A facinating article about a special category of miniature painting called ‘Ragamala,’ which is the pictorial representation of an Indian musical mode or melody which is called a ‘raga.’
A Garland of Melodies: Reimagining Ragamalas
The Alchemy of Grief: Moon Horse and Sky
“Pigments from a rock collected under her horse’s hooves are woven together with ochre earth pigments from France, the same ochres used by Van Gogh in his paintings of sunlit fields.” An interview with Santa Fe photographer and painter Stella Maria Baer by Alice Courtright
Cities of Dreams: An Interview With Vinita Karim
We were grateful for a chance to ask Vinita Karim a few questions about her remarkable artwork.
Grace in the Ordinary: An Interview with Michael Ward
Very grateful to share this wonderful interview with the remarkable Michael Ward.
The Acceptance of Sorrow: An Interview with Wormwood Stubbs
We are so grateful for the chance to talk to Wormwood Stubbs about his remarkable paintings.
Ellen Harvey: The Disappointed Tourist
The Disappointed Tourist tries to create a level playing field in which personal losses and larger cultural losses can meet and be recognized and create a new conversation about our love for our physical environment, harnessing nostalgia to create empathy rather than division.
A Dialog With Place: An Interview with Ron Donoughe
“I want the viewer to become part of the scene through memory and experience.” An interview with Pittsburgh painter Ron Donoughe.
Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee
“Doris Lee’s example shows us that humor can be as legitimate as seriousness, simplicity as valid as complexity, joy as rational a response to one’s time as despair — and that they can and do exist together at the same time.”
George Bellows in New York: Rambles and Excavations
As a flâneur of insatiable curiosity, he abandoned the main boulevards for the lushness of Riverside Park, the crowds at Madison Square, the excavation site for Pennsylvania Station, the kids at play on Coney Island, the private clubs where illegal boxing could be staged for paying members, and the “river rats” of the East River.
The ANEW Artists’ Alliance Third Annual Group Show
“When you find other people who like to do what you like to do and have the same visions, you want to be with them. You feel like you’re doing something worthwhile.” – Emery Williams
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