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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...

Vincent John Doe Piccolo Spoletto Wrap-up

by netGALAXY Studios | Jun 19, 2018 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, Uncategorized, World View

We did it! Three amazing world premiere performances of Vincent John Doe at City Gallery, part of Piccolo Spoletto 2018, are now behind us. It was surreal for this playwright/actor, after all that work, over so many years, to receive standing O’s, applause after...

Dr. Timothy West Portrait

by netGALAXY Studios | May 5, 2018 | Fine Art, Portraiture

Dr. Timothy E West, MD is an early pioneer in the field of Infectious Disease here in Charleston, SC. His portrait will hang at Roper Hospital and was presented to him on May 5, 2018 as a surprise by his wife and Lowcountry Infectious Disease, his practice over many...

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...

The Art of Empathy

by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 12, 2018 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View

My goal when I approach a portrait, either commissioned or non-commissioned, is to exercise empathy. My job is to relate to my subject, to feel what they feel, as I am expressing it in paint. The way I practice empathy in a realistic rendering is to be honest, without...

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