Category: painting

  • Art for Art’s Sake, Durango Herald, Nov. 20, 2007

    “Untitled” is created using complementary color schemes. In this work, a color like orange must touch its complement blue.“Untitled,” Rod Craig’s oil pastel painting of two pears are not pears; they’re clouds or water in the shape of pears, says Craig. (Author’s Note: The color matching on these images is not representative of the actual…

  • Stories in Paint, Durango Herald, Oct. 26

    “The Conversation” (above) and “Long Journey” appear in the book Conversations in Paint Language: The Art of Roseta Santiago. Santiago says she is inspired by artists John Singer Sargent, Hovsef Pushman and Emil Carlsen. Conversations in Paint Language: The Art of Roseta Santiago is a handsome book. The plates, printed in Italy, are rich and…