“Earthscapes: Contemporary Views of and from the Land” David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico Review by Amanda Malloy Visual Art Source June 30, 2018 Continuing through July 14, 2018 Stephen Hayes, Sonata, 2015, oil on canvas over panel, 60" x 60" Landscape painting goes back well over a thousand years, and is one of the most prolifically explored subjects in the history of fine art. Yet, with an ever changing topography, and advances in mobility that enable ready a

On April 4, 2018, the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation approved the awarding of 173 Guggenheim Fellowships (including two joint Fellowships) to a diverse group of scholars, artists, and scientists. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were chosen from a group of almost 3,000 applicants in the Foundation’s ninety-fourth competition. The great variety of backgrounds, fields of study, a

Western Art & Architecture April/May 2018 Michele Corriel Orlando, FL 6-12-16, 2017, Oil on canvas, 72" x 96" Like the calm in the eye of a hurricane, Stephen Hayes’ body of work, In the Hour Before, portrays a place before tragedy embeds itself. Using images from Google Earth, Hayes, a longtime plein air oil painter, turns his attention on cities where upheaval has ripped away ordinary lives. The artist responds to the “political moment,” contemplating social issues, such