Am I part of the problem?
I’m no fan of the Guardian, but this recent (unsigned) piece is one more argument about a well-known problem in the art world. Women’s art sells at a shocking 10-to-1 markdown from men’s work-“for every £1 a male artist earns for his work, a woman earns a mere 10p.” That should come as no surprise …
Why pay for it when you can get it for free?
In our impecunious youth, bar owners were notorious for offering bands the ‘opportunity’ to play for exposure (and maybe a free beer). According to my bass-player husband, it’s a practice that continues to this day. “All you need is to learn three chords and you can call yourself a blues band,” he said. “And 90% …
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Monday Morning Art School: five compositional no-nos
There’s more to composition than just avoiding these no-nos, but respecting the bounding box is a good place to start.
My fall teaching schedule
My painting student from Austin is in Maine briefly. We hiked up Beech Hill together. This is a great way to socialize-the dog gets his workout, you’re outdoors, and you’ve earned a big breakfast at the end. “Everybody,” he told me, “is jumping on the Zoom teaching bandwagon.” That’s true, but I don’t much like …
Memory and judgment
“Sometimes I just have such a wonderful, fulfilling time painting a certain place, I conclude it must be my best painting ever, because I had such a good time,” a reader wrote. “Then when nobody seems interested in it, I realize I was just getting all those good vibes from the painting but other people …