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Creating Visual Poetry
Artist and author Will James wrote, "The West, where a man can look farther and see less of anything but land and sky." Today, Western...


An Instinct for Direction
"Above all things, the Plainsmen had to have an instinct for direction. I never had a compass in my life; I was never lost." Charles...


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...
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