When Robert Beckmann came to Nevada in the 1970s, he was wrapped as a rare creative species: an artist with a voracious intellectual appetite. In 1977 Beckmann arrived in Las Vegas as a mural painter ...

Transmutations: Robert Beckmann Under the Western Sky 1977-2017 Through March 18; Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.- 8 p.m.; Friday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The Studio at Sahara West Library, 702-507-3630.

When we last experienced water as metaphor in artist Robert Beckmann’s paintings, it was through his "Under Water" series, a sobering and thoughtful look at what the city had brought upon itself.

The latest exhibit at The Studio, inside Sahara West Library, is titled “Transmutations: Robert Beckmann Paintings Under the Western Sky 1977-2017.” Darren Johnson, Las Vegas Clark County Library ...