HARTFORD, Conn. — There has always been a certain fluidity in our appreciation of the American modernist maverick Milton Avery (1885-1965). And this is not just because of the light, airy, daringly simplified, almost abstract paintings of sand, sea and sky that characterized his last decade. Avery was artistically unaffiliated, […]
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Meet artist Vanessa Rishel: channeling religious iconography and anime influences into a singular style
For as long as artists have been producing art, religious iconography has been a mainstay. From the prehistoric cave paintings in Lascaux, France, to the contemporary works of artists such as Aleksandar Todorovic and Nadia Waheed, the practice of art as a means of representing spiritual devotion is as old […]