San Antonio is one of the top tattoo cities in the nation and now, local tattoo artists are using new machines and ink to create convincing and even photo-realistic illusions on their clients’ skin.

The work of Texan painter Michael Tole at Cain Schulte looks like a throwback to the 1970s heyday of photo-realism. Tole has taken photographs of faux-Fabergé eggs on offer at a Dallas mall and ...

The art form known as needle felting has been around for thousands of years. Conestogo’s Tracy Willard has been practicing it ...

If you think your eyes are deceiving you – they probably are. Artist Kelvin Okafor’s portraits are not monochrome photographs but intricate drawings etched using the humble pencil. “Using shades of ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. In a world where art forms evolve with every blink, the tattoo industry has witnessed a ground-breaking revolution of its own – the ...

“Photo Realism: Painting With Clarity of Vision,” works by Isapat Azimuth and Geneva Keith Ulm, will be on display this month in the gallery at the Kirk-Bear Canyon Library, 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road.

In this era of selfies, Instagrams and what-I-had-for-lunch postings, the art of painting from photographs may be poised for a comeback. In which case, you risk falling out of the loop if you miss ...