Competition 2006
We celebrate the talented winners who tell us the fascinating, sometimes surprising stories behind their award-winning works.
Landscape By Christine Proskow
Portrait & Figure By Maureen Bloomfield
Experimental By Betsy Dillard Stroud
Still Life By Lisa Wurster
Animal/Wildlife By Deborah Christensen Secor

Competition Confidential
A peek behind the scenes at the process of judging, so if you didn't make it into the winners' circle this year, you'll have a leg up for 2007.
By Dana Schmidt

Leaders of the Pack
Meet our eminent jurors as they reveal what distinguished the 30 stellar paintings that won the top awards from the fine work of more than 300 finalists.
By Dana Schmidt

It's a Wrap!
For artists: fabulous and unusual holiday gifts in all price ranges.
By Katherine Mesch

Columns

The Drawing Board
Change the placement to change the effect. Three ways to arrange the elements in a still life composition to make the most of negative space.
By Donald Clegg

Brushing Up
A study guide to white pigments and their myriad applications in oil, acrylic and watercolor.
By Butch Krieger

Business
Create a budget and stick to it, if you want to avoid a day job in order to paint full time.
By Kathy Gulrich

Master Class
The Austrian painter Gustav Klimt is famous for his opulent, sensuous surfaces, but an early work reveals the emotion at the heart of his experiments in portraiture.
By Jean Pederson

Departments

• Dialogue
• The Artist's Life: A new book on art theft, a new kind of gallery, honors at the Society of Illustrators, and more.
• Art News
• Workshop Guide