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Aspire to Happiness

by delta | Jun 19, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View

This life therefore is not righteousness but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing not being but becoming, not rest, exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it. The process is not yet finished but it is going on. This is not...

The God Factor

by delta | May 28, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View

Most theologies would support that God is more about how things are connected than in how the are separate. Drawing is a celebration of the connections between forms. Therefore, these connections might be thought 0f as a celebration of God; the more connections,...

Beauty

by delta | May 24, 2013 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View

As I approach the first anniversary of y marriage to Cate (June 1), I am re-sharing the poem I wrote soon after we reconnected. In that moment, I realized I’d found the love of my life. I pray for all who long for love to know it’s waiting for you too,...

Drawing for Smart People

by delta | May 8, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Portraiture, World View

Here’s some advice for all you really smart people who want to be able to draw what you see: Dumb it down a bit. Great painters have more in common with magicians than with detectives. See less, rather than more. Don’t show off your sexy curves. Curves...

Reviews Are In for 33 Variations

by delta | May 5, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View

Here’s a lovely, thoughtful review of the show, this by wonderful art spirit that is Olivia Pool of ART MAG. We are so lucky here in Charleston, to have the support of our media as our many artists throw themselves into their passions. The review also has a...

Hoping is the Great Curse

by delta | May 4, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View

“Hoping is the great curse” Beethoven, from 33 Variations Keeping dreams alive that can never be is a form of insanity. This flies in the face of those who have bought into The American Dream and other delusions fed to us by those who desire to control...

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