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Cynthia E. Miller
Cynthia E. Miller earned her BFA from San Francisco Art Institute and MFA from University of Arizona. Recent Artist in Residence and founder of University of Houston-Victoria studio arts program in Victoria, Texas. Cynthia is a former TDS teaching artist … read more
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Ruthie Marchand
Ruthie Marchand is a figurative oil painter from Long Beach, California who recently moved to Arizona after completing her Master in Fine Arts at CSULB. Now that she lives in Tucson, she is fascinated with the colors, light, and landforms … read more
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On Drawing the Figure in Space
Drawing from the nude human figure has been taught for centuries in mostly in the same way, i.e., based a classical Greek philosophy in search of abstract ideals of perfection. (Figure 1) This bent toward the ideal shows up in … read more
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Local opinion: Finding yourself in the tiny, fluffy clouds and happy trees of painting
Published in the Arizona Daily Star on July 6, 2019. In addition to Independence Day, July Fourth marked another significant though individual moment from 1995, the passing of “Joy of Painting” artist and Air Force veteran Bob Ross. He was … read more
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Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986)
As I was writing my recent essay on the paintings of Joan Mitchell, I realized that the number of women in the United States besides Georgia O’Keeffe that I knew about for their contribution to contemporary art before 1945 had … read more
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Meeting Teaching Artist & Board Member Nancy Chilton
Nancy Chilton received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona with an emphasis on figure drawing. She works in a variety of media, including drawing, painting, and printmaking, and has been creating art in Tucson since 1982. … read more
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