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The Magic Ingredient I Add to My Acrylic Paint

As a former oil painter, acrylic paint has two frustrating qualities to me, it’s thin and it’s slippery, making it hard to build texture or draw into. A simple studio…

Selfie of an older man with gray hair and teal glasses outdoors, with a large white caption reading: 'The color in your art is already sacred. Bali just reminded me.'

The color in your art is already sacred. Bali just reminded me.

In Bali, color isn’t decoration. It’s a spiritual language, present in every morning offering and every temple step. Watching it up close reminded me that the colors we reach for intuitively in our own art, without ever asking why, are already carrying meaning. Trusting that instinct is often more powerful…

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Cracked orange-paint surface with scattered blue marks and a single dried leaf near the center-right. (informative)

A Hundred Reds Stacked

In Baja, Mexico, in the late afternoon, everything goes this beautiful shade of gold. The sky, the doors, the surfboards, the plants. Every color takes on a hazy, warm richness I’ve never seen anywhere else in the world. I’ve been going to Baja for years and always been drawn to…

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Smiling man with gray hair and orange glasses sits on a light sofa in front of a navy and white striped wall art.

She Said YES (But Her Dog Had Said Yes First)

I spent years thinking my work wasn’t good enough for a gallery. Then one day I got a bit of courage, drove to Santa Fe, mailed prints of my best work to four galleries, and showed up on a long weekend hoping for a miracle. What happened in the last…

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