Monument
Dear Artist, Nearby where I live is Redwood Park. Above the Hazelmere Valley, these originally…
Yearly Archives: 2012
Colour choice and adjustment
Dear Artist, Some painters nail the exact colour they need on the first go. I’m…
Slow down to speed up
Dear Artist, It’s warm and muggy beside this froggy pond. I’m the shiny guy wearing…
Out of the blue
Dear Artist, Near the lodge in the late afternoon, I wandered to a hemlock bower…
Rocky shores
Dear Artist, I’m laptopping you from a 27-foot sport-fishing boat near the mouth of Quatsino…
Managing delay
Dear Artist, Frank Partnoy in his book, Wait: The Art and Science of Delay, tells…
In praise of sleep
Dear Artist, After a week of wildness and goofing off while at art school, I…
The fine art of hoarding
Dear Artist, The next edition of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is…
Kindling the flame
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Nancy Holloway of Lexington, Kentucky wrote, “The art instructor in Noah Gordon’s…
Copying an enigma
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Paul Austin of West Drayton, England, wrote, “I’ve recently been given a…