Posts Tagged ‘art’
You can’t please Everyone
Bill Nelson was my counselor back in Junior High school that told me this, and I for the longest time couldn’t figure out why. I remember I was back in my high school administration offices for some reason or another. (you know those things that go on your school records and will follow you forever,…
Read MoreA Fly Over World
I was very fortunate this year to have made my first journey South of the Equator and visited New Zealand and Australia, and as I flew I continually wondered just how much I was missing out on. Crazy to think that I would travel any other way to the land down under, other than flying…
Read MoreOh Mama, No Drama
You know what one of the things I like most about painting in plein air events around the country? You, and people like you. I love meeting other artists and people. (not always interchangeable) Visiting with them, painting, just hanging with other like minded people. I think it helps me grow in my art. I…
Read MoreArt with Benefits
The first painting I did after trading the bottle for the brush was one for my Mother. In the previous 20 years I had completed maybe 1 painting, and I was totally excited about methodically stretching my canvas, and putting my paints in position around the pallet. There is something about this process that helps…
Read MoreSunshine Daydream: Day 4
If you would like to get “technical” today was the first “full” day at the “Plein Air Camp”. I slept great despite the dorm room that has what has to be a sleep number 110 or something. I am a definite 40. I must have been tired. Maybe it’s like this on all campuses now-a-days,…
Read MoreInappropriate Behavior
Appropriate/Inappropriate, ever been accused? Surely you have, it’s not just me is it? Well even if you haven’t, maybe you’ve wondered to yourself, “Is this the way I should be reacting?” I’m going to veer away from art, just for a second, because sometimes life pops up between the paintings. I know that’s not the…
Read MoreTiming is everything
When Mom and Dad were quietly talking to themselves over in the Den with a desk of paperwork, maybe bills. Is this when you interupted and ask for a bigger allowance? How about when your waitress has a tray of food she is delivering to the table next to you, is this when you try…
Read MoreGive me 4 for the Road
I really don’t talk about my art much here, or how or why I create it. Not sure why, I just don’t know enough about it to be out trying to act like an authority on something. I try not to give advice, I find it better to speak of experience, and folks can take…
Read MoreThe Biggest Compliment?
We have grown up getting compliments for things we do well, and then criticized when we do something wrong. It’s pretty much bred into us. As an infant the entire family will clap and jump for joy when accidentally roll over on your back. And then all the high fives you give your kids when…
Read MoreDo You See What I See?
A star, a star, dancing in the night, with a tail as big as a kite. The holidays are about over for this season, just New Years and then Ground Hogs Day is coming up, but then we’ve got a bit of a break. I had hoped to take this holiday time to get a…
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