People ask me if I paint my landscapes on location.  At first, after I retired from teaching Art History at CSUC seven years ago and had time and energy to paint again, that’s just how I worked. Gradually, my methods changed. I began recent paintings for my Avenue 9 Gallery exhibit (February 12-March 20) “Rice [...]

A world class art glass supplier and teaching studio is located in Paradise. The owners are Brian Helgerson and his wife Shannon Kindle. Brian has amassed 35 years of experience selling and teaching the art of shaping glass into functional as well as creative décor and jewelry. In 1975 he started a stained glass business [...]

In defiance of the recession, CSUC art student Charlene Abinante declares: “I’d have more economic stability if I worked in a bank, but I love making art and I’m optimistic about my future as an artist.” Abinante is also a realist who knows she needs effective tactics to survive as an artist. Her [...]

Chico painter Ann Pierce’s exhibition “Umbrian Corridors and Others” at California State University Chico’s Humanities Center Gallery, Trinity Hall (Nov. 5th – Dec. l7th) derives from her recent trip to Italy. The ordered spaces of Trinity Hall, based upon classic architectural forms of Italy—circles, squares, arches and Golden Sections—will enhance her exhibit.
Pierce acknowledges that realism [...]

Janet Turner, CSUC Professor of fine art printmaking from 1959 until her death in 1988, knew that lecturing was not her forte. She compensated through teaching by “showing” rather than “telling.” She would bring to class a Rembrandt etching she’d purchased with her own funds and solicit questions. It worked. Although Chico is a three-hour [...]

A lyrical landscape is a visual song about a scene rather than a factual report on it. The four painters in this article have composed love songs in praise of the clouds, trees, rivers and fields of our beloved North State.
David Mallory’s “Morning On the Sacramento River” celebrates water, yet the sky is present both [...]