On the Road to Discovery
It all began in 1841 when an American artist developed a process of putting his paints into metal tubes. Until then, artists mixed their...
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Art for the Animals
“It is not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.” Mother Teresa. In the creative life of Tucson artist Diana Madaras,...
Moments in Time
American Impressionism, an adaptation of French Impressionism, took root in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. The style is...
Seeing the Light in Shadow
The art of painting light and shadows finding patterns, and documenting the textures of the natural world is known as Plein-Air painting....
The Hidden Secret of Color
The American Naturalist, John Muir, wrote in The Yosemite, “Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play, and to pray where...
Wildness, Wandering, and Mystery
"On and on they flew, over the countryside parceled out in patches of green and brown, over roads and rivers winding through the...
Unlimited Possibilities
Author Stephanie Perkins wrote, “A blank canvas has unlimited possibilities.” For a local artist, Barbara Drake, the realization of the...
Painting the Magic in Storytelling
"There is magic in our world, every sunrise, fluttering leaf, and the most brilliant meadow flowers. I paint what takes my breath away." ...
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