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....
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...
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...
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...
by netGALAXY Studios | Apr 10, 2017 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View
When I was president of WCCAHH I noted there were over 600 arts organizations in Wayne County, many with very similar missions and visions. I wondered how we could get them to combine efforts and resources to create a more meaningful impact on the community. That...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 6, 2017 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, Uncategorized, World View
Tragically, most people are more interested in what Roof is going to say or do. “how is he reacting?” But the real stories are those of the survivors. So today, my focus is really on the amazing people, over 8 witnesses thus far, who are survivors, family...