(I like this photo, his wife Tammy took it) Stephen King | On Writing A Memoir of the Craft I just completed Stephen King’s memoir On Writing. I picked up a few writing books out of necessity and began with this one. What struck me was how easily…

Chain Letter by Jeffrey Crussell released today featuring many artists including me. Available at Lulu Early in the summer of 2011 we received an email from a fellow artist requesting participation in an art show at Shoshana Wayne Gallery located in …

And the rest is a faint echo. Oil on Canvas. 54” x 63” Provenance.: 2010 International Biennale de Pienture II, Ecuador. One of the 3 images submitted to Art Kudos. Dear Artist, On behalf of Artshow.com, I want to thank you for respond…

Recently I came across a podcast on Harvard Business Review called Getting Networking Right, about networking. Since I’ve been focusing on rounding out and improving my business skills, and networking is one of the areas of that focus, this caught m…

I came across a recording of a speaker event for the NFL rookies that was also billed as great business advice. I can see it’s also great advice for advancing an art career. We all make mistakes, but do these things as consistently as you can and …

Lynn Schirmer's website Lynn Schirmer gets my kudos award for best website. Four things you need to be acutely aware of when designing a website:  visual design,  information design,   navigation design,  back end design. Thi…

Day three of painting this enormous painting. How close to completion will this be by First Thursday? I set a goal to complete by first Thursday. I have a good deal of time tomorrow and this weekend, we’ll see how I do. Stay tuned! You can follow…

Graffiti artist and gallery artist Barry McGee “uses layered paint and graffiti to provoke urban street life in a gallery setting.” -Cynthia Freeland So tell Bryce, Kate, why your art is important...says one very important patron to me, of …

Nicole Buffett’s Effecting Openness. by way of introduction, “this is Sam, an extremely influential private persons in the arts in this town. Tell him why your work is important.” Would you know how to answer? That was an introduction I…

What you get. Oil on paper. 21” x 31.5” Oil study towards new NOR painting. More studies to come. This is what I did in my studio yesterday. It’s quite nice to work small fast and loose...so to speak. Link to painting progression   Prayer by Jorie Gr…