A Dog Is An Artist’s Best Friend

Maizy was rescued, snatched up from an Oklahoma “kill” shelter the day before she would have been put down. She is part Ridgeback and part Basenji. I am not sure if her incredibly gentle and grateful disposition is a result of her mixed breed or because of her...

How To Stop Creative Block

Do you ever feel like you get stuck in the process of making your Art? All of a sudden you reach a point and you don’t know what to do. There is just a big empty blank space in your creativity. This happens to me. I also see this played out in my ArtLife workshops....

Beginning When You Can’t See The End

I have a hunch that I might be able to create some kind of art that is meaningful. I do not know what it is, nor do I admit this to anyone. I think about this for possibly years. One day I try to do something in the smallest way possible, when nobody is looking. I...

HOW CONSISTENCY GIVES YOU MORE FOR LESS

When I am out of the studio I become happily engrossed in my life. After only one day, however, I start to lose touch with what I was doing in my art practice. Sometimes if I am gone for too many days I even forget basic principles of Art that I teach in my workshops...

THREE WAYS TO GET RE INSPIRED ON YOUR ART

Sometimes you just lose momentum. Sometimes you look at everything you are making and it all feels flat. Sometimes you just don’t feel like going into the studio. Here are 3 easy ways to get re inspired on your Art. Your Art is your vacation. I heard an amazing talk...