It is difficult to discern whether Paula Crevoshay’s passion drives her art, or whether art drives her passion. Like the light that shines through the vibrantly beautiful flora and fauna she creates, her art is a force that she cannot ignore.
For artist Maura Allen, time is a muse. Looking at her bold silhouettes, its role may not be obvious, but look a little deeper and time forms the backdrop of amaranthine scenes of the iconic American West.
Artist Sue Krzyston believes that the Southwestern and Native American artifacts featured in her ultra-realistic oil paintings represent the soul of the people who created them.
Writer Susan Kern-FleischerPhotography Courtesy of Sonoran Arts League [dropcap]L[/dropcap]ongtime Desert Foothills art enthusiasts may recall how Hidden in the Hills co-founder Judy Darbyshire hand-drew maps during the first two years of what has since become an iconic studio tour. Those photocopied maps were then personally distributed by each of the artists as well as posted…
Writer Shannon SeversonPhotography Courtesy of Grace Renee Gallery [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he idea of art might first bring to mind a canvas; a swath of color splashed across a flat surface. That would be accurate but what a delight it is when our eyes witness the broader definition and take us into beautiful frontiers we had not at…
Writer Susan Kern-FleischerPhotography Courtesy of Sonoran Arts League [dropcap]T[/dropcap]hey are eight artists with very different styles and strong opinions about what defines fine art. So, getting together to work on a collaborative project seemed like a crazy idea at first. But with the silver anniversary of the Hidden in the Hills Artist Studio Tour approaching,…
Writer Joseph J. Airdo [dropcap]T[/dropcap]wo decades ago, Beth Ames Swartz had the idea to bring Arizona artists together to develop not only their professional practices but also their bonds with one another. Since then, the group has grown to more than 180 participants who — as informal members of Artists’ Breakfast Club — attend monthly…
Writer Sue Kern Kern-Fleischer Photography Courtesy of Sonoran Arts League [dropcap]C[/dropcap]eramist Sylvia Fugmann Brongo has a lot of experience delving into unknown territory, which often leads her on an adventurous journey, in both her personal life and her professional life. In her studio, moments of adventure come when she loads her kiln and waits to…
Sue Kern-FleischerPhotography Courtesy Arizona Fine Art EXPO [dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen Stacy Bayne and Jerry Vaughn begin to work with blocks of clay, they both get lost in their subject matters. For Bayne, the clay becomes a conduit for hope as she sculpts beautiful, culturally-unique angels. For Vaughn, a fourth-generation rancher, sculpting the clay is instinctive as he…
Cave Creek’s newest fine art gallery, The Blue Gem, is home to endings, beginnings and full circles.