Both of Sherri Sorger’s parents were artists, and as a result, she grew up in a highly creative household. In her youth, she thought that everyone in the world was like her parents. She was left to ...

Greg Murray is a master armed with a needle and a lot of ink-covered clay-based illustration board. The technique is called “scratchboard,” so named because the artist scratches through the upper ...

Norman Gaddini, an artist, inventor, author and apricot farmer, died June 1 at his home in Sebastopol. He was 96. Gaddini was a master of scratchboard art and owner of one of Sonoma County's oldest ...

The majestic head of a lion, fur gleaming in the sunlight against Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, isn't large in size, but huge in patient technique. It is the work of scratchboard artist, Victor Amemiya ...

At first glance Dixmoor artist Victor Simmons’ work may appear to be paintings, but upon closer inspection one can see the technique involved in his scratchboard pieces. Approximately 12 of his pieces ...

GIG HARBOR, Wash — In a backyard shed converted into a studio, we met Gig Harbor artist Steve Hammond, hunched over a table and working on his latest scratchboard portrait. "Most people have never ...

Jos Sances' "Or, The Whale" A 51-foot-long scratchboard whale is currently on display at the Lawrence Arts Center, and Gallery Director Ben Ahlvers said it’s “one of the more incredible works of art I ...

Badger from Wind in the Willows. Most people don't think of posters and book covers as art. This new collection of the work of Scott McKowen, an American-born illustrator who lives in Stratford, Ont. ...

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