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For oil painter Jean K. Stephens of New York state, nature is a wellspring of personal and artistic...

Old family photographs are California artist Deborah Matlack's chief inspiration. "The past intrigues me," she says. "I have...

If one believed in ghosts, the spirits of some of the major names in turn-of-the-century art would certainly...

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Bill Starke believes that the specific materials we use to make art are less important than the content...

Interesting and contrasting colors allow me to create the undulations of flow, reflection, and refraction that make the...

Although some artists use geometric formulas to compose their paintings, Glenn Priestly prefers to let his complex oil...

I paint watercolors very realistically, with an emphasis on color and contrast, almost to an extreme. In fact,...