CHEE-ka-go and Wisconsin

Last week I visited the Windy City and the state whose motto is “forward!” with my father.  We got to spend time with lots of great art and lots of great family.

Art and money

A conversation with Gabe Flores about art and money.

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.

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.

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.

Subjectively Bend

Subjective is up in central Oregon for another week.

Painting portraits from photos

I work from photographs I take myself in order to make my paintings, but, depending on the kind of portrait I intend to make, the photo shoot varies.

 

Subjectively Corvallis

The show opened in at the Arts Center in Corvallis yesterday!

The gentle art of making portraits

James McNeill Whistler wasn’t the only artist to struggle with portraiture as a genre, but his Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Painter’s Mother proves that he’s one of the artists who won the struggle. 

What the Arlésienne is missing

Long before Becca and I created Subjective, artists like Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin were making paintings from the same subject.

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