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Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Charleston and Racism

by delta | Jun 18, 2015 | Motivational, World View

What Haiti and the Events of Last Night in Charleston have Taught Me About Racism Following is an excerpt from my upcoming book, called “Quench.” This is from a conversation I had with the children at the Bread of Life Orphanage in Haiti. The little ones...

Drawing from Memory

by delta | Jun 13, 2015 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View

“I think it is all a matter of love; the more you love a memory the stronger and stranger it becomes” ― Vladimir Nabokov I’ve always thought there were basically two approaches to making art. There are those of us who derive inspiration from direct observation...

Ownership and Copyright of Art

by delta | May 29, 2015 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, World View

Image ownership has become more and more blurred with Instagram and other social media “re-purposing” original images. I recently read a great article with an update on this fascinating and important subject, especially for artists. I wrote extensively...

Practice

by delta | May 9, 2015 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. People who know, who have achieved anything close to mastery in any discipline will repeat the practice mantra until they’re blue in the face. “Practice, not talent, is the key to...

Quench Project – Great Things!

by delta | May 5, 2015 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View

I am happy to report I just sold my first Quench Project painting, called “Out of the Darkness” to a wonderful collector in Nashville, Tennessee. I have 5 more available and am working hard on getting them seen and bringing awareness to the needs in Haiti. I have...

Leaves Through the Trees

by delta | Apr 30, 2015 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, Theatre Related, World View

When an artist paints a tree or a flower, we are not painting individual leaves or pedals, floating aimlessly in the universe of our painting. They are attached; they are connected to something larger. They are dependent on the tree or the flower, that is planted in...

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