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A Modern Take on Western Art
A common theme is that "the Southwest is a place where legends are made and dreams come true." One can reach inspiration in the spirit of...
The Extension of Sensations
“The basic unit for contemporary art is not the idea, but the analysis of and extension of sensations.” Susan Sontag. Artist Cyn Silva's...
Impressions of the Day
In 1874, Impressionism emerged in France, a movement inspired by a desire to capture the "impressions" of everyday life with an...
Going with the Flow
Watercolor is an alchemical medium; colors join with water, expand, and move with it, creating new life where none had been before. It...
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...
Moments in Time
American Impressionism, an adaptation of French Impressionism, took root in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. The style is...
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...
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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