PaintingImpressions of the Day In 1874, Impressionism emerged in France, a movement inspired by a desire to capture the "impressions" of everyday life with an...
PaintingArt Offers Breathing Room for the SpiritJohn Updike once observed, "What art offers is space, a certain breathing room for the spirit." This statement is undoubtedly true in...
PaintingThe Wow FactorLocal artist Karen Budan packs the “pow into the wow” factor of her realistic, brightly colored oil paintings. The images are so...
PaintingVisual Storytelling"It is through realism painting; I call forth universal feelings of visual storytelling." This quote identifies the magical qualities in...