On a summer day almost 250 years ago, John Constable was born in Suffolk, England. He grew up to be one of England’s most ...

For more than 30 years, Mark Gingerich has found peace and serenity in nature and has delivered those qualities in his landscape paintings. The West Jefferson resident, who was born in Westphalia, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Arguably the most famous American landscape artist, Ansel Adams, is known for photos that are notably absent of people and, in many ways, absent of time. The sweeping mountains, rivers and outcrops in ...

Among the varied genres of painting, landscape has always been and probably will remain, the most popular and beloved by the public. He introduced and championed a new and highly unusual subject for ...

What do the landscape painters of Canada and northern Europe have in common? Their muse is the taiga, or boreal forest: a massive ring of mostly coniferous trees that stretches across the Northern ...

LOCAL TALENT: Among the artists featured in the Asheville Art Museum's latest exhibit, Honoring Nature, is C.R. Sumner. His work "Red Maple" is one of several pieces on display through October.

Church of the Resurrection in Wheaton is hosting the “Celebrating the Local Landscape” exhibit featuring local artist and painter Joel Sheesley, opening June 8 and continuing to July 31. A gallery ...