NTD’s International Figure Painting Competition. The competition’s mission, “Pure Truth, Kindness and Beauty,” has inspired many artists to recognize their responsibility in creating art with traditional values. Award-winning Paintings Original artworks, canvas wraps and prints are now available for purchase. All net…


Pure Beauty: ‘Unmoved’

We are delighted to present a selection of oil paintings by talented artists from NTD’s International Figure Painting Competition.  The competition’s mission, “Pure Truth, Kindness and Beauty,” has inspired many artists to recognize their responsibility in creating art with traditional values. Award-winning Paintings Original artworks, canvas wraps and prints are now available for purchase. All net proceeds will go toward supporting the artists…


California Potter Talks Art of Survival, Survival Through Art

BEAUMONT, Calif.—Rich Lopez almost died twice before he started truly living. “The first time I tried to end my life, I was driving on the freeway. I jumped lanes into oncoming traffic. A huge semi was coming right at me. At the last second, I swerved and ended up in a ditch,” he said while…


Pure Beauty: ‘Plum Blossoms in the Muddy World’

We are delighted to present a selection of oil paintings by talented artists from NTD’s International Figure Painting Competition. The competition’s mission, “Pure Truth, Kindness and Beauty,” has inspired many artists to recognize their responsibility in creating art with traditional values. ​Award-winning Paintings Original artworks, canvas wraps and prints are available for purchase.  All net proceeds will go toward supporting the artists and…


Newport Beach Seeks Public’s Help Choosing Public Art

Newport Beach is seeking the public’s opinion choosing the newest artworks to display at Civic Center Park. As part of the Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, the city’s Civic Center Park has 20 existing sculptures, 10 of which are replaced every spring. Officials are asking the public to help choose which pieces should be displayed next spring….


Salvation Through Art: ‘The Celebration of Svantovit’

There are historical moments when we turn our backs on the divine and suffer for it, but the traditional arts can always serve as a link back.  Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), who worked before and after the independence of Czechoslovakia in 1918, believed that art serves a spiritual purpose.  Mucha spent much of his early life in France creating commercial…