Figuring it out
Dear Artist, Stephan Stephansson was born in Iceland in 1853 where his formal education lasted…
Yearly Archives: 2003
White on white
Dear Artist, In 1862 James McNeill Whistler painted Symphony in White, No.1: The White Girl.…
The art of matching
Dear Artist, There’s a marvelous painting by John Singer Sargent called The Artist in his…
The story of red
Dear Artist, Cochineal is a red dyestuff extracted from the blood of a beetle parasite…
Recovery
Dear Artist, A player breaks away, speeds down the ice, then, in a confused dust-up,…
Ultramarine Blue
Dear Artist, The original ultramarine blue was made from the semiprecious stone lapis lazuli. Processes…
Keeping records
Dear Artist, Naturally, because of my extreme incompetence at keeping records, I’m fascinated with the…
The short list
Dear Artist, In one-on-one mentoring there’s the advantage of offering specifics. By getting to know…
Wonder of line
Dear Artist, My friend Ted Hesketh is both a painter and a musician. His main…
Triumph of the id
Dear Artist, Thanks to everyone who wrote so eloquently and intelligently about “ego.” There were…