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I was a controller in the studio…

For years I controlled every mark I made in my paintings. My hand. My intention. Every decision accounted for. Then I picked up a trowel and everything changed. In this…

Smiling man with gray hair in a black shirt leaning on a painted wall backdrop with abstract art.

I went to Santa Fe to see great art (It almost made me quit.)

When I first started making art I drove to Santa Fe to see what I thought would be the best art in the country. Gallery after gallery on Canyon Road. All of it technically flawless. And the longer I looked at it the smaller I felt. Then almost by accident…

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Older man with gray hair in a blue shirt sits on a light sofa, a lavalier mic clipped to his chest, in a living room with striped wall art behind him to the right.

What I asked AI at midnight…

A few weeks ago I drove a thousand miles into Baja Mexico alone. Late at night, deep in the desert with no cell signal, I asked AI one simple question on impulse. A question that every person has an answer to. Especially artists. And it couldn’t answer it. What I…

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Smiling older man with gray hair in a light teal shirt poses in front of a bright abstract mural.

My Artist Friend Admitted This

Have you ever lain awake in the middle of the night wondering if you’re really qualified to call yourself an artist? You’re not alone. In this post I share a conversation I had recently with a group of advanced artists, where one of them asked something so vulnerable it stopped…

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