Reviews: this category includes articles in which I review other artists’ work.

On felted wool sculptures and being the patron

I just commissioned Amelia Santiago to make a sculpture of my favorite Brittany, and being on the buying end of art was a little unreal.

Austin Kleon: creativity, copyright, and superstition

Austin Kleon may be an advocate for creativity, but he also has a strange relationship with copyright, as this snippet of the “Image Use and Copyright” page of his site proves.

Portrait professional

The software that enhanced this photo by Jose Mondia may make the portrait into a lie, but my way of painting people does too.

Ira Glass in the looking glass

Ira Glass saying that Mike Daisey doesn’t tell the truth is like saying that René Magritte doesn’t represent reality. The statement is at least as wrong as it is right.

Abstraction attraction

I’m not usually a fan of abstract art, but a recent encounter with some of Mark Rothko’s work reminded me that I can be.

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.

Territory versus hierarchy

Steven Pressfield’s 2002 book The War of Art has one really interesting point.

A woman’s freedom

Yesterday I attended a screening of A Woman Like That, a movie about the life and work of the 17th century painter Artemisia Gentileschi interwoven with that of the filmmaker Ellen Weissbrod.

Prickly / Piquant

An encounter with John Singer Sargent’s work last month got me all worked up.  Une rencontre avec l’œuvre de John Singer Sargent le mois dernier m’a contrariée.

“Variability is the enemy of quality.”

Last month I visited a working factory and learned something about where gender equality stands today.

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.

The Dregs at the Art Gym

Brandy Cochrane and Paul Middendorf’s Dregs, on view at the Marylhurst Art Gym right now, raises important questions about consent and responsibility in portraiture. 

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