We found our sun painting kit on the bargain table at a local craft store back in the dead of winter. It had a couple of pieces missing, including the instruction booklet (which is why it was on ...

Matisse meant his art to soothe, not shock ... He simply distilled sunshine. Conquering the Spectrum. For 14 years before his death, Matisse suffered from intestinal cancer.

In the 1960s and '70s, if you were in a doctor's office, or a funeral home, or a motel in Florida, chances are a landscape painting hung on the wall. Palms arching over the water, or moonlight on ...