Art and marriage
Dear Artist, Today would have been my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. They married in a…
Monthly Archives: August, 2014
The canary in the mine
Dear Artist, Artists of the past often suffered poor physical and mental health due to…
Letters to a young artist
Dear Artist, In Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 – 1926) counsels a…
Your true muses
Dear Artist, To work your muses, the first thing you have to do is separate…
Embracing the pivot
Dear Artist, In 1868, mining engineer Fredrik Idestam established a small wood pulp mill on…
The Post-Show Blues
Dear Artist, Some artists have trouble getting back into their work after a solo show.…
Building a show
Dear Artist, Amidst the day-to-day supply and demand of painting and deliveries, solo shows are…
The meaning of success
Dear Artist, I’ve come to realize success means a lot of different things to different…
The smiling game
Dear Artist, Photographer Tim Knox started as a design student with an interest in typography and…