Terry Masters can fill a canvas in a matter of minutes. He starts with black paint, brushing outlines of mountains and plants onto canvas. Before the paint has a moment to dry, he pulls blue, brown ...

There are a lot of ways to enjoy nature in the Pacific Northwest. You can go hiking, mountain biking, or trail running. There’s kayaking, white water rafting and rock climbing. Or you can break out an ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Bill Murphy remembers the moment like it was yesterday. It was 1957 and he was a kindergartner at PS 8, a few blocks from his childhood home in Great Kills. As he stood at an ...

Painting outdoors is all about capturing the beauty of nature in real time, as the light changes, the breeze shifts, and birds, insects and other creatures travel through the landscape at their own ...

My mother and my maternal grandfather had great artistic sense, and they painted many canvases over the years. Sadly, I never inherited those genes, and have had to rely on computers to make shapes ...

Brooklyn artist Iris Scott creates detailed works of art using an elementary technique: finger painting. Scott’s finger paintings, which range from portrait’s of pets to landscapes, are created in a ...