TODAY'S FEATURED POST
Year of the Snake
Well it’s officially The Year of The Snake, 2025, and I’m sharing my first painting of the year, titled Queen Cobra. This was painted for a group exhibition at Modern Eden Gallery with the Year of the Snake as its theme. The year 2025 means that it is the Year of the Wood Snake, marking a period of transformation, wisdom and adaptability. It is going to be a year of patience and making thoughtful decisions…
YESTERDAY’S POST
TrendWatching Part 1: Philosophy
January 23, 2025 - It's a big part of my job as a Creative Director to be on top of bookcover trends. Actually, no, that's not accurate. It's a big part of my job to be ahead of trends before they hit bookcovers. Which means paying attention to aspects of culture you wouldn't necessarily consider linked to book publishing. It's one level to say we look at industries that tend to adjust faster to trends than books — like film and gaming — that have a pretty straight line to an overlapping target audience. Recently the concept of trend watching and how it applies to an artist's portfolio has been coming up frequently in my portfolio reviews, and I realize it's not something art school teaches, so I wanted to start a series here. It'll definitely be spread out…
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Butts and Pieces
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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Painting with Venom
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
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Unsolicited Advice #3 of 4: Blow the Stink Off
Monday, March 10, 2014
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Artist of the Month: Thomas Hart Benton
Saturday, March 8, 2014
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My Palette Cups Runneth Over
Friday, March 7, 2014
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The Four Reasons You (and I) Don’t Get Shit Done
Thursday, March 6, 2014
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