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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...
Generous of Spirit in the Wild
Animal lovers are a special breed of human. They are generous of spirit, full of empathy, perhaps a little prone to sentimentality, and...
Art for the Animals
“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,...
Moments in Time
American Impressionism, an adaptation of French Impressionism, took root in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. The style is...
Seeing the Light in Shadow
The art of painting light and shadows finding patterns, and documenting the textures of the natural world is known as Plein-Air painting....
Hidden Realms and Beyond
Masks have many uses through time protection for knights riding into battle, fooling others into thinking we are something we are not,...
The Flow of Energy
“Flow is the nature of energy; flow is another name for life.” Banani Ray, Awakening Inner Guru. To be in the presence of the local...
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...
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