Remember summer? Real summer vacation, I mean.
Camp and vacations and hot weather. No school. No job, yet. Nothing but freedom.
Those were the days. : )
Finally, my "big project" is finished! It’s been a crazy day with a lot going on, but foliotwist.com is finally live and online! Since I’ve kept it a complete secret up until launch, here’s a quick (mostly visual) overview of what it does. . .read more
Last week I flew to Idaho to deliver a painting. I don’t always deliver in person, but in this case I’m glad I did, because it’s amazing how just getting away can do wonders for your creativity. In my article on living creatively every day I mentioned quite a few ways to stay creative, but I . . . read more
Yesterday I received a friendly email from a fellow artist inquiring about a summer art fair that I exhibited at in 2008. She wanted to know whether or not it was a 'good one' to attend, and after responding to her email, I got to pondering the very concept of the summer art fair. I have exhib. . . read more
Last March, I wrote down in my journal with all caps—"EACH DAY I MUST DO SOMETHING, NO MATTER HOW SMALL, TO MOVE AHEAD WITH MY ART." But as many of you surely know, even an open-ended goal like that can be difficult to follow through with on a daily basis. Why is it, I wonder, that I. . . read more
What memorable days I spent this summer capturing the light, color and illumination of Positano. . . As a landscape painter and teacher from the mountainous regions of North Carolina, my primary experience with landscape painting has been depicting gently rolling hills, with reddish clay under. . . read more
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