Holiday
Dear Artist, Did you ever have a feeling that today was an “extra day,” one…
Browsing: painting
Seven ways to start
Dear Artist, American abstractionist Richard Diebenkorn said, “I don’t go into the studio with the…
Character formation
Dear Artist, I’m writing this letter from the location of the old railway station at…
Getting it out there
Dear Artist, Last night I lay by the fireplace in my parents’ living room. I…
Tom Thomson
Dear Artist, Here in Canada we a have national icon. His name is Tom Thomson.…
The magic of yearning
Dear Artist, I read once that we all have a “happiness set-point,” and that it…
Style in art
Dear Artist, From the cosmic consciousness of our artist-subscribers came three letters in the same…
Is landscape dead?
Dear Artist, Subscriber Jack Monk writes, “Is visual art on its way out? Or is…
Looking inward
Dear Artist, I crawled back into my space. After the hyper energy of the outer…
The feedback loop
Dear Artist, A subscriber who wishes to remain anonymous writes, “I have often been dissatisfied…