In the past three decades, Cincinnati’s art scene has undergone an evolution of sorts, with new galleries, theaters and organizations making their mark and Queen City stalwarts finding innovative ways to stay relevant.

A selection of paintings by Spanish artist Jose Luis Ceña Ruiz. Indulging in moments from the past, Ruiz works to trigger nostalgic feelings in viewers, whether or not they have direct experience with the scenes he depicts. See more dreamy images below.

In this tutorial we will go over some basic principles that will help communicate the idea of large scale in your own pieces. I’m using pencils and oils for this tutorial, but you can also apply these principles to your digital artwork.

Spend 47 days in the art world with Seen. Art is for anyone. It’s just not for everyone. I know this viscerally, as a would-be artist who burned out.

Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks (1942) doesn’t just evoke a certain stripe of mid-century, after-hours, big-city American loneliness; it has more or less come to stand for the feeling itself.