Sprezzatura
Dear Artist, The Italians have a name for it — Sprezzatura — studied carelessness –…
Yearly Archives: 2003
Your creative truth
Dear Artist, Scrabbling around in mountains is good for you. Among other things, I’m having…
A Mutt decision
Dear Artist, In 1912, Marcel Duchamp took a urinal, signed it R. Mutt and put…
High exaltation
Dear Artist, “It’s a rough mountain pathway of boulders and roots, Where the greatest of…
Edgemanship
Dear Artist, I’m still in Toronto. Visiting a group show. Crowded. Abstract. Realism. Artbabble. Artspeak.…
Cutting edgers
Dear Artist, In a roaring heat-wave, I’m walking down Queen St. in Toronto, Canada. It’s…
Silhouette
Dear Artist, Have you ever noticed how a silhouette can tell you a great deal…
Black beauty
Dear Artist, Renoir declared, “I’ve been forty years discovering that the queen of all colours…
Captain Otto’s Cello
Dear Artist, Yesterday, the painter and musician Guttorn Otto visited my studio. Born in Poland…
The blessing
Dear Artist, It’s pretty hard to describe something when you can’t put your finger exactly…