Talent
Dear Artist, “What a bitter struggle is waged between talent and fate,” wrote Nguyen Du,…
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The price of popularity
Dear Artist, The other day I was visiting a former painter who just happens to…
Economics 101
Dear Artist, A number of artists have been asking about the current economic downturn. More…
Compositional keys
Dear Artist, Composition is the relative positioning of shapes and forms within a picture plane.…
Whistler’s dilemma
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Bob Whistler of Brainerd, Minnesota, wrote, “I’ve been a painter for nine…
Four excellent questions
Dear Artist, Yesterday, David Fitzgerald of Concord, California, asked some excellent questions. Every one of…
The frequent-pause system
Dear Artist, For the last few days I’ve been painting on a particularly frigid balcony…
Laziness
Dear Artist, Many of the problems that plague artists can be traced back to common…
How to find passion
Dear Artist, Some artists who might read this, especially the more highly evolved ones, are…
Multiple intelligences
Dear Artist, In high school I did quite well on IQ tests but was a…