The country's most famous landscape painters pushed the idea of Manifest Destiny. Is there a better way to inspire people with landscape painting today?

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People tell you a lot of really useless aphorisms when you have a baby.

When museums open the archives, some artists go to work.

As an artist-parent, I've tried to keep a sort of hands-off/crayons-out approach.

As the country devolves into just the place my 94-year-old Jewish grandma has warned me about for years, a few Saturdays ago I found myself spending a day staring at this man, Marcel.

It's never as easy as it looks.

In between handing off our baby Amina to one of the 50 or so Moroccans who borrowed her for hugs and kisses.

Distance is relative.

The opening day for trout fishing in New York State falls on April Fool's Day.

There's a koan I think about.

When you look around you might see your neighbors but do you also see the heat they're packing?

The life of the artist as parent makes you realize how few hours there are in the day.

When 5am-risen babies take their first nap.

I see a real connection between kids' literature and epic poetry: they're both meant to be read aloud.

This is not so much a New Year's resolution, because those scare me.

A mountain is a mountain is a mountain … or is it?

Is the dream of a perfect space to make art really and truly achievable?

When you're on the go, you take your creativity (and tools) with you.

Running a small art residency is hard, specially during that one time of year when decisions have to be made.

Painting and talking aren't always in sync.

The world changes quickly and so does your perspective of it.

Let's just say my mind is elsewhere.

Not everyone in the artist's studio does the obvious labor of art.

Let the fish tell you about phishing.

Sometimes the artist next door is all the inspiration you need.

Old sketchbooks conjure up memories of the past that resonate today.

The world turns into a bouquet of color, and we get to enjoy all of it.

That nagging feeling you get when …

The thrill of surprise never goes away.

Cole wanted you to stare off into the impending destruction of a landscape and ponder the sublime beauty of it all — which, man, I did.

It's full of instability, but also possibility.

Some days you lack a clear perspective.

A not-exactly how-to guide.

Art can be seasonal.

Politics is local.

Refugees aren't faceless people; they are part of our families.

What one artist in the country is considering to do for the #J20 Art Strike.

Do you ever get sick of painting the same mountains over and over again?

Sometimes trees get in the way.

What am I afraid of?

I'm still waiting to be tweeted at by the President-elect.

What's the weather outside, you ask?

Last week, I invited over a handful of my favorite illustrators and said: "Take over the place!"

And it's not just because I live in the Catskills …

Lately, I've convinced myself that to make good art I need to get into a rhythm.

Your getaway doesn't have to make that much sense.

I know this week is supposed to be all about Hillary, but I'm still feeling kinda ill from the last one.