Complaints
Dear Artist, In the summer of 1916, John Singer Sargent wrote to his cousin Mary:…
Yearly Archives: 2002
Water cooler
Dear Artist, About a year ago my daughter, Sara, insisted that I install a water…
Competence and incompetence
Dear Artist, My friend Joe Blodgett came into the studio yesterday. He took a look…
The Wyeth dynasty
Dear Artist, The recent letter Hothouse effect generated some curiosity about the Wyeths: “What kind…
Hothouse effect
Dear Artist, There’s something to be said for families and extended families who live and…
Places of the heart
Dear Artist, There are places of the heart where one can go a thousand times…
Inconvenience
Dear Artist, Something strange happened last Wednesday. About noon I decided to get out of…
Inheritance
Dear Artist, Every once in a while I get a letter like this one from…
Regimentation
Dear Artist, My last letter triggered responses from artists who said that they needed regimentation…
The inner artist
Dear Artist, Last night Krysta Stahl wrote, “I’m one of those painters who really has…