The strange case of George and Linda
Dear Artist, At the request of some friends and relatives I’ve changed all the names…
Monthly Archives: April, 2010
The Next Big Thing
Dear Artist, On Friday night, after I spoke to a group of painters in a…
Choosing the right workshop
Dear Artist, “Should I go to an art school, should I take a workshop, or…
The case for no help
Dear Artist, I’m using Mark Tobey for this sticky subject, partly because I met him…
Painting and chunking
Dear Artist, I’m not talking about a place in China. “Chunking” is a word psychologists…
How’s your myelin?
Dear Artist, During the past ten years we’ve probably learned more about the workings of…
Letter to the Student of Painting
Dear Artist, Painter Charles Philip Brooks runs a teaching studio in North Carolina. He focuses…
Fun with retreads
Dear Artist, The other day Verna Marie Campbell of Mission, Kansas, wrote, “Say you have…
Creativity and Fundamentalism
Dear Artist, My recent mention of “Can fundamentalists be creative?” had readers scurrying to the…