Norman Rockwell
Dear Artist, One snowy November afternoon I happened to be in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and I…
Author clearmarble
Maxfield Parrish
Dear Artist, About a hundred years ago when three-colour “process” printing was being perfected, some…
The high-buzz mode
Dear Artist, Back in 1978 Colin Martindale of The University of Maine put some electrodes…
Imagination
Dear Artist, Over the imagining of the next painting and the next — songs of…
Social influence
Dear Artist, Recent studies of young people in the act of choosing music have shed…
What makes us tick?
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Rita Roberts of Monte Vista, Colorado wrote, “It seems that I have…
The brush-off
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Deborah Ridgley of Cincinnati, Ohio wrote, “I just submitted a body of…
Cues from nature
Dear Artist, No matter what our style, medium or subject matter, our work takes its…
The creative bluff
Dear Artist, It was an above average easel-day yesterday, and my mind turned to thoughts…
Get paid twice?
Dear Artist, Every once in a while I hear from artists who would like a…