Monday Morning Art School: how to draw an angel December 30, 2019 Carol L. Douglas Angels are devilishly difficult to draw, even though we all ‘know’ what they look like. Choir of angels from the Ghent Altarpiece,… Continue Reading →
Monday Morning Art School: the architecture of trees December 23, 2019 Carol L. Douglas To paint trees, you have to know trees. That doesn’t mean you need to memorize species, but you do need… Continue Reading →
Are you open for business? December 20, 2019 Carol L. Douglas We’re in control of where we’re going and what we’re doing. To ignore that is self-inflicted slavery. Float, by Carol… Continue Reading →
Is the plein air festival losing its punch? December 18, 2019 Carol L. Douglas To be a successful artist, you have to catch the currents, not be driven by them. Downdraft snow in the… Continue Reading →
Monday Morning Art School: Carol comes a cropper December 16, 2019 Carol L. Douglas She asked me to draw a simple tree. How hard could that be? Velvet-flocked deer with double rainbow, by Carol… Continue Reading →
Prehistoric shapeshifters in equatorial Indonesia December 13, 2019 Carol L. Douglas Our ancestors were a lot smarter than we give them credit for. Megalithic stone in central Sulawesi. Photo courtesy of… Continue Reading →
The Art of Sleeplessness December 11, 2019 Carol L. Douglas Our sleep cycle was destroyed by gas lighting and factory night-shifts. How do we get it back? Arkwright’s Cotton Mills… Continue Reading →
Monday Morning Art School: what I learned from losing 50 pounds December 9, 2019 Carol L. Douglas I rapidly gained a hundred pounds after my first cancer in 1999. It’s taken me this long to get serious… Continue Reading →
An insult to working artists everywhere December 6, 2019 Carol L. Douglas Wealth inequality leads to this kind of art circus. Comedian, 2019, Maurizio Cattelan, photo courtesy Sarah Cascone These stories come… Continue Reading →
Busman’s holiday December 4, 2019 Carol L. Douglas What does a gallerist do on a snow-day? Hang my show, of course. Dancing Santa, by Carol L. Douglas Maine… Continue Reading →