Last month I shipped Nail Gun Accident to a patron near San Francisco. Today I spoke with the framer, answered some questions for her, after which she told me an extraordinary story about a man she had read about. The story she told recounted what happe…

"I think of inspiration as desire infused with spirit and topped with an almost reckless optimism. Inspiration enables us to transcend our limitations and accomplish things we never thought possible. [...] When our tasks loom impossible before us and thre…

Today I painted Suzan while she played the guitar. (Loved that!) I'm still working on the consistency of the paints, this one is slightly more drippy from the first two and I worked on integrating the shadows into the painting. I think I may go back in…

Today, as promised, I thinned my paints a bit hoping for more drips akin to the larger portraiture. It wasn't enough I can see. Friday I paint again and I'll thin them another step and see how that changes the composition of the painting. This was a ver…

For years I've heard the feedback to paint smaller. The truly lovely NY gallerist who participates in The Hamptons Art Fair wanted smaller portrait paintings. To be fair, he pointed to a Rembrandt etching on the wall that was about 4" and said "that siz…

This is NOT the cost of being an artist. I know you want to get your work out there. I know you want to show your work. But please, stop footing the bill for institutions to have a cultural experience. You've already done your job, you made the work. The…

How To Sell Your Art Online Documenting, Publicizing and Selling are the three categories in which most of your tasks will fall when marketing your art online. I've discussed the first two in previous blog posts, in this entry, I'll discuss the third cat…

In March last year I reprinted the blog How to talk to artists. For the past nine years I’ve been holding my studio open for visitors in Boston, New York and Seattle. Because my mission as an artist is to create a fertile ground for my audience to have ex…

Artists tackle ‘Suburbia: Dream or Nightmare?’ at Linda Hodges This show at Linda Hodges is a strong exhibit. I'm thrilled with Michael Upchurch's review. That swimming pool looks inviting. And that garden is impeccable. But those games o…

  And here's the final artwork. See the painting progression here: And look at the individual panels here: Paul Valéry's poem In Praise of Water (posted below) has inspired my newest work. 156 six inch square paintings which all come together to co…