Glazing keys
Dear Artist, Glazing is a technique where a transparent, usually darker, tone is washed over…
Author sara genn
The kids are all right
Dear Artist, A collector of emerging and mid-career art recently told me about the friendships…
Switch to swatch
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Melinda Wilde of Gabriola Island, B.C., wrote, “I’m design challenged. I see…
How to do it
Dear Artist, My mail carrier, a guy about my age with a gentle smile, always…
The Timid Test System
Dear Artist, We’ve talked a few times about audacity, which is a totally good thing…
Letter to a young art student
Dear Artist, A young friend, who has this fall begun an art degree, received a…
Beyond ‘so what?’
Dear Artist, Last night, Catherine Stock of Rignac, France wrote, “I wonder if you could…
The input-output proposition
Dear Artist, American writer Rumaan Alam, in a recent interview, revealed that he enjoys writing…
A list of mistakes
Dear Artist, This morning, Michael Epp of Bowen Island, B.C., wrote, “’Just take away everything…
Place of refuge
Near Zion National Park, in the lower left hand corner of Utah is the Kolob reservoir, where at this time of year, an artist can sit at the water’s edge and paint the turning, trembling aspens and the boulders that tumbled there a million years ago. A friend and I had recently decided that while much of what the world is experiencing is toxic right now, one can still nourish oneself on the wind, a paddle and a steep climb.