Mastery or spark?
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Jeanne Long of Selby, MN, USA wrote, “In judging an art fair…
Yearly Archives: 2006
Friendly imaging
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Marilyn Juda-Orlandi, of Monte Porzio Catone, Italy, wrote, “Now that it’s summer…
John Ruskin
Dear Artist, Writing on the value and importance of drawing, more than one thousand artists…
In praise of drawing
Dear Artist, Did you know that between 1820 and 1860 there were more than 145,000…
Timed creativity
Dear Artist, It was getting too dark for photos. I was on a narrow road…
Early and late bloomers
Dear Artist, Economist David Galenson of the University of Chicago has published several books and…
The value of the bozzetto
Dear Artist, “Bozzetto” is an Italian term for a sculptor’s small-scale model, usually in wax…
A complex effort
Dear Artist, Off the northern tip of Haida Gwaii lies Langara Island. It’s wild and…
A labour of love
Dear Artist, Yesterday, as Dorothy and I were scrambling up and down a Cariboo creek,…
The mother lode
Dear Artist, I’m laptopping you at midnight from a bedroll under the Milky Way. We’re…