Art made with nature can be marvelous and surprising. (Video courtesy of Justin Bateman) …
Land Artist ‘Paints With Pebbles’ and Recreate Masterpiece Portraits
Plotinus and Divine Beauty
We’ve all heard the phrase “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” but what does this mean and does it hold weight? Over the centuries, philosophers and sages have debated what beauty is about, why it is important, and where it originates. About 600 years after Plato, the ancient philosopher Plotinus (A.D. 205–270) studied…
PHOTOS: Family Creates Stunning Artwork Using Pebbles, Turning Beach Time Into Wellness Time
When Leva Slare and her family started making art from pebbles on the beach, they did it just to get out and be creative during the first lockdown in the UK. But they soon realized its therapeutic impact on their mental well-being and turned it into a shared hobby. Their handiwork was so incredibly good that…
Exonerated Ohio Man Earns Fame For Prison-Created Artwork, Advocacy for Wrongfully Convicted
August 24, 2022
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Wrongfully imprisoned in a 6-by-10 foot Ohio prison cell, Dean Gillispie let his mind and his artwork transport him to an even smaller world. He converted junk into miniature versions of places he wished he could be. Gillispie used “procured” materials—such as teabags, soda cans, and foil paper from cigarette packs—to make models of nostalgic…
A New World of Heavenly Art
Oh heavens above! In a circular painting by 18th-century Mexican artist Antonio de Torres, a glorious Virgin hovers in heaven among a swirl of pastel clouds. As the Virgin looks up to God, she emanates divine light. A 12-starred halo crowns her head as she stands on a crescent moon, with a jolly sun peeking out from…
Touring Annandale: Former White House Social Secretary Linda Faulkner Reveals the Artistic Wonders Inside Her Texas Home
Our house has brought together two people—my husband and myself—along with 17th-, 18th-, and early 19th-century hand-water-colored prints of flora and fauna from around the world, which decorate our walls today. They speak of the glory of God’s creation. Gilbert and I met in Washington, D.C., during the Ronald Reagan administration. He was working on…
How 19th-Century Painters Frederic Edwin Church and Ferdinand Richardt Captured the Magnificent Beauty of Niagara Falls
“Their roar is around me. I am on the brink of the great waters—and their anthem voice goes up amid the rainbow and the mist.” —Excerpt from “Niagara,” Grenville Mellen, 1839 In the 19th century, realistically painted works of the Romantic period offered viewers in America, and across the Atlantic, the chance to glimpse the…
Colorado Sculptor Explains the Importance of Fostering Creativity and Helping Young Artists Soar
Do you have a budding Michelangelo or Georgia O’Keeffe in your home, and are you wondering how to guide him or her on the artist’s journey? We can take children to museums, provide them with art materials, talk about art, and sign them up for classes. We can watch videos and read books on how…
Globetrotting Artist Makes Incredible Hand-Drawn Journals That Look Like Leonardo Da Vinci’s Notebooks
The meticulously hand-drawn notebooks of José Naranja call to mind the rusticated, penned scribings and illustrations of Leonardo da Vinci. Detailed sketches, diagrams, and hand-penned cursive writing fill the journals of Naranja—who is also an airplane engineer, not unlike that Renaissance inventor-artist. Consciously or unconsciously, Naranja follows in the footsteps of that master draftsman. Or it…
Artist Hand Cuts 3-Dimensional Animals From a Single Sheet of Paper
The beauty and detail of her art will leave you stunned. (Video courtesy of Masayo Fukuda) …
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