TODAY'S FEATURED POST
FOR DAVID
This is a hard one to write. I’ve been writing and dumping and rewriting it and I’ve given up on this coming anywhere close to capturing what David Lynch meant to me creatively, what getting to meet and know him meant to me personally and artistically, and what his loss means to everything else. My youngest, Nate has been here for the winter break from school, and had been asking to see The Elephant Man…
YESTERDAY’S POST
10 Things…10 Days to a Breakout Painting
November 27, 2024 - Nearly every artist has a breakout painting that establishes their direction. A signature piece that people point to and say, “I like their style (approach, voice, etc)” It’s an image that pulls all their experience and skills together at one point and establishes a direction. It’s a breakout piece, and they can happen all along the way. It may not happen right away. It may take years, even a decade, before that one painting comes alive before you. You might not even know you’re working on it at the time, and it might be one of those pieces that comes out after a hard slog on a previous piece. One thing is sure: you have to work for it. They don’t appear magically. Oh, it may feel like that when you achieve it,…
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