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Expressions of Beauty
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Expressions of Beauty

Rimi Yang paints effortless scenes that allow the viewer to have a conversation with the art

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Brilliant Blooms
LET ME SAY IT AGAIN
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LET ME SAY IT AGAIN

Harley Brown's fascinating things no one else will tell you

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4 mins  |
Master at Work
PURE NEED
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PURE NEED

Harley Brown's fascinating things no one else will tell you

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5 mins  |
Master at Work
MONUMENTAL
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MONUMENTAL

The landscape in and around Taos, New Mexico, is central to Jivan Lee's latest paintings.

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4 mins  |
Natural Beauty
EDGE of the EARTH
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EDGE of the EARTH

Salt marshes and the wildlife that inhabit them have inspired painters for centuries.

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Natural Beauty
Magical Moments
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Magical Moments

Matthew Sievers' paintings of rural landscapes and cities are dynamic expressions of light, color and atmosphere.

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Natural Beauty
Finding Ourselves in Art
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Finding Ourselves in Art

Harley Brown's fascinating things no one else will tell you

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6 mins  |
Master at Work
The Start, the Finish and Everything In-between
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The Start, the Finish and Everything In-between

Harley Brown’s fascinating things no one else will tell you

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7 mins  |
Master at Work
ART ETERNAL
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ART ETERNAL

Harley Brown’s fascinating things no one else will tell you

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8 mins  |
Master at Work
GARDEN Delights
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GARDEN Delights

During the Golden Age in the Netherlands, tulip bulbs fetched extraordinary prices in a market bubble called “tulipmania.”

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Brilliant Blooms
Back to Basics with Black and White
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Back to Basics with Black and White

James Gurney shares basic painting exercises and applies them to field demonstrations in black and white gouache

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Station Points
FOREVER Wild
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FOREVER Wild

The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition has an enduring legacy in the world of wildlife art and conservation

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Wild at heart
What Brain Science Teaches Us About Painting-PART 1
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What Brain Science Teaches Us About Painting-PART 1

James Gurney shares how new insights in visual perception and neuroscience can help us as artists

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Station Points
Experimenting with Oil Techniques
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Experimenting with Oil Techniques

James Gurney uses black and white oil paints to demonstrate some unusual techniques

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3 mins  |
Station Points
NATURAL SELECTIONS
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NATURAL SELECTIONS

The Pulitzer Prize winning Kiowa novelist M. Scott Momaday wrote, “I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.”

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Natural Beauty
Hidden Beauty
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Hidden Beauty

In describing the work of José López Vergara, Arcadia Contemporary gallery observes, “Although his realist technique requires a strict methodology and rational thinking, his compositions rely on subconscious impulses and demand an abstract expression.”

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May 2023
Fantasy World
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Fantasy World

In a show of approximately 22 fresh oil and watercolor paintings, hosted at Stone Sparrow in New York, artist Victor Grasso illustrates his new-found playfulness and embraces his inner child

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May 2023
Gusan Lyon A Contemporary Master of American Art
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Gusan Lyon A Contemporary Master of American Art

The award-winning portrait and figure painter Susan Lyon is best known for her beautiful edges and inviting cultural renditions of the human form, capturing life from around the globe

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7 mins  |
May 2023
Running the Gamut
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Running the Gamut

The National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Society features another exciting presentation of small oil and acrylic works in a variety of subject matter

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2 mins  |
May 2023
The Wilds of an Inner Life
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The Wilds of an Inner Life

In her latest show with Chicago-based 33 Contemporary Gallery, figurative painter Ellen Starr Lyon blends still life and portraiture to evoke the quiet yet powerful moments in a woman’s everyday life

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May 2023
The Gift of Time
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The Gift of Time

For the past two years, a selection of Ayana Ross’ work has been touring the country in an exhibition of works by the 10 finalists of the 2021 Bennett Prize, an award granted every two years to the most promising woman artist working in contemporary realism today

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May 2023
A Spring Awakening
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A Spring Awakening

The California Art Club's Excellence in Traditional Fine Art Competition challenges artists to create works inspired by the theme of transformation

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May 2023
In the Shadows
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In the Shadows

Beginning May 1, RJD Gallery will present Between the Shadows, a new solo exhibition for Erin Ruffino,  whose graphite-based mixed media works are rooted in reality, but also have magical and surreal properties that make viewers question the figures and settings

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4 mins  |
May 2023
Magnetic Places
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Magnetic Places

Geoffrey Johnson says he's somewhat lost in the creative process as of late

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May 2023
AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF SILENCE
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AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF SILENCE

Kehinde Wiley excavates unsung martyrs in the struggle against oppression in the U.S. premiere of his latest work at the de Young Museum

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May 2023
Leading Ladies
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Leading Ladies

The American Women Artists host their annual, all-female exhibition featuring sculpture and paintings in a variety of subject matter

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2 mins  |
May 2023
Understated Beauty
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Understated Beauty

After a four-year hiatus, the American Tonalisty Society returns to New York's Salmagundi Club with their second biennial exhibition and sale, Shades of Gray II

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May 2023
A Grand Event
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A Grand Event

The Portrait Society of America celebrates a milestone 25th anniversary of its annual Art of the Portrait Conference

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May 2023
WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
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WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

From time to time a Steller's Jay will wander down from the forests of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and visit one of my bird feeders

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May 2023
Endearing COMPANIONS
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Endearing COMPANIONS

When wolves were brave enough to wander into human encampments to consume scraps of food perhaps 30,000 years ago, they began a chain of evolution in which wild animals became domesticated working animals and eventually pets some were even bred to be, well, cute

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May 2023