Three Iowa teens are finding their voices through very different lenses of a common creative vision, and in the process, embodying the spirit of the Grant Wood Art Colony and the artist and educator ...

We noted some of the Dave Sim, Mike Allred, Jack Kirby, Murphy Anderson, Frank Frazetta, Mike Mignola, Jim Lee and Carl Barks' original artwork being offered for sale from Heritage Auctions in a big ...

Before the world knew about Grant Wood, Iowa's most celebrated artist was exploring the world around him, from his childhood penchant for drawing under the kitchen table to making multiple trips to ...

Jefferson Elementary fifth-grader Ja’Vontae Triplett looks at his self-portrait, which won first place for his grade in the Wood County Schools Art Expressions Exhibit. While most elementary schools ...

Ever since the day in 1930 when his American Gothic won $300 and a bronze medal from the Chicago Art Institute, the name of Grant Wood has echoed persistently throughout the land. In five years, ...

The traditional wood screens made in ornately geometric patterns for Islamic palaces and mosques are given the modern art treatment. Anila Quayyum Agha's "Charred Gold," is a mashrabiya made of ...

You've undoubtedly seen it before. It's one of the most recognizable paintings in American art: "American Gothic," by the artist Grant Wood (1891-1942). It's likely the only work many Americans have ...

In 1973, with the deep wisdom of his mid-20s, Ronnie Wood helped pen the lyrics: “I wish that I knew what I knew now, when I was younger.” They were for the song, “Ooh La La,” a classic for Wood’s ...

Much of modern farmhouse style – the shiplap, natural materials and distressed finishes popularized by magazines and shows such as HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” – evokes a simpler time in a vague, nostalgic ...

ENGRAVING on wood, although an art not yet quite a century old, has had a changeful and eventful history. In saying not quite a century old, I must be understood as separating it from the woodcutting ...