Dear Artist, What’s not to love about Greece? Whitewashed houses cling like rambling flora on gem-like islands set in a silver sea. There is also glory to the place where democracy began. The first significant philosophers were in Athens –…
Dear Artist, Over the past week a few artists have written asking what I meant by “the guru syndrome.” It’s my own term to describe people (like me) who get a kick out of trying to help others. In a…
Dear Artist, During the past couple of weeks this inbox has been overflowing with emails from artists concerned about the economy. “Things have been bad for a while — now they are going to get worse,” they say. “What can…
Dear Artist, Many painters find basic ploys to be old hat. For those who don’t, maybe it’s okay to hear about them again. Still others need badly to hear a few of these for the first time: Shuffle the deck.…
Dear Artist, Not wanting all her friends to know her concerns, an anonymous woman wrote yesterday: “What do you do when your art group falls apart? I belong to a group of women who met through an art course three…
Dear Artist, If your intention is to make unique, somewhat abstracted works with a distinctive style and a unique personality, you may not be able to go directly there. Indeed, some accomplished artists insist that you can’t reach a significant…
Dear Artist, Seventy-eight years ago — exactly to our current days — the Canadian painter J. E. H. MacDonald was staying next door in Cabin 3. Electric power and running water have been added to Lake O’Hara cabins since then…
Dear Artist, This morning Suzanne Lee wrote, “In a recent group exhibition in which I participated, it appeared that the men were taken more seriously as artists than the women. More value was put on their work in terms of prices…
Dear Artist, A remarkable study, Sexist remarks by Phyllis McCraw, West Milford, NJ, USA I was insulted and of course entirely left out of this discussion. As a female, I have good and bad days. I do not attribute…
