The innaugural Shipley Nature Center Plein Air Paint Out and Sale will take place on the center's trails in Huntington Beach ...

Humans are visual creatures. Objects we call “beautiful” or “aesthetic” are a crucial part of our humanity. Even the oldest known examples of rock and cave art served aesthetic rather than utilitarian ...

Two new art exhibits, October: Close Encounters: Wildlife Paintings by Carl Brenders and The Lens and Legacy of Danny On: Photographer, Smokejumper and Silviculturist, open at the Glacier Art Museum ...

IT is not easy to find meaning amid the drips and daubs, splashes and swirls of contemporary abstract painting. But John I. H. Baur, curator of Manhattan’s Whitney Museum of American Art, believes he ...

My love for detail kept me from producing convincing watercolor. However, the Greek trip was a ‘light bulb’ experience.

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This month you have the opportunity to view nearly 100 works by over 60 artists that will be on display at the North Hall ...

Modern artist Liu Yanfeng, through his impressive "suspension" paintings, ponders the relationship between man and nature. "Nowadays, people are facing much pressure in life and bound by many trivial ...

In Japanese, the term "kacho fugetsu" consists of the kanji for "flower," "bird," "wind" and "moon," and it refers to "the beauties of nature" — that ever-popular subject of nihonga (Japanese-style ...

Richard Taylor receives funding from The Australian Research Council, The Research Council for Science Advancement, and The WM Keck Foundation. Humans are visual creatures. Objects we call “beautiful” ...