Posted in Art Marketing, Artwork online, Fun with Art, My Work on Display, Recently Viewed Art on Jun 29th, 2009 4 Comments »
I’ve been learning all the cool features on Etsy, the online venue I signed up with this month. One of the coolest features is the ability to create ‘Treasuries’ of some of your favorite items. These groupings often follow a theme. Getting one can be a challenge, though! They only allow new treasuries when the [...]
Posted in blogging, creative process, Uncategorized on Jun 25th, 2009 4 Comments »
Yesterday, Donna Zagotta’s art blog had a great essay on creativity that began with this quote: “If we are able to stay with a situation, it will carry us to a new place.” Shaun McNiff I hope you’ll check out her blog for the entire article… This is something I believe in, and have been [...]
Posted in creative process, Uncategorized on Jun 21st, 2009 4 Comments »
It is always difficult to decide what to enter in a competition. Some artists try to guess what a juror or judge will like, perhaps from entering previous entries in competitions judged by the specific juror. Other artists try to submit something very unique, unusual subject matter for a painting or an unusual technique. Still [...]
Posted in Art Collectors, blogging, Critique, Uncategorized on Jun 15th, 2009 8 Comments »
It has been a busy weekend… our last two kids came home from college… I just about wrote ‘teenagers’, but our oldest just turned 21! How did that happen? Seems like just yesterday I was driving her to pre-school! She and I share the studio space for the summer, so I had to do a [...]
Posted in My Work on Display, Recently Viewed Art, Uncategorized on Jun 15th, 2009 No Comments »
I got an email tonight about the opening reception of the “Perceptions of the Past” exhibit. Apparently we made the local news. Here is a link to the video about the exhibit on The Daily Courier’s Website. My painting is the first image shown in the video The exhibit is set to travel to Central [...]
Posted in Books I'm Reading, creative process, Critique on Jun 8th, 2009 11 Comments »
You paint the way you have to in order to give, that’s life itself, and someone will look and say it is the product of knowing, but it has nothing to do with knowing, it has to do with giving. -Franz Kline I love the above quote by Franz Kline… for me it is one [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 7th, 2009 2 Comments »
In literature, as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. -Andre’ Maurois How do other artists deal with rejection? I tend to cocoon… after getting a ‘declined’ notice this past week, I found myself wanting a nice little mini-vacation. It could also have had something to do with the head-cold that [...]
Posted in Art Collectors, blogging, creative process, Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2009 9 Comments »
I apologize for the long pause between posts. I know it drives me crazy when I go to one of my favorite blogs frequently, and then the writer takes an unannounced vacation! I am always wondering, what is happening in their studio!? After my server debacle, I thought maybe I would wait until I (hopefully) [...]
