Paint where you live. This is a motto artist Jerry Salinas has come to live by and it took a move to the sunny Southwest to shift his perspective. Previously living in Chicago and other dense urban areas much of his life, Jerry’s subject matter often focused on city life. But after moving West, he began to see the rich history and saturated colors that surrounded him…that quickly became his muse.
Month: March 2025
Art Discovery: The New Old West
Modern Western art…can it be? Indeed it can! Meet the artists who are introducing a vibrant, modernist twist on art of the West. This week, artists Shannon Leigh, Jerry Salinas and Ray Tigerman will share how they use color, style and subject matter to ‘break the rules’ to create a distinctive take on Western art.
Meet the Artist: Myron Whitaker Find Freedom and Joy in Clay
For Myron Whitaker, art wasn’t ever really on his radar. He already had a career in the corporate world. Out of boredom he enrolled in a ceramics class, and when he started creating, it was as if he tapped into an innate ability––like he discovered something he was meant to be doing all along.
Art Discovery: Journey Inside the Creative Process
Bringing a piece of art from start to finish is often a multi-layered process that may involve travel and exploration, collecting objects, photography, digital tools, and layers of substrates, techniques and other media.
Meet the Artist: A Fascination with Stones Brought Cynthia Downs to Jewelry Making
Though Cynthia Downs-Apodaca identifies more as a metalsmith than a jeweler, she says it was a fascination with the natural beauty of stones that attracted her to jewelry making. In many regards, she’s a bit of a stone whisperer––listening to the story each stone has to tell and building her designs around that.
Art Discovery: Artificial vs. Emotional Intelligence
AI has officially infiltrated various aspects of our daily lives. Most of us interact with it in some capacity without even knowing it. But when it comes to art, where does AI fit in? Should it fit in? Or should art remain our connection to true handcraft––to emotional intelligence vs. artificial?
Meet the Artist: Elizabeth Butler is a Channel for Her Artwork
For artist Elizabeth Butler, one of the greatest rewards of creating art is when she can reach a state of flow––when she simply becomes a channel for the expression of art to flow through. In this interview, she shares what that experience is like, how her work has evolved over the years, and how she’s exploring combining metal leaf with her oil paintings.
Art Discovery: Vitamin [A]rt
The creation of art has long been used as a healing mechanism, but it turns out, viewing it has superpowers too. Discover how color, texture and the subject matter impact our cognition and overall well-being.