The One-Percent Gambit
Dear Artist, This is a risky, time-consuming maneuver that involves pulling out a bunch of…
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Painter’s high
Dear Artist, Recent studies of “runner’s high” — the well-known euphoria that kicks in when…
Peak shift
Dear Artist, Nigel Spivey, in his insightful book How Art Made the World, speculates on…
The swan-song phenomenon
Dear Artist, I remember after visiting Giverny for the first time in my 20s, reporting…
Laziness
Dear Artist, Many of the problems that plague artists can be traced back to common…
Specificity
Dear Artist, Choose a format, medium and subject, and like Claude Monet and his haystacks,…
Painting lost; reward offered
Dear Artist, On a small beach between towering rocks around the corner from Cabo San…
Talk to me
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Edward Vincent of Sydney, Australia wrote, “You often mention ‘contemplating’ a work…
Newstalgia
Dear Artist, In this new world, I, like you perhaps, have spent the last few…
A social phenomenon
Dear Artist, Last night Betty Piderman of Kitsilano, B.C., Canada wrote, “I was wondering about…