The big three
Dear Artist, An excellent Quebec painter, Lorne Bouchard, once gave me some advice. He told…
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The buddy system
Dear Artist, Painting and other creative activities are essentially solitary pursuits, but there’s something to…
Breaking the curse
Dear Artist, Recently, Achola Rosario Odido of Uganda, East Africa, wrote, “Here in Uganda women are…
A box of paint
Dear Artist, On her last day of high school, Kelly McArthur was called back into the…
Neutral subject matter
Dear Artist, There are three main types of subject matter — positive, negative, and neutral.…
Boat stories
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Tatjana Mirkov-Popovicki wrote, “Boats are art objects that take on a narrative…
On big and small
Dear Artist, When we first arrived on the Big Island we were greeted by some…
Cleaning paint brushes
Dear Artist, In my last letter Pre-Raphaelite painter John Collier recommended cleaning brushes in the palm…
Transformation by art
Dear Artist, Several years ago our family took over a 16th century retreat in southern…
The uses of black
Dear Artist, A sack of email dropped down this chimney after my recent walk with…