When artists and twin brothers Trevor and Ryan Oakes set out to paint a Red River Valley winter landscape, they planned to work by the light of the moon. Their first night, with the temperature ...

Hetty Easter loves to capture the beauty of a winter’s day on her canvas. Easter, of Skaneateles, is an artist who paints portraits, landscapes and events (including weddings) for clients. She ...

Mathews, Nancy Mowll, "The Art of Leisure: Maurice Prendergast in the Williams College Museum of Art," Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art, 1999, pg. 65. Clark, Carol, Nancy Mowll Mathews ...

Trying to navigate the history of art—its artists, its ideas, its interpretations and interrelations, its foundations and attitudes—can be inspiring yet also intimidating. (Cue image of an Ancient ...

Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 211. Winter landscape depicting a ...

Winter isn't all bad – these "sublime" landscapes of the frozen North from the turn of the 20th Century offer us a way into resilience – and an "acceptance of the seasonality of life". With its bare ...

Plein Air, in French, means “in the open air” – in other words, art that is painted outdoors. In Florida in April, when the rainy season and the summer humidity hasn’t quite taken hold yet, that ...

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After more than 25 teaching art in Polk County and 35 years in a career as a professional artist, Carol Conti, of Winter Haven, is ending her teaching career to spend more time on her recreational art ...