Kim Diment in the Fishbowl

By Bob Bahr Several of the participants in this week’s TexArt event huddled with Michigan artist and longtime SKBer Kim Diment to experiment with a method of drawing she has taught for decades with great success. They met in Schreiner University’s...

Where Was Suzie When She Won the Rose Award?

By Bob Bahr This is an important question, because it indicates why she received the Rose Award in the first place. The Rose Award is an award not given every year at the SKB Dubois Workshop—only when there is a clearly deserving recipient. This past year, Suzie...

The Ultimate Greg Beecham Demo

By Bob Bahr Many SKBers have enjoyed watching Greg Beecham paint at the Dubois workshops, mainly at the Quick Draw event. Some have taken workshops with the artist. One person has received special attention from Beecham for six years. And that person strongly felt...

Mumm Honored With Solo Museum Show at the Hockaday

  By Bob Bahr One of the most gratifying achievements for an artist is to get a solo museum show. For Wanda Mumm, her exhibition now on view at the Hockaday Museum of Art, in Kalispell, Montana, is a “dream fulfilled.” Mumm reports a good turnout for...

Giving Greg McHuron His Due

By Bob Bahr A plein air painter and wildlife artist with a wide effect on painters in the Grand Teton area is the focus of a new book by Susan Hallsten McGarry titled Gregory I. McHuron: Plein Air Master and Mentor. In it, McGarry explores how McHuron integrated...