The art lotto
Dear Artist, In the pub the other night, I watched a couple of workmen fresh…
Author clearmarble
A treasured mapbook
Dear Artist, Nowadays, with Satellite GPS and Google Maps, it’s possible to virtually traverse the…
Bartering for fun and profit
Dear Artist, Two days ago I happened to be cruising The Painter’s Post and noticed…
Winners and losers
Dear Artist, Up here in Canada, some people think the government should be regulating the…
Stereotype threat
Dear Artist, In 1995, Stanford University psychologists Claude Steele and Joshua Aronson coined the term…
How to control kissing
Dear Artist, When it comes to painting, kissing can be the kiss of death. Kissing…
What to do with Grandpa’s art?
Dear Artist, Recently, Mark Winkelstein wrote, “A friend passed away and I have been trying…
Off the beaten track
Dear Artist, Recently, Marylin Davies of Terrace, BC, Canada, wrote, “There are many delights for…
The wise juror
Dear Artist, Yesterday, among the email that came in for the launch of The Painter’s…
Introducing The Painter’s Post
Dear Artist, Readers of these Twice-Weekly Letters often send quick notes to let me know…