High exaltation
Dear Artist, “It’s a rough mountain pathway of boulders and roots, Where the greatest of…
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Edgemanship
Dear Artist, I’m still in Toronto. Visiting a group show. Crowded. Abstract. Realism. Artbabble. Artspeak.…
Cutting edgers
Dear Artist, In a roaring heat-wave, I’m walking down Queen St. in Toronto, Canada. It’s…
Silhouette
Dear Artist, Have you ever noticed how a silhouette can tell you a great deal…
Black beauty
Dear Artist, Renoir declared, “I’ve been forty years discovering that the queen of all colours…
Captain Otto’s Cello
Dear Artist, Yesterday, the painter and musician Guttorn Otto visited my studio. Born in Poland…
The blessing
Dear Artist, It’s pretty hard to describe something when you can’t put your finger exactly…
Figuring it out
Dear Artist, Stephan Stephansson was born in Iceland in 1853 where his formal education lasted…
White on white
Dear Artist, In 1862 James McNeill Whistler painted Symphony in White, No.1: The White Girl.…
The art of matching
Dear Artist, There’s a marvelous painting by John Singer Sargent called The Artist in his…