How to Make Your Art Practice Bulletproof

by | Feb 8, 2016 | 17 comments

I was talking with a couple artist friends and one of them started talking about his work – he wasn’t selling a ton of it, and it was started to affect his art practice. Simply put, he wasn’t enjoying making the art as much as he used to. External...

How to Make your Art Bigger

by | Feb 4, 2016 | 8 comments

So how do you make your work hold up when it gets super big? I mean really big, like 8-10 ft. big. At that scale – or actually any time your work gets bigger than yourself – it can either fall down or be stupendous. Scale makes everything better or worse. I am asked...

Improve Your Art by Not Trying

by | Feb 1, 2016 | 30 comments

I was working on this painting in my studio yesterday and it reminded me about the importance of being not only in, but also out of control. Pairing deliberate brushstrokes along with less controlled, more intuitive marks provides a freshness and an authenticity that...