by netGALAXY Studios | Feb 3, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Uncategorized, World View
“It is a singular sensation to see and hear one’s self praised, and then to be conscious of one’s own imperfections as I am. I always regard such occasions as admonitions to get nearer the unattainable goal set for us by art and nature, hard as it...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 22, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
“Thank the work of our hands: weaving steel into bridges, finishing one more report for the boss on time, stitching another wound or uniform, the first brush stroke on a portrait, or the last floor on the Freedom Tower jutting into a sky that yields to our...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 19, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Uncategorized, World View
The true artist has no pride; unhappily he realizes that art has no limitations, he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and while, perhaps he is admired by others, he grieves that he has not yet reached the point where the better genius shall shine before him...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 17, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Uncategorized, World View
Today I’m proud to feature an extended BLOG by my wife, the courageous Cate Maniscalco. Week one: Wednesday morning, the sun shining bright on a warm, beautiful mid-November day, tearing ourselves from one another, I realize the time. Oh my, Rob’s painting...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 16, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, World View
Whatever you put in is what will come out, recycled as something else. For instance, I wonder about using music with lyrics as a “background” for painting. Personally, I use instrumental music. If I hear lyrics it activates my left brain, which tends to...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 10, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, World View
What will be the judgment a century hence concerning the lauded works of our favorite composers today? Inasmuch as nearly everything is subject to the changes of time, and, more’s the pity, the fashions of time, only that which is good and true, will endure like a...
