Author: Marcos Chin

This will be my first and last Muddy Colors post for 2020. I’ve wondered how I wanted to mark this...

My final post for 2019 is devoted to Keith Haring, of whom I’m a big fan. I chose him...

Years ago I walked into a bookstore called, “Another Man’s Poison.” It was located on McCaul...

Paul Cadmus was an American painter who was born in Manhattan, New York City in December of 1904...

How soon is it to ask art directors to give me work after we’ve met? Don’t expect to get work on...

When I graduated from art college I was working in retail. I’ve told this story many times already...

A friend of mine passed along an essay written by Kathryn Shulz, “When Things Go...

In keeping with Pride month, here’s another personal essay inspired by a question I received...

The piece below was originally a letter that I’d written to a former student. Since then it’s gone...

I’ve been trying to come up with an analogy to describe the motions that one goes through when...