Choices
Dear Artist, When I was a callow youth I was lecturing a hundred or so…
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The rise of vanity galleries
Dear Artist, A few emails have arrived lately from artists asking about the sudden appearance…
In search of John Collier
Dear Artist, While bumping around in a jumbled bookshop in Highgate, North London, I found…
Habits for success
Dear Artist, Not long ago the popular business coach John Di Lemme broadcast a simple…
Artists for something
Dear Artist, A group mailing arrived here yesterday. A young friend was asking for donations…
Feeling blue
Dear Artist, While reading Denis Dutton’s The Art Instinct, I learned that predominantly blue paintings…
Lessons learned
Dear Artist, Wow! That was quite an experience. After submitting my painting for your input…
Asking your opinion
Dear Artist, Painters who give workshops will know what I’m talking about. You can walk…
Conspicuous consumption
Dear Artist, When Wisconsin-born economist Thorstein Veblen coined the term “conspicuous consumption,” he was reacting…
The art instinct
Dear Artist, The reason so many people in so many cultures prefer a landscape painting…