DRAWING

Cindy Wunsch | A Self-Portrait

Cindy Wunsch | A Self-Portrait

In a paint-spattered studio in a garage behind a yellow Victorian Sylvan Park house is where you’ll most likely find Cindy Wunsch, busily doing what she does best: creating canvases full of whimsy, poetry, and emotion. Entering her world is…

07.29.2010 | DRAWING, PAINTING, VISUAL ART

The Alfred Stieglitz Collection  | At Fisk University

The Alfred Stieglitz Collection | At Fisk University

Under the harsh yoke of slavery one of the most powerful American folk traditions was born. From the dense cotton fields of the South rose up a mighty song. The Negro spiritual gave expression and hope to many a captive…

07.29.2010 | ANTIQUES, DRAWING, PAINTING, VISUAL ART

Every Picture Tells a Story

Every Picture Tells a Story

The Beverly Keel & Ronnie Steine Collection

Strolling the home of Beverly Keel and Ronnie Steine may not be the equivalent of reveling in the glory of the Louvre, but it is close. If ever a Nashville private residence…

06.28.2010 | DRAWING, PAINTING, PEOPLE, VISUAL ART

Bernard de Clavière | Animalier Extraordinaire

Bernard de Clavière | Animalier Extraordinaire

Tennessee State Museum

Upon entering a condominium in a Nashville suburb, one steps into the world of a French count, replete with elegant Aubusson tapestries, Louis XVI furnishings, and miles of Baroque paintings. A Borzoi greets visitors in a…

06.4.2010 | DRAWING, PAINTING, VISUAL ART

Marleen De Waele-De Bock | High Priestess of Color

Marleen De Waele-De Bock | High Priestess of Color

There is something very special about this raven-haired Belgian beauty. Perhaps it is the crackling energy that radiates from Marleen De Waele-De Bock that is both palpable and invigorating.

Recently I spoke with De Waele-De Bock at her comfortable…

06.4.2010 | DRAWING, PAINTING, VISUAL ART

Anything Goes | Ellen L. Meyer

Anything Goes | Ellen L. Meyer

When and where are you most happy?

In the company of good friends around a fabulous dinner table or in Venice, Italy, in the presence of lush architecture and the sea, doing just about anything.

What characteristic do you most

04.27.2010 | DRAWING, PAINTING, PEOPLE, VISUAL ART

Shu Kubo | Kirie Comes Alive

Shu Kubo | Kirie Comes Alive

Both a traditionalist and a trailblazer, Shu Kubo has famously revived a centuries-old tradition through the art of Kirie or paper-cutting. Nashville Arts Magazine had the good fortune to sit down with Shu Kubo over cakes and tea in…

04.23.2010 | DRAWING, PEOPLE, VISUAL ART

Eduardo Terranova | One More Cup of Coffee

Eduardo Terranova | One More Cup of Coffee

Eduardo Terranova decided to learn English for one reason. “I wanted to be able to read Edgar Allan Poe in English. I had read it in Spanish, but I knew it didn’t translate the same.” A native of Colombia,…

04.23.2010 | DRAWING, PAINTING, PEOPLE, VISUAL ART

Hillsboro High School | Experiments in Creativity

Hillsboro High School | Experiments in Creativity

At Hillsboro High School, those students interested in a particularly challenging and rigorous curriculum have the option to follow the International Baccalaureate (IB) system, an internationally recognized educational path. While in the IB program, students are given the opportunity to…

04.23.2010 | DRAWING, PAINTING, PEOPLE, PHOTOGRAPHY, VISUAL ART

Spotlight | Denise Stewart-Sanabria

Spotlight | Denise Stewart-Sanabria

Great art and great weather drew big crowds of Nashvillians to last month’s First Saturday Art Crawl. Inside The Arts Company there were people of a different kind: two-dimensional figurative works by contemporary artist Denise Stewart-Sanabria. These paintings are part…

04.22.2010 | DRAWING, EVENTS, NEWS, PAINTING, PEOPLE, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART