I’ve visited some of Europe’s, Asia’s, and Africa’s liveliest cafés, but I have never encountered a place quite like the Box by Ashley ... how easy it is to travel across the African ...

A spotlight clamped in the living room throws light on watercolor portraits of a man and a woman. Standing by the easel, the artist, Marilyn Beth Hughes, fields comments from a circle of artists ...

Artists of the time took advantage of natural light, as well as advances in the type of paint available and the introduction of the box easel, to go outdoors and paint the actual visual conditions in ...