Poignant Moments

In Times Tender Passing at Bonner David Galleries, Joseph Lorusso is attempting to capture elusive and poignant moments in time. When going about his life, Lorusso is often struck by scenes and emotions. After those moments become paintings, it is the viewer’s job to complete the narrative.

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The Fragility of Nature

Jane Jones’ show Glorious Survivors at Bonner David Galleries focuses on the conflict between humanity and nature. Going camping in Colorado with her grandparents as a teenager taught her how to appreciate the beauty of nature, and Jones says, “The damage by humans to nature absolutely breaks my heart. But I don’t want to paint… Continue reading The Fragility of Nature

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VIDEO: Bonner David Galleries Presents Holly Wilson’s New Show

Holly Wilson discusses her work, her process and her artistic motivations. Her installations share the stories of magic and wonderment, and urge us to take a moment to reflect on everyday beauty and frailty. She identifies the fine line between intense joy and sadness.

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Are You A ‘Glorious Survivor’?

Stunning still life paintings by this amazing female artist will embellish the walls of Bonner David Galleries in Scottsdale, Arizona, beginning today through February 1. Who is the creator of these glorious survivors?

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Escapism

The paintings of Peregrine Heathcote transport viewers to unique and timeless places filled with figures and backgrounds that harken to past eras but also are contemporary. “Humans change very little, fashion defines the era, fashion is becoming less and less defined, anything goes now,” says Heathcote. “I like a little nod to the era of… Continue reading Escapism

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The Dangerous Warmth

Michael Carson is known for plucking his figures from bustling parties, quiet household settings, fashion shoots and dressing rooms, and depositing them into empty fields of color that hold them in place, a purgatory of paint where they wait under our watchful eye. They are relaxed, but also slightly concerned, which causes them to gaze… Continue reading The Dangerous Warmth

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Garden Varieties

During a weeklong visit amid the red rocks of Sedona, Arizona, Dyana Hesson and her friends uncovered a small cactus with five white buds, a discovery that would serve as the inspiration for one of the artist’s newest works, “Sakes Alive, There’s Five”.

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Across the Country

After five years spent living near her grandchildren in Georgia and South Carolina, landscape painter Claudia Hartley returned to Arizona. With that kind of absence, a returning resident might look upon the desert and its vivid colors and feel like they were seeing it for the first time all over again. Not the case with… Continue reading Across the Country

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