Cheap advice
Dear Artist, Last Sunday I gave an artist’s talk. There was standing room only in…
Yearly Archives: 2007
Staying true
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Cherie Hanson of Kelowna, B.C., Canada, wrote, “My work explores several directions at…
On big and small
Dear Artist, When we first arrived on the Big Island we were greeted by some…
Field notes on play
Dear Artist, There was no use in arguing with the woman. She had asked me…
A painting’s progress
Dear Artist, A Song for the Seventies was a 24 x 30 inch oil on…
The Flynn effect in art
Dear Artist, The Flynn effect is the year-on-year rise of IQ test scores. It was…
Gallery flow
Dear Artist, As touched on in the clickback before last, Small Stuff — how people…
The knowledge
Dear Artist, If you were a brain surgeon or a jet pilot, you might not…
Small stuff
Dear Artist, Last Thursday night I opened an exhibition in our local Museum. It’s a…
Letters to an artist
Dear Artist, In 1903, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke responded by letter to a young…