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Marketing: Money vs People

by netGALAXY Studios | Nov 23, 2018 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View

I love being an artist. I’ve always considered it a privilege. In recent years, however, it has also become a luxury. In fact it has become a vanity. It used to be that vanity galleries, founded by the super rich as tax shelters, were all the rage. Now, the...

Classwork tribute to Gilda

by netGALAXY Studios | Sep 25, 2018 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational

Getting out of Our Head One of our first painting projects in my Charleston Southern University painting class was this tribute to Gilda Snowden’s chair series. You can see Gilda’s entire Artbeat episode, along with the entire first season, on Amazon...

Drawing and Painting for Everyone

by netGALAXY Studios | Jul 15, 2018 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites

At the end of a very fun four week drawing and painting class in my North Charleston studio I am so impressed with these first efforts in portraiture. I keep training my competition, sharing the best kept secrets. Why? Because I believe the joy of artistic expression...

The New Normal

by netGALAXY Studios | Jul 11, 2018 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View

I am dubious of the normal, particularly the new normal, where destructive, unhealthy, hate-filled voices are given credence. Their “common sense” solutions are often anything but. It’s time to embrace our neurodiversity. Now more than ever, we need...

Aggressive Art Marketing

by netGALAXY Studios | Apr 16, 2018 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, World View

I love being an artist. It is a privilege. In recent years, however, it has also become a luxury. In fact it has become a vanity. It used to be that vanity galleries, founded by the super rich as tax shelters, were the rare. Nowadays, vanity galleries and coops seem...

Capturing a Killer – Westof Magazine

by netGALAXY Studios | Aug 5, 2017 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Uncategorized, World View

Cover Story in Westof Magazine on August 2, 2017. more information about the event. more information about the Exhibit more information about The Quench Project see Courtroom sketches from the Dylann Roof Trial. ...

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