Price points
Dear Artist, Rudyard Kipling noted that if you don’t get what you want, it’s a…
Yearly Archives: 2002
Why do you make art?
Dear Artist, For her university thesis, Laurie Seskey asks us this question: “Why do you…
Persistence of wonder
Dear Artist, The making of art can be divided into three main camps: Subject driven,…
Subject matter
Dear Artist, Jane Super asks, “What is often a problem for me is choosing subject…
Good and bad art
Dear Artist, A situation that often disturbs artists is the competing prevalence of sub-standard art.…
Complementary colours
Dear Artist, Rain drums on the studio roof. We wait for spring and I’m fooling…
Enfant terrible
Dear Artist, A friend of mine (let’s call him Dino) entered retirement the other day…
Travel tips
Dear Artist, Pat Hart of Gabriola Island, B.C., wrote, “Apropos of workshops overseas, could you…
What steals my power?
Dear Artist, A subscriber who wishes to remain anonymous wrote, “I am not always able…
The wiser eye
Dear Artist, Karen Pettengill of Portland, Maine asks, “Why do we see problems in our…