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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 Flow of Energy
“Flow is the nature of energy; flow is another name for life.” Banani Ray, Awakening Inner Guru. To be in the presence of the local...


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...


Fun in Form and Function
Brandon Sanderson, American Fantasy and Science Fiction author, once wrote, "Expectations are like fine pottery. The harder you hold...


Up Close with Lush Botanicals
Every artist dips their brush into their soul and paints their own nature onto the canvas. Many say to create what you know, and you will...


Unlimited Possibilities
Author Stephanie Perkins wrote, “A blank canvas has unlimited possibilities.” For a local artist, Barbara Drake, the realization of the...


Awe Inspiring and Insightful
Raku pottery, the ceremonial tea ware made for Zen Buddhist Masters of the 16th, is valued for simplicity and beauty. Today the Art of...


The Significance of Small Things
"Even small and casual things take on significance if they are washed in space, like a few autumn grasses in one corner of an Oriental...
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