Velvet painting’s stature in the art world is akin to that of creamed corn in the province of fine cuisine. Although artists have been putting paint to fuzzy fabric since the 14th century, velvet ...

When Diane Shilkitus was younger, she had a giant black velvet painting of a matador in her house. “I used to stare at it,” she says. “I think it just got into my subconscious, and when I got older, I ...

One day in 1968 when Juan and Abel Velazquez were 15 years old, their father sat them down and placed before them canvases of black velvet. Jose Velazquez had been a boxer in Mexico City. Later, he ...

This story is from Texas Monthly’s archives. We have left the text as it was originally published to maintain a clear historical record. Read more here about our archive digitization project. Art is ...

-- possibly the only museum in the world devoted to velvet paintings -- the pair have seemed to personify the "Keep Portland Weird" mystique. For the past four years, Anderson and Baldwin have invited ...

Black velvet painting is a sort of punchline of visual arts—the campy cousin of garden gnomes, tiki furniture, and pink flamingos. Signifying bad taste at its very best, portraits of Elvis, Jesus, and ...

Are velvet paintings considered a collectible, a work of art or a plain tacky collectible? Beauty is all in the eyes of the beholders as one old sage said. Interestingly, painting on velvet goes back ...

Jen Connell brings us step by step through her latest DIY weekend project. Who knew you could completely transform velvet by painting with chalk paint? I'm really excited to share my latest DIY ...

It is hot enough to refry beans on the sidewalk, but never mind. Inside a well-baked, second-story room in the northern sector of dusty Juarez, near the brown, slack Rio Grande, Manuel de Jesus ...