Defeats
Dear Artist, “Nobody knows the anguish and torment that has gone on underneath this tranquility,”…
Monthly Archives: July, 2002
Mark Rothko
Dear Artist, After tramping around in the Rockies I was just getting out of a…
Two spirits
Dear Artist, The way I look at it a work of art requires the presence…
Complaints
Dear Artist, In the summer of 1916, John Singer Sargent wrote to his cousin Mary:…
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…