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Dare to Paint Badly

by [email protected] | Jun 30, 2023 | Art Instruction, Motivational, World View

I got this question from a student. It’s one I get in one form or another quite a lot. So I hope my answer inspires you to dare to paint badly: “Thanks for the class today. I am struggling with my paint strokes. Not sure if it is because of my brushes or...

Picture Lights

by [email protected] | Jun 14, 2023 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View

A Circus Barker: See the video on FB. Heres’s the transcript: Folks, ya simply won’t believe how you’ve managed to live without picture lights. The light reflected by an original oil painting into a room is at least 375 times richer and warmer than any...

Shatner in Space – the poem

by [email protected] | Mar 13, 2023 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, Uncategorized, World View

William Shatner in Space by Robert Maniscalco Consider the young and the old Shatner, both, who, in the understatement of any century, I deeply admire. But I don’t go to Star Trek conventions because I am not a joiner. That’s because of my emulation, often to a...

Boundless

by [email protected] | Feb 19, 2023 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View

I took the family to see BOUNDLESS last night, a new musical written by Mary Fishburne and Directed by Thomas Keating. Five years in the making, against impossible odds, my friend (well I’m more of an admirer) Mary knocks it out of the park. Her music is tuneful and...

News Now

by [email protected] | Feb 8, 2023 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, World View

I was delighted to be a guest on Fox 24 News Now once again. Leyla Gulen is an outstanding host and I think we got a lot of information into the segment. Air date 2-2-23. They really do a #fantastic job showcasing local #talent. #Thanks for having me on again! Leyla...

Fear Itself

by [email protected] | Feb 5, 2023 | Art Instruction, Motivational, Uncategorized, World View

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” FDR What if what you fear the most is what eventually will kill you? Of course, arachnophobes rarely die from spiders, but there is something to the idea that our fears are slowly killing us. If you knew...

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