Keeping things simple
Dear Artist, A two-day workshop last weekend refreshed my memory of how artists often go…
Monthly Archives: May, 2008
Art and Happiness
Dear Artist, In the recently published Against Happiness, popular writer Eric Wilson disparages our current…
Staffage
Dear Artist, “Staffage” is a historical term for placing people and animals into landscapes. Like…
Johanna van Gogh
Dear Artist, Vincent van Gogh died in 1890. Theo van Gogh, art dealer and brother…
Overworked
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Rich Woy of Ocala, Florida asked, “How do you know when a painting…
Heuristic painting
Dear Artist, Heuristic (pronounced hyu-RIS-tik) comes from the Greek heuriskein meaning “to discover.” The heuristic…
Mickey Mouse Bill
Dear Artist, The principle of post-monetization says that nothing is worth anything until somebody wants…
