Archives: March 2025

“Bee in the Gardens”

Posted on Mar. 29, 2025 by Grace Olson

Kati Koster was with her mom and aunt visiting the The Paine Art Center and Gardens in Oshkosh last spring looking for tulips when she noticed a special visitor. “We had looked at the exhibitions and were enjoying every inch of the garden. My Mom saw the bee first and took a picture,” she remembers. READ MORE

Irina Vishnevskaya (IraVish)

Posted on Mar. 29, 2025 by Grace Olson

Art medium(s): Brush, paints, canvas, carpet, oilcloth, hardboard. How do you describe your art? Narrative. My painting is a kind of journalism, so I like to combine paintings into series (Dreams of My Childhood, The Last Refuge of the Leader, The Boy on the Red Horse, Dolls, Lonely Eve). In my paintings, I tell stories READ MORE

Wild Asparagus

Q. My in-laws have fresh asparagus growing near their house. What are some unique things to do with it? —Everett, Wrightstown A. Asparagus is a polarizing vegetable—people either love it or they don’t. Most people agree that when asparagus is young and tender it is the best, no larger than the diameter of a pencil. READ MORE