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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...

Golf Portrait

by delta | Jun 7, 2013 | Motivational, Portraiture, World View

Look dad, I did it! As my very first friend once told me, “Rob, there are two kinds of people: boaters and golfers.” Well here are a couple golfers. This was a particularly meaningful portrait for me, as it expresses a father’s love for his son. ...

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...

Which Came First, the Art or the Artist?

by delta | Apr 24, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Uncategorized, World View

A friend posted, “you don’t have to be an artist to create art.” Yes, I suppose if you created art that would qualify you as an artist. But only an artist can create art. Most people simply aren’t willing to risk looking foolish in the attempt...

Orphan Relief Gala Performance Painting

by delta | Apr 7, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View

Orphan Relief Gala and beautiful people I performed this sketch of Mary Playing the Violin at the Lowcountry Orphan Relief Gala, last evening, where it was auctioned off to raise money for first responders in cases of child abuse here in Charleston. I was given the...

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