Wake up by letting go.

by | Jan 12, 2017 | 13 comments

Art awakens us. It can be the meeting place where things come together that are exquisitely different from one another. I remember seeing Christo and Jean Claude’s Running Fence as a boy; that thin calligraphic line of white fabric that ran across the windswept,...

How to Stop Avoiding Your Art Practice

by | Jan 8, 2017 | 38 comments

We all procrastinate. Some days it feels harder to find the time to make your art. I know this is the case for me. Here is a little way I have found to overcome this problem. It just might help you too. Let me know if this rings true – or not true at all –...

Finding the Value of your Art

by | Jan 5, 2017 | 10 comments

There is this really cool shop in Portland that I accidentally wandered into last week. At first blush it just looks like a metal junk shop but peering in the window as I went past, I realized that this just wasn’t any old junk shop. This shop was only selling old...

The Best Gift for an Artist

by | Dec 25, 2016 | 17 comments

Just wanted to share some thoughts on being grateful and appreciating where you are and where you’re going.Be sure to check out Mitchell Johnson’s work at www.mitchelljohnson.com/. This took me a bit to learn, but I’m glad I did. Merry Christmas and...

Why it Pays to be Bold, Early

by | Dec 22, 2016 | 6 comments

Beginning a painting of any kind of artistic expression is always hard. It is like that blank page when nothing has been written yet. The emptiness can be intimidating. It scares me sometimes. Personally, I would prefer to begin with something that has already been...