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Dream-like Aura

There is something simultaneously haunting and beautiful about the paintings of Stephen Mackey.

Through the Mirror

It’s been said that art is a mirror for the person looking into it. The viewer sees themselves. Even when the subject doesn’t look like them, or is even human, or is even living. Artists may be painting very specific things from their own being, but the viewer can instantly rewire that to fit their lives with just one glance.

Epic Proportions

Grrowing up on a farm in West Texas, Michael Tole was perusing his family's 1956 Collier's Encyclopedia when the color plates of Baroque paintings caught his attention. Today, he paints inventive Baroque and Rococo figurative extravaganzas that look like they could be part of a Renaissance art collection.

Roadside America

This January, Altamira Fine Art will be hosting a solo exhibition for Scottsdale, Arizona-based artist Geoffrey Gersten.

Close to Home

For Spencer Simmons, 2018 was a milestone year. Only 24 at the time and a few years after earning a fine art degree from Arizona State University, Simmons won the Donald Jurney Traveling Fellowship which enabled him to paint and study in Europe for several months.

CASEY CHALEM ANDERSON A Love for the Land

New England artist Casey Chalem Anderson is captivated by the idea of place.

Face to Face

For well over a month, 33 Contemporary Gallery, in collaboration with 33PA, is hosting a group show at its Palm Beach County, Florida, showroom, that explores modern approaches to the timeless genre of portraiture. Opening January 9 with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., and running through February 28, the show will feature 12-by-12-inch portraits by talented members of the PoetsArtists community. For those who can't attend in person, the exhibition will also be online on Artsy for its duration.

Fresh Energy

Art Palm Beach returns to Florida with a diverse range of contemporary art.

A Historic Tradition

Salmagundi Club presents the 148th annual exhibition of works in black and white.

B.C. NOWLIN & SHARI LYON Skyward

C. Nowlin is, and always has been, unapologetically true to himself. In high school, he got kicked out of art class because he insisted on painting burning buses to illustrate a school field trip.

A Sense of Nostalgia

Objects tell stories, going far beyond their practical uses and surface-level beauty. Still life painter Leslie Lewis Sigler is drawn to domestic objects made of precious metals like silverware molds and vessels, “because they have a kind of eternal life.”

THE ART LOVER'S GUIDE TO COLLECTING FINE ART IN ARIZONA

A barren, inhospitable desert. The Phoenix sprawl. Insufferable heat. Saguaros.

Art for the Soul

The 35th edition of Celebration of Fine Art upholds its mission of connectivity through interactive programming and inspiring artwork.The 35th edition of Celebration of Fine Art upholds its mission of connectivity through interactive programming and inspiring artwork.

PASSION PROJECT

Dyana Hesson continues her mission to preserve Arizona's native blooms in paint.

FROZEN IN TIME

For the past two decades a floating cosmonaut has appeared as a recurring character in the stilled dramas of Jeremy Geddes’ paintings, an isolated observer examining the urban landscapes of modern municipal bedroom communities, the iconic weightlessness of this airy astronaut emphasizing the lonely emptiness of the cityscape.

FULL EXPOSURE

Photographer Conor Martin documents the present using photographic methods of the past.

Autumnal Light

The landscapes and nature scenes of painter Jennifer Sowders are irresistibly tactile, filled with varying textures that seem to leap off the canvas.

Art for All

Members of Art Dealers Association of America come together for a philanthropic affair.

Modern Marketplace

Redwood Art Group brings together the San Diego region for another class-act celebration of contemporary artwork.

An Enchanting Evening

Scottsdale Artists’ School knows how to throw an art party.

Timeless Tales

Soft, warm undertones underscore the mood of enchantment that runs through Nom Kinnear King’s paintings.

Next Exit New York

Coming off his series that focused on San Francisco and Los Angeles freeway signs, artist Eric Nash’s sights are now set on New York. Now on view at George Billis Gallery's Manhattan location are seven of Nash's new oil paintings and two drawings that explore the signage of New York City freeways. Although Nash's work is tightly rendered, he doesn’t consider himself a photorealist, but rather someone who utilizes those techniques to express ideas.

Monster Mash

Vampires, witches, ghouls and all things that go bump in the night are the theme of the exhibition Monster Mash, now at Abend Gallery.

Inside/Outside

Those familiar with Geoffrey Johnson's populated by inky figures and trailing shadows that bleed into the wet streets, and architectural elements obscured to varying degrees by the misty atmosphere.

Bold Figures; Bold Color

For Brooklyn based painter J Louis, it’s all about balance, which can mean many different things in a composition, but for Louis, it’s about balancing his female figures among a unique landscape of color.

Twenty Years Strong

This fall, Robert Lange Studios is celebrating a milestone 20th anniversary with a special exhibition aptly (and succinctly) titled Twenty.

Season of Change

“I never felt that painting was a career, more like a way of life,” says veteran artist Quang Ho, who took up his craft at age 4, when he first learned how to draw.

Where it all Began

For husband-and-wife painters Nate Ross and Lindsey Kustusch, “getting lost” in cities all over the world has been the heart of their artistic careers. So, for their upcoming two-person show at Principle Gallery, “we’ve decided to take a walk down some of our favorite streets,” says Kustusch.

Magical (Sur)realism

Craig McDaniel's paintings thread a delicate together a trio of art -isms: realism, surrealism and magical realism. As those three movements come together, McDaniel's focus narrows into the magic of everyday life.

Suburban Wonderland

Raleigh, North Carolina, resident Alberto Ortega’s quiet surroundings are a far cry from Seville, Spain, where the artist was born and raised. It wasn’t long after immigrating to the United States that his humdrum suburban surroundings became his favorite muse.