On staring

Sean Scott’s photograph of me working captures an essential part of my process: staring.

How jealousy can be useful

Envy has a bad reputation, but this particular deadly sin can be positively fruitful for an artist’s career if handled properly.

Art abhors a vacuum.

It’s impossible to create something from nothing.

About the chip on my shoulder

Soon after I started blogging, a friend told me that the tone of some of my articles revealed that I had a bit of a chip on my shoulder.  I remain grateful for that precious piece of feedback.  Though I didn’t want to come across like that, I could certainly see what she was saying.

Matched paintings

A diptych is a pair of matched compositions, but also a pair of paintings that help to paint each other.

Graduation

Last week, I attended my college advisor’s retirement celebration, and, in a funny way, I feel like I graduated again.

Paintings within paintings

When we took down Subjective last weekend, Becca had the brilliant idea of trading paintings for a while.  As soon as she suggested it, I knew I wanted to take this one home: I love the painting within the painting.

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