A new show of landscapes feels like a series of establishing shots. The characters, if any, are minor, deflecting attention. The focus, instead, is on scene setting, on the spiky needles of a pine, ...

In this episode, I visit Utopia artist Peggy Vesper and explore with Peggy her journey to Utopia, Texas, and how she found her passion for painting. She explains how she began painting with acrylic ...

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Call it the age of the para-pastoral. At a time when popular culture is steeped in romanticized visions of a rural past—from the rise of cottagecore and “tradwife” influencers to obsessions with ...