The fine art of giving
Dear Artist, On Friday a man phoned to say he had an old painting of…
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The persistence of vision
Dear Artist, One of the more surprising of Robert Henri’s classroom ploys was to have…
The full painting
Dear Artist, Almost everyone who reads my letters will have had this experience: You’re at…
The values of big and small
Dear Artist, One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Colossus of Rhodes,…
When all the artists are women
Dear Artist, Last night I was giving a short talk and signing books at one…
Never too late
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Tammy Callens of Jackson Hole, Wyoming wrote, “I’m suddenly 47 years old.…
The reinvention of prior art
Dear Artist, When winter comes, it’s time to look again at summer. Reinventing the experiences…
In praise of early rising
Dear Artist, I’m in my studio most mornings about five. As far as I can…
A new book
Dear Artist, It finally happened. At 10 this morning we heard a truck backing up…
Projectors and such
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Susan Truex of Murfreesboro, TN, wrote, “What about using alternate forms of…