Oil Versus Acrylic: Where a Painting Ends Oil versus acrylic changes more than drying time. Régis Souto traces texture, matte passages, and the final oil surface where a painting finds its charge. Sep 8, 2026 Journal
What Gallery Representation Can and Cannot Do Gallery representation can extend an artist’s work, but it cannot replace a practice. A clear-eyed look at partnership, pace, and artistic authorship. Sep 7, 2026 Journal
Toronto Art Is Built Before the Figure Appears Toronto art begins where the surface resists. Régis Souto’s painting joins texture, queer self-authorship, and diasporic memory in a living city of constant revision and encounter. Sep 5, 2026 Journal
What a Contemporary Brazilian Artist Paints A contemporary Brazilian artist works through gesso, oil, queer figuration, and diasporic memory, making paintings where texture is biography in color. Sep 4, 2026 Journal
Figurative Painting Trends That Hold Their Ground Figurative painting trends are shifting toward tactile surfaces, fractured narratives, and figures that insist on presence, memory, and self-authorship. Sep 1, 2026 Journal
Why Do Artists Use Gesso Before They Paint? Why do artists use gesso? It creates a ground for light, texture, adhesion, and a painting's first decisions before oil reaches the surface. It matters. Aug 29, 2026 Journal
A Guide to Contemporary Portraiture Collecting A guide to contemporary portraiture collecting: how to read material, intention, provenance, scale, and lasting value before you acquire a work. Aug 26, 2026 Journal
How Oil Glazes Create Depth in Figurative Painting See how oil glazes create depth in Régis Souto’s figurative paintings, where transparent color, texture, and slow time shape the body with patient restraint. Aug 18, 2026 Journal
Paintings for Living Room That Hold Attention Choose paintings for living room with texture, scale, and a lived point of view. A collector's approach to art that keeps revealing itself over time. Aug 16, 2026 Journal
What Makes Art Collectible Beyond the Signature Learn what makes art collectible: material decisions, a distinct visual language, provenance, and the lived tension that keeps a work returning again. Aug 14, 2026 Journal
Oil Paintings Versus Art Prints for Collectors Oil paintings versus art prints differ in surface, scale, access, and permanence. Learn what each can bring to a contemporary art collection over time. Aug 12, 2026 Journal
Best Paintings for First Collectors to Live With Best paintings for first collectors are not trend purchases. Learn how to choose original work with material presence, meaning, and life beyond the wall. Aug 10, 2026 Journal