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Zero Sum Game

by [email protected] | Sep 13, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, Uncategorized, World View

I say the answer to the above is 10. But my math-wiz-friend, Chuck Greenia, says it’s “kind of a trick. In formal mathematics, multiplication and division are done before addition and subtraction, making the answer -80.” Sheesh! Formal mathematics...

Single Stories

by [email protected] | Sep 12, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, World View

I ran into a friend I hadn’t seen in a while who asked me where my hat was. I stammered, “what hat?” He said, “c’mon, you always wear a hat!” It is true that I sometimes wear hats; the sun can be murderous on bald heads. I was struck, however, that his...

Working Through Pain

by [email protected] | Sep 10, 2021 | CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, World View

A Brave Front Most people know me as a go getter, whatever that is. I’m a doer. I am always trying to make something happen, always hustling. But years of negative messaging from myself and others, in the form of CSA and verbal trauma, and the resulting anxiety...

Rudolf Nureyev

by [email protected] | Sep 9, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View

Excerpts of a letter Rudolf Nureyev wrote, to the dance community about his own life as a dancer, while dying of AIDS. His words remind me of why I paint or act or write. Not for the glory but for the shear joy of doing, the simple thrill of exploring my curiosities,...

Private Lessons Rock

by [email protected] | Aug 31, 2021 | Art Instruction, Motivational, Portraiture

As Covid protocols continue to hang over us, we all have been making adjustments. I am giving my demos over zoom now, rather than in person. I have even been doing commission portraits completely virtual. My online shop has gone up and I’m selling work without...

Essential Still Life

by [email protected] | Aug 19, 2021 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture

What is an Essential Still Life? View Custom Still Lives Robert has Done for Others In addition to my oil portraits I can create a very personal still life, perhaps celebrating a bride’s wedding, or other monumental event, with an “essential still life” remembering...

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