Bruce Beasley doesn't believe in a division between art and science. Not in his life anyway. In part, that's what makes him a sculptor. Beasley has one of those rare Renaissance brains that is equally ...

As he carefully sanded his work of raspberry-colored alabaster, Joe Cooper quipped, “I used to go shoplifting, now I just do this.” “I get so much satisfaction out of creating something,” he said.

The much-welcomed warming trend over the weekend made the work of a Fox Valley artist a little more challenging on Valentine’s Day. Beginning at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, artist Joe Gagnepain was busy at ...