Stephen O. Sumney’s
A Deeper Understanding of Nothing Tastes Like Everything Else
by John Scarpati, Photographer
Pretty early on, I was hitting lots of openings around Southern California. I always enjoyed being part of that scene, and it was a great source of inspiration. But the idea of actually owning any of the work…
Whitney Ferré is an artist, teacher and author, but when you start to peel back the layers, you begin to unveil both the complicated woman and the woman with the amazingly uncomplicated theory. My journey with the Chicago native began in the late 1990s as she was making her debut on the national television…
Opening March 6, the Tinney Contemporary gallery will feature new works by Lyle Carbajal that carry forward time-honored themes of his past work. Using original materials, vivid color, bold line, and found wood as his canvas, Carbajal explores the difficult transitions from youthful naiveté to the clumsiness of maturation. In a primitive…
For centuries in Europe patronage of the arts and appreciation for the artfully arranged garden were inextricably intertwined. Wealthy dilettantes enjoyed a stroll in a perfectly trimmed maze of geometric hedges or a seemingly wild tangle of delicate blooms just as much as they thrilled at the beauty of a Titian or a Michelangelo.…
The city of Edo, modern day Tokyo, Japan, experienced the rise of a new form of pop art in the period between the seventeenth and the twentieth centuries. Ukiyo-e, or woodblock prints, became all the rage because their mass production rendered them affordable to a broad audience. These prints were not the…
Eye & Mind
Presented to celebrate the opening of Vanderbilt’s newly renovated and expanded galleries, the exhibition Eye & Mind illustrates the breadth and depth of the collection, now in its fifty-third year. The updated presentation for 2010 features nineteen new works of art ranging from Baroque sculpture to Pop Art. The…
03.1.2010 | ANTIQUES, DRAWING, EVENTS, NEWS, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART
Paul Lancaster lives in his own world, though I am fairly certain that creativity has him on speed dial. Just a few hours with this shy and gentle man are enough to let you know you are in the presence of someone very special, someone unique. Years before James Cameron ever conceived his groundbreaking…
Nashville’s Cumberland Gallery will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary in April of this year. Always on the forefront of the art scene in Nashville, the gallery is pairing with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee to create The Food Show, an exhibit to raise awareness and funds for the non-profit from February 6–27. It…
02.3.2010 | CULINARY, DRAWING, EVENTS, NEWS, PAINTING, VISUAL ART
Ronell Venter is a storyteller. With words, music and paint, she creates vivid narratives. Her art, perhaps, imitates her life. Venter’s journey as an artist is as full of adventure as one of her imaginative screenplays or active landscapes.
A petite blonde with a soft voice and a cheerful laugh, Venter smiles constantly. She…
Richard Heinsohn and his art are spot-on in a rapidly changing world. His intuitive style of painting connects him to the universal energy that exists between all matters and has the ability to bring the viewer into the explosive and exciting pieces that are his work. “I think an artist has a responsibility to…
