Keys to motivation
Dear Artist, Work is not work when work is loved. This thought is affirmed by…
Monthly Archives: July, 2014
The one-millimetre rule
Dear Artist, Not long ago, while in the middle of a private easel disaster, the…
Bern Will Brown
Dear Artist, My friend Bern Will Brown is 86 now, but he’s still going strong.…
Tim’s Vermeer
Dear Artist, Tim Jenison is a lifelong inventor from San Antonio, Texas. These days he…
Paint by seeing paint
Dear Artist, I’ve always noticed that master creators have a seemingly easy ability to think…
Ecstasy
Dear Artist, In his 1964 book, Religions, Values and Peak Experiences, psychologist Abraham Maslow broadened…
Spots of time
Dear Artist, The English poet William Wordsworth had a concept that he called “Spots of…
A new tube
Dear Artist, Due to a serendipitous detour en route to New York, I’m laptopping you…
Opportunities for design
Dear Artist, Back in mediaeval times, I was conducting a workshop and pontificating about design.…