Immortal art
Dear Artist, I’m laptopping you from a persimmon grove in a corner of an extensive…
Monthly Archives: May, 2013
Cropping and not cropping
Dear Artist, When a painter paints a rugged stone with its edges not touching the…
Identical twins
Dear Artist, Recently, Steve Koch of Gresham, Oregon wrote, “A friend experienced a situation where…
Too much stuff!
Dear Artist, Recently, Ed Kissane of Wantagh, New York wrote, “I’m constantly fighting a flood…
The art of negative thinking
Dear Artist, Recently, I had the opportunity to look over the shoulders of two painters…
Patience
Dear Artist, Recently, Jil Ashton-Leigh of Steveston, BC, Canada told me about a wise Chinese…
The disappearing blue
Dear Artist, Recently, Barbara Hawley of Madison, Virginia wrote, “The blue colour in an acrylic…
Daily studio rituals
Dear Artist, Much has been written about the creativity-stimulating rituals of writers because, well, they…
About space
Dear Artist, Back around the turn of the 20th century, household gadgets, from sewing machines…