Looking Forward to 2017 and Skylarks Singing
Skylarks singing, dewdrops on cobwebs, and flowers. January the first 2017. I am getting dozens of emails, Facebook posts, Twitter, and...
HOW TO THRIVE AS AN ARTIST
Starve, strive, survive, then thrive. That is the basic formula for an artist to go from the starving artist phase to the thriving artist...
ARTISTIC LICENCE
ARTISTIC LICENCE. A skill or a creative act? Artistic License (also known as Poetic License or Dramatic License). Examples would be in a...
HOGS, HAKES and FILBERTS
HOGS, HAKES and FILBERTS are kinds of brushes that artists use. Hogs are made using hog bristle, hakes are softer and flatter, while in...
BAYSWATER ROAD Herding Cats in the Sex, Drugs and Rock’n’roll Years
By request here is something about life as a young struggling artist in the swinging sixties. The sixties are known for sex, drugs, and...
ABSTRACT ART IS LIKE FROZEN MUSIC
The idea of likening abstract art to frozen music came about because some otherwise very worthy people just don't get the idea of...
50 YEARS AS A PRO.
2016 marks my first 50 years as a pro. A full-time professional artist that is, or FTPA. I don’t really expect to get another fifty years...