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The muck starts here
Layers of paint reveal a familiar and intimate world
By Danielle Kelly
I must confess that I have a hard time with paintings. It’s tough to go head to head with centuries of tradition and experience a painting on its own terms. So when I entered the diminutive Jennifer Marie Gallery last Thursday and saw San Francisco-based artist Ca... >more
Printing God by Susanne Forestieri
Lithographs help Utah artists search for the spiritual
Where do artists find imagery to convey transcendent meaning in a secular, urban world? At the Red Barn Art Center, within a stone’s throw of the Rhyolite ghost town, answers abound. Many artists are still attracted to nature and music, perennial sources of spiritual nourishment; others to Renaissan... >more
Look: The sponge dress, and other delights by Greg Thilmont
Pop Art goes to the bargain bin
Andy Warhol brought a “factory” to New York City decades ago, and now local multidisciplinary artist Robin Barcus Slonina brings a “sweat shop” to Las Vegas. Like the ... >more
The artistic oenophile by T.R. Witcher
Thomas Arvid captures wine in oil
As new restaurants achieve the same cultural cachet once reserved for art galleries, and as chefs take their place as “artists” as serious as any actor, painter or writer, it seems inevitable that artists would, in their way, return the favor.
And so it is with the painter Thomas Arvid, who has fo... >more
Sharp shooters by Susanne Forestieri
Young photographers train fresh eyes on Las Vegas
I’m so glad I made the trek to the Summerlin Library Visual Poetry photographic competition for junior high and high school students. Had I not, I would have missed an exhibition that is thoughtful and sophisticated—two qualities not normally associated with adolescents. But these students ... >more
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