Jun 3, 2010
I have recently been having discussions with a musical friend who says of us visual artists that we are quirky. I had been vigorously denying the notion of quirky to her, saying instead that we artists are less afraid of having unconventional thoughts than non-creative people. Here’s a quote from a blog called Dose Nation: Creative [...]
May 30, 2010
Thank you to David Shields, author of a new book, “Reality Hunger: A New Manifesto.” Headlined at the Huffington Post as “In Writing, Art and Music Everybody Steals.” As I’ve always said about my own work, I stand on the shoulders of giants, and at the present moment, Helen Frankenthaler‘s work is very much in my [...]
May 28, 2010
Being creative means allowing yourself to be alone. The No. 1 Habit of Highly Creative People
Apr 10, 2008
An artist working in Swansea, Wales by the name of Richard Monahan, defines drawing: “In my opinion and the definition that is most relevant to my own work is that drawing can be defined as such; The making of a mark upon a surface, with a hard-nibbed tool.” - source: http://www.manifestgallery.org/ The most important aspect to my definition [...]
