Dear Artist, You’re wondering what Yin and Yang have to do with your art? Quite a bit. The ideas and symbols of Chinese and Korean culture traditionally held concepts of dark and light. “Yin and Yang” is both a dual…
Dear Artist, At 9 this morning I pressed the send button and off went my manuscript. Designer Fiona Raven will now turn it into into Love Letters to Art. If everything goes according to plan, the book will be out of…
Dear Artist, One morning a couple of years ago I got the idea to paint a self-portrait. I wanted one with my dog Emily and me peering around the canvas like that Norman Rockwell cover everyone has seen. Giving the…
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Dear Artist, It seems that researchers at the University of Victoria have determined workaholics to be no happier or more highly realized than anyone else. Assistant Professor of Psychology Fred Grouzet, 31, reports, “Working doesn’t make you happy. We can’t…
Dear Artist, This morning Kerim Kahyagil of Istanbul, Turkey wrote, “I used to evaluate paintings by looking at composition, technique, color, tone, texture, perspective, etc. Now I realize that even though these are important, they are really about craft and artisanship.…
Dear Artist, You’ve no doubt heard of “buyer’s remorse.” That’s where you go out and buy a new Volvo and immediately start thinking you picked the wrong colour, should have bought the turbo version, and paid more than you needed…
