Waiting on the water

Visiting the coast not too long ago, I found myself really relating to the anemones.

Trouver votre marque d’artiste

Même si elle est souvent considérée comme un concept plus adapté au monde des affaires, une marque est essentielle pour un artiste.  Elle permet à l’artiste de mieux faire son marketing, bien sûr, mais aussi son art.

Getting press as an artist

A few days ago my work appeared on Hyperallergic, but it didn’t get there through any magical means. 

How to get grants as an artist

I received my first grant five years into my career, but I’d applied many times before that.  In this video, I share four tips for increasing your chances that your proposal will be a winner.

Trillium training / S’entraîner avec le trille

When these three-petaled flowers come up, I come out to admire them.  Lorsque ces fleurs à trois pétales arrivent, je prends le temps de les admirer.

Single, double, more! / Simple, double, et encore!

Sometimes it’s easy to see when I’ve grown as an artist.  Parfois, c’est facile de voir combien j’ai grandi en tant qu’artiste.

My guru

This dog knows how to live better than almost anyone I know.  I look to him as an example.

The lie of the artist’s livelihood / Le mythe de comment un artiste vit de son art

You probably think you know how artists making a living with their work.  Unfortunately, I’m guessing you don’t.  Vous avez sans doute l’impression que vous saisissez comment un artiste vit de son art.  Malheureusement, je suis presque certaine que vous ne comprenez pas comment ça marche.

Nature’s case for marriage equality

In arguments in front of the Supreme Court this past week, the legality of same-sex marriage was discussed in terms of the “basic biological fact” of heterosexual reproduction.  Happily, scientist and author David George Haskell didn’t let that misdirection go unchallenged.

Comment stimuler sa créativité en se limitant

Sans contraintes, il est très difficile d’innover.

A single brushstroke / Un coup de pinceau

Sometimes the only way to really learn something is to jump in with both feet, and one little part of this little painting shows how true that is.  Parfois, on ne peut pas apprendre une chose sans y sauter à pieds joints, et une petite partie de ce petit tableau en est la preuve.

Speaker of the conference

At the beginning of March, I visited the Big Apple but also DC.  In fact, the New York part of trip was extra credit.  I was actually flying east to talk at the Freedom to Connect conference in Washington.

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