Character and characteristics
Dear Artist, Like a lot of boys, I was interested in cars. You might say…
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Fighting the double demons
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Tim Zeiss of Chicago, Illinois, wrote, “I’m a painter and graphic novelist.…
Sharing studio spaces
Dear Artist, Thank you for a year of such wonderful stuff in my inbox. Fran…
The mystery of the non-depressed men
Dear Artist, Research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology has determined artistic men…
The fine art of giving
Dear Artist, On Friday a man phoned to say he had an old painting of…
The persistence of vision
Dear Artist, One of the more surprising of Robert Henri’s classroom ploys was to have…
The full painting
Dear Artist, Almost everyone who reads my letters will have had this experience: You’re at…
The values of big and small
Dear Artist, One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Colossus of Rhodes,…
When all the artists are women
Dear Artist, Last night I was giving a short talk and signing books at one…
Never too late
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Tammy Callens of Jackson Hole, Wyoming wrote, “I’m suddenly 47 years old.…