Where does it come from?
Dear Artist, I’m laptopping you from a shady spot beside a placid lake on the…
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Talent
Dear Artist, “What a bitter struggle is waged between talent and fate,” wrote Nguyen Du,…
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…
The problem with stealing
Dear Artist, This morning, Terry Culbert of Amherst Island, Ontario, wrote, “I’ve noticed that some…
