by admin-eric | Dec 18, 2020 | Fine Arts America
I thought that I’d chat for a few columns about the subject of confidence. You may feel quite confident in some areas of your life—and then find yourself much weaker than you would like when you get to the canvas or when you need to talk to a gallery owner. A...
by admin-eric | Dec 11, 2020 | Fine Arts America
Recently I got an email from a painter in Rhode Island. She wrote, “I’m a perfectionist and I want my artwork to be perfect. Sometimes this prevents me from getting started on a new project or from finishing one. I think to myself: If it’s not going to be...
by admin-eric | Dec 4, 2020 | Fine Arts America
You came into the world already somebody. But how can you access information about your original personality? Try the following. Write to the prompt: “I believe I came into the world already [sad, smart, stubborn, stoical, solitary, etc.]. What are the likely lifelong...
by admin-eric | Nov 27, 2020 | Fine Arts America
17 Artists on Beauty “The pain passes but the beauty remains.” — Pierre Auguste Renoir “The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.” — Francis Bacon “If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon nd yourself without it. But if you invest...
by admin-eric | Nov 20, 2020 | Fine Arts America
In every workshop that I lead, whatever its primary subject, I find it important to remind participants that each of them is the beauty in life. They each have an immaculate center or core that is their essential nature. Our thoughts may be very far from beautiful as...
