Barbara B. Buchholz

JOHN TALLEUR'S current exhibition is the equivalent of two shows for this former University of Kansas art professor: the first of richly colored and vigorously painted oils on canvas with...

Carolyn Giles' recent paintings have the still-life quality of photographs, a medium Giles also works in. She takes her photographic images and re-creates them in oil atop wooden panels. Isolated...

With 62 percent of pet owners signing letters or cards from their pet to send to another person or pet, it's not surprising that somebody would start a business devoted...

No common thread emerges in the exhibit "FLIGHT" -- at the Peter Miller Gallery, 740 N. Franklin St., through Feb. 8 -- which features the work of six artists. But...

Starting as a watercolorist, ANGELA SCHLAUD has added oil painting to her repertoire, in part because of technological advances. Using a high resolution color copier that recreates the textures and...

STEPHEN DINSMORE'S latest one-man show of oil paintings, titled "Horizons" -- at Lydon Fine Art, 301 W. Superior St. through March 14 -- presents some of this talented painter's joyful...

For a crash course in Old Master prints and drawings by such artists as Andrea Mantegna, Theodore Rousseau, Albrecht Durer and Rembrandt Van Rijn, don't miss the show "Old Master...

Wesley Kimler and Gary Justis: A small show juxtaposes two friends who are important voices on the current Chicago art scene. Painter Wesley Kimler's six large exuberant oils, usually exhibited...

Self-portraits allow artists to reveal both their artistic capabilities and their inner selves. A show at Printworks gallery presents 16 self-portraits on paper in a variety of media -- watercolor,...

Good wine and the holidays almost go hand in hand. But if you don't have the space or funds to properly store your bottles, you risk ruining them. For years,...