by admin-eric | Aug 29, 2014 | Fine Arts America
Cezanne famously said, “With an apple I will astonish Paris!” What he meant was, “Using an ordinary apple as my starting point, a subject painted a million times before, I will make some new meaning because of my artistic vision, my facility with a brush, my personal...
by admin-eric | Aug 15, 2014 | Fine Arts America
In the wake of the suicide of Robin Williams the following is important to consider. Providers of mental health services tend not to take a client’s meaning needs and life purpose concerns into account. How often is a client asked, “Tell me a little bit about your...
by admin-eric | Aug 8, 2014 | Fine Arts America
Virtually all of us tend to scorn small increments of time and “throw away” fifteen minutes here and forty-minutes there, arguing that we are doing so much already that those windfalls need not be used productively. We opt to check our email, surf the Net, play a...
by admin-eric | Aug 1, 2014 | Fine Arts America
Imagine that you could “upgrade your personality” and strengthen certain traits that would help you create regularly and deeply and that would help you more effectively meet the challenges of the creative life. What traits would you choose? Here are twenty traits that...
by admin-eric | Jul 25, 2014 | Fine Arts America
Galleries often say to an artist, “I want to see a body of work from you.” By this they mean a few things: they want to see a consistent subject matter theme, they want to see visual consistency, and they want to sense that the artist has gone deep and done something...
by admin-eric | Jul 18, 2014 | Fine Arts America
Let’s say that you want to make one new connection in the service of your career. Maybe it’s with a new gallery owner in town. What’s the best approach, given how anxious the whole thing may make you feel? Here’s a simple, 5-step process for making that connection: 1....
