The creation of art has long been used as a healing mechanism, but it turns out, viewing it has super powers too. Discover how color, texture and the subject matter impact our cognition and overall well-being.
Part of the joy of collecting art is building a collection that expresses your personality and story, and often that means mixing genres and mediums. Discover how to bring it all together to make the most of your collection.
Drawing skills are the foundation of design and have been used as a form of communication since the beginning of time. It is one of the most fundamental creative disciplines associated with observation and problem solving. Discover the importance of this technique and how artists have mastered it.
For those who choose metal as their media, they must combine the art of design, fabrication and sheer grit to massage the rigid and cold metal into graceful works of art by cutting, grinding and assembling. Discover how they bring together grit and creativity.
Adrienne Wannamaker may not have embraced the title of fine art artist until later in her career, but creativity and artistry are woven into the fabric of her soul. Like many artists, she began on the graphics art side of field, first working as an art director before moving into advertising.
Perhaps it was his studies in interdisciplinary art or his fearless approach to experimentation––or both––that led Anton Nowels to his unique representational abstraction style. Either way, he believes unplanned outcomes breed originality.
Look who’s coming to the Celebration of Fine Art this year! At first glance, Josh Hirt’s works of art look like they could be layers of paint or resin that have been oxidized by the hands of Father Time or by way of acids applied to the paint. But, look a little closer and you discover there’s much more than meets the eye!
Artist Pete Tillack is equal parts artist and masterful storyteller. He’s dialed in how to use his art to share some of life’s most important lessons––lessons he’s learned along his journey. He depicts these lessons and meanings in various objects planted within his paintings almost like Easter eggs waiting to be discovered and cracked open.
The great American West has long captivated the curiosity and hearts of many, from explorers to scholars and scientists to artists. This issue of Art Connection celebrates the splendor of the West, from the desert Southwest depicted in Heidi Rosner’s watercolors to the heritage of cowboy culture shared in Curt Mattson’s sculptures.
Artist Abigail Crow may have been classically trained in painting oil on canvas, but in search of a way to bring more dimension to her work, she began experimenting with different mediums. Testing the waters with a material she found at Ikea, eventually led her to a unique style she can truly call her own. See what medium she uses and the process she uses to create layers in her paintings.
