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...
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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...
The Realm of Balance and Harmony
The foundation of many ancient philosophies' places utmost importance on the role of the idea which harmonizes the mind with the physical...
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." ...
Art Apart from Stone and Bone
The paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey once commented, “No amount of stone and bone can yield the kinds of information that the paintings...
Art Offers Breathing Room for the Spirit
John Updike once observed, "What art offers is space, a certain breathing room for the spirit." This statement is undoubtedly true in...
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