A Christmas Carol
Dear Artist, Dickens’ A Christmas Carol tells of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly and miserable penny-pinching…
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Staying high
Dear Artist, If you’re reading this letter on the 19th of December, keep in mind…
Two solitudes
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Stephen Quiller was passing through and we invited him to come over…
A Bouguereau in the basement
Dear Artist, I’m willing to bet that lots of artists have never heard of William…
A wonderful line
Dear Artist, Anyone who takes a lingering look at the work of Egon Schiele can’t…
Negotiating depression
Dear Artist, These days the word “depression” appears frequently in my inbox. Along with it…
Emily (1996-2003)
Dear Artist, Many of you know that one of the elements of my art mentoring…
The Orientalists
Dear Artist, Henri Matisse had taken a look into Morocco in 1913 and 1914. The…
The Devil’s Paint Box
Dear Artist, Somewhere among the warrens of the Fes medina you enter a dark, unmarked…
Travel dazzle
Dear Artist, I took a four-wheel-drive out into the Chebbi Erg. This is about 50…