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Preaching to the Choir

by netGALAXY Studios | Aug 4, 2017 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Motivational, Random Favorites, Uncategorized, World View

Congratulations! If you’re reading this, that means you’re a member of the choir. We are the choir But are we just going to stand there and sing pretty? We are not sheep! What are we willing to DO to bring about real change in the world we are sharing?...

The Avant Garde vs Everyone Else?

by netGALAXY Studios | Jul 29, 2017 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Uncategorized, World View

In recent years, Charleston has discovered the Avant Garde. It is very liberating when this freedom of expression comes to a city. Charleston is lucky to have great people and institutions leading the movement. City Gallery and Redux come to mind right away. More and...

Portrait of Rocky

by netGALAXY Studios | Jun 8, 2017 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View

Rocky Lives! To celebrate Rocky’s twelve years (and counting) on this Earth, Mary and Gren, his mom and dad, decided to have an oil portrait. Love, devotion, fondness don’t begin to describe the feelings this animal has engendered from his family....

Start with the Idea

by netGALAXY Studios | May 26, 2017 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, Uncategorized, World View

“Find the art in yourself, not yourself in the art.” Constantin Stanislavski People often tell me they really want to be an artist and ask me what they should do to become successful. Most of them have stars in their eyes and are looking at me to feed...

Change the Award System – Empower Artists

by netGALAXY Studios | May 11, 2017 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View

As a promised followup to my recent Artfields 2017 wrap up I would like to share some radical ideas about the award system in art competitions that I think might lead to truly empowering artists in our society. If we really want artists to be the mirror of society...

ARTFIELDS 2017

by netGALAXY Studios | May 9, 2017 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Uncategorized, World View

Art as an Interruption Artfields 2017 was, as always, an inspiring experience. Cate and I love going to Lake City, SC and talking about the meaning and role of art in our society. I strongly believe Artfields and the other mega award shows, like ArtPrize in Grand...

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