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What a dragonfly taught me about art

I just got back from three days in the wilderness with my daughter, no phone, no notebook, no paintings, following a river up into the Trinity Alps. I didn’t go…

Do you love that ugly stage in your art?

I am pretty sure you are art goes through the same ugly stage as mine does. I hear from so many artists how much they hate this part of the process. Today I want to talk about this dreaded stage and maybe why it is not so bad after all….

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Do less so you can do more.

Do you ever feel like you are trying too hard when you are making your art? I know I have felt this way. It can feel like you are crawling through the desert on your knees. But it doesn’t have to. This reason this sometimes happens is because you are…

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I avoid Carnivals. Art changed that.

Artists have a way of seeing things differently. It is what we do. When someone experiences your art they get a glimpse of a brand new world. Art brings wonder to our lives. It moves us. It opens us. I feel this every time I see potent art. This just…

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