A variety of owls
Dear Artist, Jack Shadbolt was one of those artists who never flagged in his pursuit…
Author clearmarble
My state of confusion
Dear Artist, “You don’t understand, Mr. Genn,” said a tall, acerbic gentleman who rustled a…
An artist’s world
Dear Artist, On a boat there can be a cargo of wisdom. I’ve brought along…
Bay of Plenty
Dear Artist, If it’s drizzling, I paint on the fantail. If it’s a nice day,…
Finding your voice
Dear Artist, Recently, Judith Meeks of Toronto, ON, Canada, wrote, “I’ll soon be chairing a…
Something about islands
Dear Artist, In 1856, Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Edward Hawke Genn was surveying the West…
Master-apprentice dynamics
Dear Artist, Back in the good old days, a select few youth were chosen to…
Leaving things incomplete
Dear Artist, These days I’ve been rededicating myself to less overworking and more understatement. In…
Retsu Wabi-Sabi
Dear Artist, As everyone knows, I’m interested in systems that might refresh and reboot creativity.…
The gradated life
Dear Artist, I’m laptopping you from beneath a red-painted tori on the edge of Lake…