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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…

Less is More

My big studio table becomes cluttered with just about everything. What ends up there by the end of the week is startling. There are coffee cups, notes, unopened mail, magazines, paint brushes, laptop cords, pens and palettes, and this week even a single running shoe. So I was clearing it…

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The words that make your best art.

While travelling in Mallorca I got to peek into Joan Miró’s studio. Artist studios are such personal places and Miro’s was no exception. His lifelong dream was to create a beautiful studio in his adopted home of Palma, Mallorca to make his art. Everything is left the way it was…

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Making Your Mark

Hi everyone, It’s incredibly gratifying to finish a painting. Seeing everything completed and in the right place – it’s like coming home at the end of a long journey. There’s just one thing left to do: the signature. Now, not every artist signs their work, which is fine! It’s really…

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