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By Paul Seftel | Seftel Gallery, Cerrillos, New Mexico Landscape has never been a backdrop in my work. It is […]

Nature doesn’t paint inside the lines. Rivers don’t care about composition. Canyon walls don’t balance their color palettes. And yet, […]

Some stones don’t just catch light. They hold it. Bend it. Throw it back, change the color into something magical. […]

The American Southwest doesn’t just sit on the horizon. It breathes. It shifts. It holds memory the way turquoise holds […]

Scale changes everything. A whisper becomes a shout. A gesture becomes a presence. That’s the alchemy of Big abstract landscape […]

Ever imagine you can see history in small postage stamps? These tiny rectangles of propaganda, commemoration, and visual language have […]

There’s a reason we’re drawn to earth tones. They’re not just colors; they’re memories made visible. Clay. Stone. Sunset. The […]

Something happens when an artist stops painting what a place looks like and starts painting what it feels like. These […]

I didn’t plan to make stamp art. I stumbled into it literally. Boxes of canceled postage, bundled in stacks like […]

Let’s be honest: art has never been mere decoration. It’s a barometer for how we think, feel, and define ourselves. […]

Choosing art shouldn’t feel like taking a test you didn’t study for. Yes, it’s thrilling and yes, it can also […]

I’ve worked with turquoise for years not just the “Turquoise gemstone jewelry-store” kind, but the kind you grind from the […]

Introduction: Why Earth Pigments Matter For thousands of years, artists have turned to the earth itself for color. Pigments made from soil, stone, and […]

An Ancient Future Painted Into the Present Mineral-based paintings are not just about color—they’re about memory, transformation, and the continuity of time. My work is built from the same materials that built civilizations: limestone, copper, marble […]