Why Art (painting) is Important… on “This Day”
I have been working on a series of dawn, paintings created at dawn on location for many years. While the failure rate is significant because it is so difficult to do I kept doing it. I asked myself why it is that I am doing this. Part of it was to capture what I saw and to share it, as usual. But the challenge was also part of it. I wanted to conquer it and make a difficult subject show itself to the world at its most beautiful (in my opinion) But then I heard this phrase. “The choices you’ve made that brought you to this day.”
“You get another chance “To do better and be better. To become more of who you are and what you were created to fulfill.” Oprah
Read MoreArt and Artist Life: This has been a Busy Year So Far.
The Art and Artist Life is one where you switch hats… a lot. First you where a beret, then a sun hat, then a carpenter’s cap, then a copywriter’s visor…. Recently created a new brochure (pdf) for this set of works which you can download on my site in conjunction with my Virtual Exhibition. click…
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Christmas Presents of Art
This year make your Christmas presents of art. Art is unique, can come in a variety of forms from a book, to a trip, to a stay and a lifetime of learning, to collecting the art and supporting the art. Make 2023 the beginning of a journey in art.
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Read MoreLandscape Paintings Added to the Wetland and Woodlands
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Read MoreWiscasett Plein Air Paintout
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