The value of art

I didn’t mean for this video blog to come across as quite so intimidating, but Raha The Riveter’s presence does seem to have that effect.

On being an artist and a feminist

To hear my family tell it, I was a feminist before I was an artist, but I remember the story a little differently.

Painting a frontal portrait

This is my very first video blog and it’s about painting a frontal portrait.

Having an MFA doesn’t make you an artist

In the art world, there are two kinds of artists: those with a Master of Fine Arts degree and those without.

Selling art

Asking for the sale is a sure way to lose it.  As long as people know what you do, they’re potential clients, but, if you get pushy about it, you’ll only seem too desperate to be worth the investment.

Creativity and limitations

Ever since I started out, I have made work in conceptual series.  The resulting bodies of work always had more appeal than a disparate group of unrelated paintings, and it was more fun to improvise on a theme than to create without direction.  The focus of each series stimulated my creativity by limiting the scope of my exploration.

How to get publicity as an artist

Over the years, I’ve discovered that arts writers are people too and that it’s best to treat them that way.

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.

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