Front / Opening
Had a super time last night at the opening for small group show with Susy Pilgrim Waters and Julia Talcott at Laura Sabolefski’s new gallery/shop Front on Channel Center Street in South Boston. I showed paintings—The Step-It-Up Shoe Company —”Wear the Shoes That Take You Where You Want To Go.” I also showed my small clay heads, portraits of people I’ve seen on the street which I grouped together—”Hanging Together—So Much Better Than Falling Apart”. Susy showed paintings and
Another Story of Another Book
A couple of years after I wrote The Confident Creative about how drawing can connect us with our true creative selves, I started to write Making Art a Practice /How to Be the Artist You Are. I’ve been a working artist for a long time, much of that time as an illustrator. For many years I’ve also been experimenting—painting, writing, making collages and prints. Making art is not a straight shot ahead, for me at least. It’s a winding road, with bumps, and a way of observing lif
The Story of a Book
Books have stories and not just the ones they tell. The impulse to write my first book, The Confident Creative / Drawing to Free the Hand and Mind came when I began to teach drawing to adults. It was my first time teaching, about 7 years ago. I began in a fairly traditional way—charcoal, paper, things to draw. But I soon noticed that one student’s hand shook and, after a few weeks, she said, ‘I’m afraid. I’m afraid I can’t do this.’ I hadn’t really thought that some people m
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