To paraphrase (or riff on) Langston Hughes' poem, "A Dream Deferred": What happens to a history erased? Does it just evaporate? Or does...

Gratitude, the yearly showcase of some of the best artists in Colorado Springs, had NODO jumping Friday night! Fortunately for residents...

Gel print with collage element from my Gelli Sketchbook Sometimes the winds of change that come with a new year start blowing in the last...

Yes, indeed it is grand both outside and inside: Abu Simbel Temple of Ramesses II. It seems that Ramesses II wanted to commemorate two...

At Cairo International Airport, King Tutankhamun greets you with a seductive but edgy, "Come hither my love." Quite a remarkable thing...

"One can see art in nature and always learn more," Deb Bartos. Many of us have seen days like this: peaceful, calm, golden leaves...

Above, a video of the permanent installation at the St. Francis Orthopedic Hospital in Colorado Springs, created on a rock climbing theme...

The two little girls were about six and eight years old. Mom said, "Go pick a place to sit," as she turned to make their breakfast order...

I admit that a hectic schedule and the late afternoon rain and chill on Friday, February 2nd, sent me scurrying home to light a fire in...

Well, it is New Year's Day, the start of 2024, which begs the question, "What am I doing that is new?" Of course, it would be wonderful...

In 1573 the Inquisition in Venice called for the artist Paolo Veronese to come forth to explain his painting, then called The Last Supper....

You can always tell an artist whose first love was watercolor. A sense of the ethereal blending of atmosphere, color, and subtle emotion...

Art is so often a quiet activity. It starts as an internal imagining that comes into the world in colors, lines, and forms. These may...

Blues, grays, shadowy whites - the colors of mystery. Rectangles, loops, parallels - the geometry of intellect. Tones that shift with...

We have all walked through the woods in autumn and found it hard to imagine anything more beautiful than brightly colored leaves...

Well, it is the end of January. It took that long for me to stop writing the old year and learn to write the new one - 2023. As with any...

After a hectic December, which for me included a little Christmas vacation to Quebec City, it is now the 31st, that day when one reflects...

"I like to use what I call my artistic license to move my painting from what I see, literally, to what goes beyond that." Karen Storm We...

Nothing could be more southwestern in tone than this wonderful piece by Colorado Springs' artist, Karen Storm, depicting the Garden of...

I grew up on the prairies of Nebraska. Though I have lived in many parts of North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) as well as a number...