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 One of my main objectives in watercolor painting is to create light through the use of shadow.

The young girl embraced life with spunk and bit of mischief.

He is a local artist whose work is recognized worldwide.The Likeness Of Being - Portraits By Philip Burke runs through September 13th at the Burchfield Penney Art Center at SUNY Buffalo State.

My experience as an intern at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center has proved to be extremely informative in spite of the brevity of my participation. Not only I observed the concrete mechanisms of a cultural institution which had never been disclosed by my purely academic background, but I also became aware of the vitality of an art center in a community were artists, collectors, art dealers and art-education are closely connected.

One musical surprise follows another this Friday evening, May 8th at 8pm when "A Musical Feast" presents mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley at the Burchfield Penney Art Center.  

Bill Murray looks more like Bill Murray than Bill Murray himself in the caricature portrait by artist Philip Burke, in a career overview exhibit at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. Because of the way caricature—when superbly done—gets to the heart of the matter, reduces to essence, eliminating extrinsics and extraneous.

While at the academy, Earnest Shepard focused his talents on sculpture and watercolor painting, which led to his notoriety.

A Celebration Of The Arts Across Western New York As New Exhibits Open

Digital Synesthesia: Romanticism-Zeitgeist: A Tribute to American Artists Charles Ives and Charles Burchfield, a special performance with Emil Schult and members of the Buffluxus and Institute for the Electronic Arts at Alfred, takes place this Saturday, April 11, 2015, 7:30–9 pm!