Painting as mythmaking
Perhaps in fifty years, people will find fields of solar panels or modern windmills beautiful, but right now they make us uncomfortable.
Monday Morning Art School: How do I get started in painting?
Painting is hard, but anyone can learn it. Here are some answers to common questions beginning painters ask me.
I haven’t got room for another painting
A good painting can be the anchor for a series of rooms, for generations, in fact. Its color scheme is almost immaterial, as long as it is well-executed and exerts emotional pull.
Were the ancient Greeks colorblind?
If we’re all made the same, we should see (and talk) about color the same. I believe we are, so why don’t we?
Monday Morning Art School: thinking outside the box
Unless you can build the box, define the box and work inside the box you’re not thinking outside the box. You’re just being random.