If you love how linseed oil makes your paints flow but aren’t keen on how it yellows over time, you might want to replace it with walnut oil. While typically more expensive and slower to dry, walnut ...

WALNUT CREEK — Nancy Post Hunter picked up a paint brush again as a tonic for a stressful job. As a newly minted children’s occupational therapist at Children’s Hospital Oakland in the 1980s, she ...

WALNUT CREEK — An avid photographer, Annegret van Gemeren used to tote her high-end Mamiya camera around taking photos of various subjects and mastering the art of black-and-white photography. After ...