Why Your Most Powerful Art Can Come From Your Hardest Seasons

When life changes in a big way, art isn’t something to wait on until you feel great. It can be the tool you use to find your way out and…

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Essential Tools Part 2: Gloss Medium

Hi Everyone, With last week’s video blog, I showed you how I use the trowel in my work. I had such an outpouring of feedback from that video that I thought I would show you another one of my favorite tools: gloss medium. This is a great tool for creating…

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Essential Tools: The Trowel

Hi Everyone, With much of my work, it seems like I am trying to strike a balance between two opposites: quiet versus bold, strong versus subtle, controlled marks versus those that are more spontaneous. A key part of pulling this off successfully is having the right tools for the job,…

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Feeling or Thinking?

Hi Everyone, Sometimes I think I just can’t hold everything in my brain. So many times when making my art, I make the same mistakes. Painting is so absolutely transporting, so distracting, that you can forget everything you ever learned. I know this is so frustrating. It was for me….

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