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Learning Can Be Painful – Part One

by [email protected] | Aug 3, 2020 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, Theatre Related, World View

Here is my response to a fascinating blog about my Alma Matter/professional acting school, Circle in the Square. Much of what we learned at Circle was about neutralization, where the goal is to find our neutral, so we might then add or take away any color, behavior,...

The Quench Project – Overview

by delta | Jul 22, 2020 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, Theatre Related, World View

MEDIA RELEASE 6-22-24 For more information please email Robert or contact him by phone at 843-486-3161. Here’s the latest on The Quench Project “I am humbled that last evening my painting, Heart on My Sleeve, (left) raised $15,000 at auction for the...

Heritage Lost and Found

by [email protected] | Jul 21, 2020 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, World View

Our Public and Private Dramas, Played Out Through Art Last week the White House moved the portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush from a place of prominence. Taken alongside Mr. Trump’s unwillingness to dedicate the official portraits of the Obamas, it...

The Artist’s Soul

by [email protected] | Jul 9, 2020 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, World View

The Battle for the Artist’s Soul This Fran Lebowitz quote seems quite offensive today, where art has been so thoroughly democratized. I don’t subscribe to this perspective, of course. But there is a grain of truth in it. I would only add, for those interested in...

The Angel Oak

by [email protected] | Jul 3, 2020 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, World View

The Process of Painting the Angel Oak This is my largest work on stretched linen canvas. The painting is 5′ x 7.’ Yes, that’s right, I said FIVE feet! It was commissioned by our neighbor/friends Amy and Justin Couch, who needed a large piece as a...

Shall We Overcome?

by [email protected] | Jun 25, 2020 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, World View

Replacing Hate with Love People upset by the removal of Confederate or racist statues like John C. Calhoun think of it as an effort to alter history. As an artist, I take very seriously the removal of artwork which might be aesthetically beautiful, or be a familiar...

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