DETROIT — Velvet painting collector Elena Herrada began her introduction of Black Velvet: A Rasquache Aesthetic to me with a definition of the word “rasquache.” “I had the idea that I ...

An original black velvet portrait of actress Pam Grier was stolen from the East Colfax Avenue outpost of Voodoo ... It's an original oil painting commissioned by the company — and now it's ...

Inspired by velvet painter Edgar Leeteg, Diane Shilkitus — known in the art world as Diane Bombshelter — creates acrylic paintings atop black velvet. Tucson artist makes her paintings pop on ...

A selection of the writer’s black velvet painting collection, including work by Viola Waddington ... The walls were decorated salon-style with her oil-on-canvas paintings.

Boneta-Marie Mabo’s art responds to a colonial past in which Aboriginal women were fetishised as “black velvet”. But it also celebrates strong women, including her activist grandmother ...

The exhibit at Casa de Rosado explores the popular Mexican art form of themes painted on black velvet, which was prevalent in the 70s and 80s.

Rick Smith — a Calgary collector who boasts one the largest collections of velvet paintings in North America — gave more than 200 works of art to the Glenbow Museum on Friday. Smith's donated ...

Black velvet paintings put me through film school, along with cowboy jackets and hand tooled leather bags — all hot sellers at my father’s Curio Shop on Avenida Revolución.

A West Linn police officer Monday took down a velvet painting of a clown from his school resource office window in West Linn High School after a resident railed against it on social media, calling ...

Pam Grier has been stolen from Voodoo Doughnuts along Colfax! The owners are hoping Denverites and Coloradans across the Front Range can keep their eyes peeled for the velvet painting.

'Black Velvet' redefining and celebrating Indigenous Australian women in art COMMENT | With her first solo exhibition, artist Boneta-Marie Mabo has been inspired by the State Library of Queensland ...