Loni Stark
The Louvre Symposium: Imagining the Artist’s Identity in the Age of AI
Picture a midnight symposium in the Louvre—an imagined gathering I staged with generative AI.
The Symbiotic Studio: Art, Identity, and Meaning at the Edge of AI
From Renaissance workshops to AI; how reinvention shapes artists, and why creativity must evolve without losing its soul.
What AI Taught Me About Being an Artist
A reflection from someone who builds technology... and still needs time with paint, clay, and personal instinct.
Atelier Stark: Secondary colors, hardly second fiddle
“Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment.” – Claude Monet
The power of color continues to fascinate me. A love hate relationship really. Everytime I get frustrated with it, I pull out my tin of charcoal sticks and let a black and white world comfort me...only to pine for...
Atelier Stark: Pinning down the moment, ever fleeting
One of my favorite Olympic sports to watch in childhood was figure skating. The catchy music, whirling dancers in glistening costumes... gliding gracefully across the icy glass. It was not until I was older that I more deeply appreciated the art of figure skating. The repetitive practice to get...
Atelier Stark: Finding One’s Style
“Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, ...” Henri Matisse.
This week, I thought more about being a chameleon of style. To look at what is in front of me, in my mind and decide on how I...
Atelier Stark: Shapes and Planes
This past week, I thought a lot about shapes and planes as means of abstraction.
Atelier Stark: Discovering new possibilities at the New York Studio School virtual painting marathon
Prologue: I had plans in 2020 to spend a summer month in New York immersing myself in the practice of art at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, which is located in the building that previously housed the Whitney Museum of American Art. It was...
7 Step Thanksgiving Turkey Guide: The secret to a juicy, tender bird is the clay pot
Enjoy a delicious turkey feast thanks to the magic of a clay pot.
Video: A Sonoma wine country getaway with a twist (or two)
New Stark Insider travel video 3 Days in Sonoma is now playing!
Here's hoping your wine country getaway doesn't exactly go down as it does in this video!
For those who have visited or are fortunate to call it home I think we can all agree: Sonoma is a magical place....