Absence makes the heart grow fonder

I’m so glad Scott Bradner caught this moment of me with my camera.  I don’t have any other pictures of me with my closest collaborator.

Learning from copying / Apprendre avec l’imitation

Recently, a stranger made a painting based on this detail image of one of my portraits, and in doing so she made me very happy.  J’étais ravie quand, récemment, quelqu’un a fait une peinture basée sur cette image d’un de mes portraits.

Without effort / Sans effort

A lesson about art learned from Marcel Marceau and miming in general.  Une leçon artistique présentée par le mime et par Marcel Marceau en particulier.

A business model for an artist who does not use copyright

The creator of this comic isn’t the only artist who makes a living without copyright, and the business model to do the same isn’t that complicated.

In it together

Thursday Friday’s Together bags bring up interesting questions about status and hierarchy, both in the social sense of those words and in how they relate to the concept of intellectual property.

The pretense of photographic copyright

As important as photographer Jill Greenberg’s contributions to the making of this image are, I still think that the subject, Gwen Stefani, deserves more credit for its impact.  And that’s is part of why photos shouldn’t be copyrighted.

Taking the “property” out of intellectual property

Sometimes people who believe in copyright are mean to people who don’t.  That’s why it’s nice to have people like the creator of this comic on my side.

Urban Outfitters and its ilk only make artists better

The large company could take artist Stevie Koerner’s i heart _____ jewelry design, but they couldn’t steal her coolness factor.

On comment books and the psychology of feedback

Comment books might just be my favorite part of showing art, even if I don’t always understand what viewers are trying to tell me.

Choosing the right expression / Choisir la bonne expression

It’s important to pick a good expression when painting a portrait, but sometimes I do the opposite on purpose.  Il est important de choisir la bonne expression pour peindre un portrait, mais parfois je fais tout le contraire.

Juxtaposition / La juxtaposition

Context influences how we view everything, and this simple fact is a useful tool for any artist.  Le contexte d’une chose influence notre façon de voir cette chose, et ce fait peut être très utile pour un artiste.

Art in the mall

And I’m not talking about the accidental art of the window dressings of certain stores either.

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