Goal!

I didn’t understand the value of setting real goals until I met David.

Gratitude

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Artists’ Fellowship Inc and Change Inc helping me out with recent medical expenses.  On Monday, the Haven Foundation awarded me a generous grant that completely pays off my bills.

In defense of the freelance life

Freelancers may have a reputation for being loners and rogues, but we’re actually more connected to society than those who work for institutions.

The context makes the art.

Behind her famous smile, Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa hides the key to understanding context.

Drip

Besides crosshatching, the most obvious and characteristic aspect of my mark-making is the drip.

Crosshatch

Overlaying lines isn’t just the way I love to make a mark.  It’s also useful for making a good likeness.

Calendar girl

Oregon Public Broadcasting has just published their 2010 calendar and I’m July…

Portrait of the portraitist

I’ve only had my portrait done on a handful of occasions—the first time being when my friend drew me to celebrate my sixteenth birthday (drawing shown here).  But I’ve never had a portrait painted of me until now…

Granting emergency relief

I had heard that there are foundations which give money to artists experiencing financial difficulties, but, until I spent three days in the hospital last summer, I didn’t fully appreciate them.

An air of family

I get the impression that the artist Bobby Neel Adams would understand Subjective’s focus on family.

Changing ideas about copyright

Over the past two years, my ideas about copyright and its usefulness to artists has evolved.  While I’ve always thought of myself as an open source kind of girl, there was a time, not so long ago, that I didn’t fully live up to my ideals. 

Paul Missal’s self-portrait, a lesson

I’ve never taken a class from Paul Missal, but, more than anyone else since I graduated from Willamette University in 2003, the longtime PNCA professor—along with his self-portrait, here pictured—has taught me about seeing and perception and how they relate to art and portraiture.

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