Until a few years ago, Carolyn Meyer was best known for her landscapes of Napa Valley that show the vineyards and fields with an abstracted, almost cubist pattern. Living in rural northern Marin County and often painting en plein air, she had one particular place she favored for a heightened...

The founder of Tamarind talks about the history and future of lithography

Michael Ome Untiedt wields a metaphorical paintbrush

Laura Robb, it's a true artist who designs her whole house around three windows that allow the perfect light into her studio.

Colorado artist Dan Beck finds parallel's between music and his figurative artworks

Ceramic sculpture rich with symbolism

Kent Ullberg's masterful wildlife sculptures reflect his lifelong love of nature

By Bonnie Gangelhoff SUMMERTIME THIRST QUENCHER was born of a strictly “Baltimore thing,” Scott Royston says. According to the Maryland-based artist, locals like to sip lemonade through peppermint sticks. “They are porous and act like a straw,” he says, explaining the special attributes of the red-and-white striped candy. In general, the subject matter of...

By Bonnie Gangelhoff In 1995, the Oil Painters of America awarded Mian Situ its top prize—Best of Show at its National Juried Exhibition. The prestigious award seemed to announce Situ’s arrival to the representational art world. Today his intricate, large-scale depictions of his native China, as well as the Chinese immigrant experience in the...