News Tag: Artist Press

A playful installation at the entry sets the tone for this artful home with Hunt Slonem’s Chinensis, greeting visitors with a bit of whimsy. Hunt Slonem is represented locally at Bonner David Galleries in Old Town Scottsdale. Known for his distinct neo-expressionist style, Slonem uses vibrant colors, crosshatch patterns and multiple layers. His pieces are… Continue reading Artful Abode

In the summer of 2019, Gary Ernest Smith was driving through Star Valley, WY, four hours north of his home near Salt Lake City. “I stopped at a place there and saw a man in a western outfit standing by his big red barn, and above his head was a huge, very dark cloud,” he… Continue reading The Standard Bearers

Sonoran Scout is checking in with some Phoenix Home & Garden Masters of the Southwest award winners to ask them how they are spending these days at home.

John Schieffer depicts colorful everyday items in photorealistic paintings that pop.

The bold and undeniably eye-catching acrylics of Arizona-based artist Claudia Hartley will be on view at an upcoming exhibition at Bonner David Galleries in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Planes, trains and automobiles—London-based artist Peregrine Heathcote will use whatever means of transportation are available to send his figures around the world. His new show, Peregrination, reflects this interest in travel, adventure and exotic destinations.

The inspiration for Michael Carson’s most recent body of work came to the artist when he received a few pieces back from a gallery that he hadn’t seen in close to a year.

When you see a representational work of art, a portrait or a group of people, it is usual to see a static scene. Time which has ceased to pass, an insect captured in amber – there motionless forever more. Works by American painter Michael Carson, however, defy the immobility imposed upon them by his medium.… Continue reading Motion in Stillness

Holly Wilson says her work is about “looking for magic and not forgetting to look for the wonder in the simple things in life.”

After moving from her Sausalito, California, studio to one near Jack London Square and the Port of Oakland, artist Gail Morris was inspired to create a series based on her new environment.