I am about to end my conversation with 81 year old Artsicle artist Marilyn Henrion when she decides to drop a bomb. “Something that people often don’t know about me is that I used to perform in Claes Oldenburg’s Happenings in the 50s.”...

How did you start painting?

My first interest was actually probably in drawing – in comic book characters. That was very early on, in junior high school. Then, I had a couple of mentors in high school that quite inspired me – they were very nice...

Tracey Levett didn't always want to be a painter. She fell into it after spending years as a singer/songwriter, and quickly found herself consumed. She is drawn to the deep emotions that painting engenders, and, as she says, hopes that her work...

Nathan Sawaya calls himself a Brick Artist. The medium he has chosen to create large-scale 3D models and sculptures is the lowly LEGO brick toy, but he has definitively elevated it through his innovative work. Since leaving his job as a...

Kathleen Migliore-Newton greeted me at the entrance to her Fort Greene townhouse and ushered me in, saving me from the pounding rain outside. Slight with bright curly hair, Kathleen moved through the doorway in front of me and lead me into the...