"I work from nature; seeing the real thing has much more impact than photographic representations. I then push it a little further to...

“My first loves were architecture and landscapes in my paintings. However, when I came nose to nose with the ‘buckaroos’ of the Great...

“The basic unit for contemporary art is not the idea, but the analysis of and extension of sensations.” Susan Sontag. Artist Cyn Silva's...

In 1874, Impressionism emerged in France, a movement inspired by a desire to capture the "impressions" of everyday life with an...

There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected, and one isn't. Solitude replenishes, and isolation diminishes....

It all began in 1841 when an American artist developed a process of putting his paints into metal tubes. Until then, artists mixed their...

Animal lovers are a special breed of human. They are generous of spirit, full of empathy, perhaps a little prone to sentimentality, and...

“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,...