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Botanical Residency

by delta | Apr 26, 2016 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, World View

I was delighted and honored to present an artist residency at Summerville Elementary. The four day workshop was the culmination of all five first-grade classes’ study of plants. I love the challenge of taking what might be a boring subject and turning it into a...

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...

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...

This One – Little Girl in Queen Anne’s Lace

by delta | Apr 9, 2015 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, World View

This One – Little Girl in Queen Anne’s Lace (22×28″), oil on linen, is my most recent commission. This portrait of Charlotte completes her family’s series of four portraits, capturing each child at about two and a half years old. This was...

Arts Education and World Peace

by delta | Feb 2, 2015 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, Theatre Related, World View

We all know that an arts education is an integral part of becoming a professional artist. It is also integral to becoming a fully functional human being. The arts have a way of opening up and developing the whole person. In school, we are taught how to survive. We...

Are You a Tetrachromat?

by delta | Oct 28, 2014 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, World View

How would you like to be able to see 100 million colors? There are those among us who have this super power, called Tetrachromacy, which I’m guessing, many artists would give their right nut to have. Unfortunately, it is a women only thing. Men cannot be...

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