Art & Artist

Consultant by day, artist by night, Eleanor Miz wields a full portfolio. Life is an interesting, unpredictable journey. Compelling fascinations fade while an encounter dismissed as irrelevant proves to be the portal to an exciting new opportunity. An experience in childhood—a time when we are exposed to something new every day—may metamorphose over time, from

From childhood sketches to global travels and gallery walls, artist Erin Kaya finds peace and purpose in geometric shapes and vibrant hues. Asking Erin Kaya why she got into art is like asking why the sky is blue? “I don’t know what made me start drawing because it was just something I always did,” says

At 10:30 a.m.the light filtering through the windows in Lake Forest is beautiful. “Yes,” artist Hector Hernandez says, smiling appreciatively, “David Adler designed this estate so that every room is perfectly lit by natural light. It’s so helpful when I paint.” One of few artists still working in technique mixte, the 15th-century painting technique that

Art isn’t always easy on the eyes. From Wassily Kandinsky to Willem de Kooning, Anselm Kiefer to Jean-Michel Basquiat, painters have long challenged the concept of a “proper” picture. Tweaking form and content, they’ve expanded our visual reality, opening our eyes to new ways of seeing. Casual museum or gallery-goers often dismiss seemingly extreme works