An art gallery is more than an art gallery when it becomes a work of art itself. Such a work of art weaves a tapestry of unique but...

When is an alley not an alley? A romantic would say, "when it is a laneway," but that is just semantics. Alleys are normally the...

"I love the high country and appreciate the easy accessibility here in Colorado. In a matter of maybe hours or minutes, you can be in the...

You can hear the snow crunch beneath your boots as you enter the landscape painted here. It is that strange time in mid-winter when...

Neurosurgeon, Leonard Shlain, was stumped by a question his daughter asked as they stood before an abstract painting. The girl stated...

“Something about the forest has always transfixed me. The abstraction, flow, and complexity has always drawn me to it." Jared Brady...

How often have we heard that good things come in small packages? The next question is "How small is small?" In the case of the painting...

"I challenge myself to find interest in 'uninteresting' subjects." Chris Alvarez If you were to ask the typical American for a symbol of...

"In a figure, the pose itself as symbol and language must communicate from across the room." Maria Battista. The pose, yes, the pose is...

It's autumn. We see the leaves turning golden outside our windows. We feel the nip in the air when the evening comes. We even turn on the...

"This painting was done one afternoon in late October in a small village called Arroyo Hondo, north of Taos. The sun was beginning to...

On painting: "We are only working on one human sense. Sight. Everything else has to be imagined. I can paint fog, rain, snow, smoke, fill...

Jess Preble, the artist who painted this quiet, poetic piece, says a lot about what love is in the portrait of this single flower. Love,...

"Concept. At the heart of every piece is a concept. A concept doesn’t have to be a grand statement. It can be as simple as the...

Just look at him. What a happy character. If he were human, he might be one of the characters at the neighborhood watering hole. You...

Looking at a Michael Baum landscape can really take you places. He comments that this painting says "adventure" to him, and he is correct....

Alla Prima is an Italian term for painting wet-on-wet. The French are more direct, calling it au premier coup, or a first stroke.

The raven looks like he was sent by Edgar Allen Poe as he sits with his claws hooked under the lid of the toy box. Is he just curious? Or...

"...for me watercolor is a kind of break out medium. Like a spillway from a dam or reservoir, it likes to run free, and nothing is better...

An old pond, frog jumps in, Kerplunk! So goes Alan Ginsberg's translation of Matsuo Basho's famous haiku. A simple act can stir things up.