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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Trick to Achieve Rich Surfaces with Acrylic Paint!

Happy Sunday!  Do you want to know a trick I use to get really rich surfaces with acrylic paint? It starts with gloss medium. I use it in a way that preps the surface just right – combining a bit of moisture and the medium to create a texture that…

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When Your Art Starts Feeling Too Familiar…

I’m in the studio working on a new body of work for an upcoming show, and I noticed something that might sound familiar… Even with 4 to 5 paintings going at once, I caught myself falling into comfortable patterns. You know that feeling? When your work starts looking a bit…

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Why Old Art Shows The Future

I’ve been looking at some of my work from 10 years ago, and it got me thinking about something fascinating that I’ve noticed both in my own artistic journey and with many of the artists I coach.  There’s this beautiful evolution that happens in our art. In the beginning, we…

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