Getting Back to Art Before diving into art-making full time, I dabbled on and off. Mostly off. For decades. Getting back to art has been one hell of a journey. In my early twenties, I painted and doodled, and kept art journals. In Rockport, Massachusetts, while renting a converted chicken coop/cottage (below) for the summer with …
Artist’s Mindset
Three Lemons on Blue 5×8 Watercolor Haters and Trolls in the Comments This summer, the haters are out in swarms. Among my community of artisans with an online presence , this is a frequent topic. Haters skulk behind the bluish light of their computer screens, and crouch under the cloak of anonymity, while launching criticism, …
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Reading at the Mission 21 x 28 Watercolor on Arches Hot Press Paper Sold I don’t know if I’ve posted this painting; it was done before I started blogging in 2005. It seems appropriate to post this week, because the couple reading on the bench were modeled after two of my favorite people, and they’re …
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