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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…

It seems lately simplicity is more popular.

Is Simplicity better than Complexity?

Which is better in Art? Simplicity or complexity? It seems lately simplicity is more popular. It took me a long, long time to find the answer. But I did, and today I will share my answer with you. I found out right as I was leaving art school. I was…

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learn to pull commissions off

How To Love Doing Commissions

Do you want to do commissions? Or have you found them to be super difficult? Well, that was the case for me. Seriously, whenever I accepted a commission, I not only wouldn’t have fun, but I often did work I liked the least. Why? Well, it took me way too…

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It is a common question I hear

Why keep making Art if no one is buying?

Towards the end of my Father’s life, he lost his momentum to make his Art. I remember when he asked me, “Why keep making art if no one is buying?” It is a common question I hear other artists ask, but I never thought I would hear my Father, an…

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