Alex Castro's unfinished oil portrait of a couple's wedding reminds him of a pivotal time in his art career. He had been painting portraits for a living while spending his free time perfecting his own ...

Alex Dos Santos is not your typical artist. He never trained professionally in drawing, painting or other visual arts. And nothing in his engineering background would hint at his passion for artistry.

arl Marx’s famous quip that history repeats itself, “the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce,” fits the so-called revival of miniature painting in Pakistan. The process started in the ...