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Brad Kunkle Show at Arcadia Fine Art

Artist Brad Kunkle has a solo show now at Arcadia Fine Art Gallery. The show is titled “Gilded Wilderness,” and it lasts from April 21st-May 5th Kunkle uses gold leaf and silver leaf and paints with oils on top of it.  It is incedible his ability to conceal that he is painting on gold and […]

How Does Art Reflect Culture?

Does Art Reflect Culture? How is art reflective? Primarily this article explores how 20th century art reflected the culture around it and discusses contemporary examples of how any made thing reflects the culture around it. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- From time to time I have heard the expression that “art reflects the culture around it”. I was curious about what that […]

The Poet’s Eye – Balancing Universal and Particular

I often think of the act of creating great art as a balancing of universal and particular elements within a work.  The artist must walk a tightrope, to borrow an idea from Juliette Aristides; his balancing act is between two extremes, but in order to keep his balance he must distribute his weight into both […]

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