It’s not uncommon today to find critique practices that proceed as though evaluation can meaningfully…
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A brush’s quality isn’t proven by the first stroke—it’s revealed by the thousandth. Painters talk about brushes all the time—usually…
“We see what we believe.” — Richard L. Gregory, neuropsychologist, from Eye and Brain: The Psychology of Seeing (1970) I.…
Few debates in visual culture have endured as stubbornly—or as unproductively—as the supposed divide between fine art and illustration. For…
A Vote of Confidence—or a Market Blind Spot? When a gallery raises your prices without warning, the reaction often oscillates…
The preparation of a painting surface has always been one of the most critical steps in creating durable and responsive…
After several days of immersive art-nerding with the brilliant creatives at the ÀNI Art Academies Dominicana, I hopped online and—bam—there…
“Your Silver Shoes will carry you over the desert,” replied Glinda. “If you had known their power you could have…
In a recent Zoom Artist Round Table, a colleague brought up the merits of the popular book by Betty Edwards, Drawing…