by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 17, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Uncategorized, World View
Today I’m proud to feature an extended BLOG by my wife, the courageous Cate Maniscalco. Week one: Wednesday morning, the sun shining bright on a warm, beautiful mid-November day, tearing ourselves from one another, I realize the time. Oh my, Rob’s painting...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 16, 2013 | Art Instruction, Uncategorized, World View
Some of you may not realize I am an actor. My experience and training is eclectic. My technique borrows from Stanislavski, Adler, Meisner, Strassberg and a myriad of others who’s names you probably don’t know. I even studied with Mark Lenard (Sarak from...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 16, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, World View
Whatever you put in is what will come out, recycled as something else. For instance, I wonder about using music with lyrics as a “background” for painting. Personally, I use instrumental music. If I hear lyrics it activates my left brain, which tends to...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 10, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, World View
What will be the judgment a century hence concerning the lauded works of our favorite composers today? Inasmuch as nearly everything is subject to the changes of time, and, more’s the pity, the fashions of time, only that which is good and true, will endure like a...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 9, 2013 | Art Instruction, World View
You will have to play a long time yet before you realize that you can not play at all. Ludwig Van Beethoven People, students, often ask me to tell them if they have talent, as if to suggest they should not want to waste their time, devoting themselves to something...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 5, 2013 | Fine Art, Portraiture, Uncategorized, World View
What better way to celebrate President Barack Obama’s second inauguration than with a fine art poster, teeshirt or coffee mug? For those who sleep better knowing he is President, this is a great opportunity to share the love. For those who don’t, may I...