Getting to ‘must’
Dear Artist, Psychologist Abraham Maslow has written, “A musician must make music, an artist must…
Yearly Archives: 2007
Ambiguity
Dear Artist, Think about ambiguity in your art. To be ambiguous means to give double…
Covering up your sins
Dear Artist, After my recent letter about canvas, re-stretching, etc., there were lots of follow-ups…
Authenticity
Dear Artist, In a public gallery the other day I came upon a tailored young…
The flying artist
Dear Artist, This morning Dianna Burns of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, asked about taking oil painting equipment…
Why do they buy?
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Edward Abela was wondering how many artists are interested in why people…
Signing your life away
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Chris Bingle of Stroud in Gloucestershire, UK, asked about signing paintings. She…
You are the music
Dear Artist, Neurologist Oliver Sacks’s latest book, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, tells…
Price floors and ceilings
Dear Artist, You don’t need an economics degree to understand the pricing strategies of art…
Innovation
Dear Artist, Innovation is a branch of invention that makes changes in existing systems. These…