An instrument of power
Dear Artist, When the invention of photography transformed portraiture from luxury art item to affordable…
Monthly Archives: August, 2020
On being casual
Dear Artist, On Monday, I was a member of a jury. All of the entries,…
Art by mail
Dear Artist, In 1962, Neo-Dada collagist Ray Johnson, along with some of his Fluxus friends,…
Shifting into right brain
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Marjorie Ewell of Cape Coral, FL and Galloway, NJ wrote, “How do…
Selling the selling of art
Dear Artist, Three Mondays in a row, an email appeared with an invitation to submit…
How to beat painter’s block
Dear Artist, A lot of stuff has been written about writer’s block, mainly because writers…
In search of anonymity
Dear Artist, Rumour has it that when J.D. Salinger died in 2010 at the age…
Negative space
Dear Artist, These days no self-respecting workshop instructor goes half an hour without mentioning negative…