Officially Part of History
Lisa Ober’s portraiture now hangs inside the Missouri Capitol’s [...]
A Perfect Pairing
The annual Ticket-to-Pick-It fundraiser matched 84 participants to their [...]
Signature Member Spotlight: Steve Morris
Steve Morris inside his studio. Transparent watercolors and graphite [...]
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Mary Drastal Discusses Her Tenure as HAC President
Heartland Art Club President Mary Drastal. For [...]
The Art of Destruction
"Blowing Bubbles," by Tracey Maras. Tracey Maras [...]
Keeping It Realism
While Karasek employs traditional technique in her representation of people, it’s her extensive use of symbol that gives her work its signature that she describes as magical realism. “I love painting people in portraits but not in the traditional sense of a formal portrait,” she says. “I enjoy making it into a magical realism by adding the symbolism and meaning.”
HAC Offers AP Prep Course for High School Students
What happens when two art educators get together wearing their dream hats? Spoiler alert -it’s a pretty rich opportunity for student artists.
Beginning next month, area high school students will have the opportunity through Heartland Art Club to prepare for the rigors of Advanced Placement Art & Design, the pinnacle of most high school art programs.
Painting White Without Using White
There it sits, all along, untouched, forgotten. The white pastel. Rarely does a white pastel ever get used in any of my paintings. Maybe as a final touch in the center of the sun, but rarely at any other time.
Offering
Upon publishing this painting, I received a very nice comment from one of my supporters, followed by an interesting question: "How much LOVE do you put in your paint?" How Much Love?
Area Native Welcomes Heartland’s Embrace Upon Return
Ferguson, Mo. native Lisa Perez returned to the St. Louis area in 2020, retiring from a career in marketing on the West Coast. The move turned out to be more than geographical.
“I missed painting,” Perez said.
Shortly after her arrival she rented studio space in Webster Groves and embarked upon a new journey --rediscovering her passion for art instilled in her as a child. “We were always looking at paintings and talking about painting,” Perez said of her family.