Dear Artist, Do you ever wander back to that time when you first started thinking about making art? Do you ever think of the vision you first had — how your art would be made, its themes, its look? How…
Dear Artist, Let’s review what we’ve found out so far about the current state of selling art on the Net. On December 26 we asked about online galleries (If you haven’t seen the responses to that question you can go…
Dear Artist, Here on the sleepy lagoon it’s a good place to practice the “be here now.” Limitations become advantages and new and unfamiliar phenomena become fresh challenges. I have only this — and this day to do it. Come…
Dear Artist, On the sleepy lagoon there’s a kind of languid flow. It’s a sort of “doesn’t matter” feeling that permeates everything from when you get up to how you mix your colors. This casualness is in contrast to the…
Dear Artist, Many artists know all about Intuition and depend on her for long-term and minute-to-minute guidance. Self-employed persons may even take her for granted. She’s a beautiful partner who goes anywhere with you. Respect for Intuition is one of…
Dear Artist, In Cancun we see the Disneyfication of our world. The Jungle Tour, Dolphin Show, Folklorico and Caribbean Carnival are dressed up with a lobster dinner. Even a six hour “Bar-Hopping” can be had with a guide. Mexican culture…
Dear Artist, On the beach at Le Pouldu, near Pont-Aven, Brittany, there’s a leaning formation of rocks that could be organized a bit by looking down on it and laying the horizon fairly high in the composition. It took a…
Dear Artist, A man phoned while I was working in the studio the other day and announced that he had bought one of my paintings in a Salvation Army Thrift Store. To add insult to injury he told me he…
Dear Artist, There are two ways to approach this: You can announce to as many people who will listen just exactly what your New Year’s resolutions are — or you can keep them quietly to yourself. Even though mine are…