Asking your opinion
Dear Artist, Painters who give workshops will know what I’m talking about. You can walk…
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Conspicuous consumption
Dear Artist, When Wisconsin-born economist Thorstein Veblen coined the term “conspicuous consumption,” he was reacting…
The art instinct
Dear Artist, The reason so many people in so many cultures prefer a landscape painting…
Irwin Greenberg
Dear Artist, If you’ve ever wondered just how good an artist can be, take a…
Advisory panel
Dear Artist, Yesterday I took part in an advisory panel. This is where a couple…
Painting ‘Uncle Ho’
Dear Artist, Phan Ke An, 85, painted more than 20 portraits of the late Vietnamese…
Where does it come from?
Dear Artist, I’m laptopping you from a shady spot beside a placid lake on the…
Talent
Dear Artist, “What a bitter struggle is waged between talent and fate,” wrote Nguyen Du,…
The price of popularity
Dear Artist, The other day I was visiting a former painter who just happens to…
Economics 101
Dear Artist, A number of artists have been asking about the current economic downturn. More…