On Trump, Canada, and Art
I’ve been going through a difficult time artistically for the last three months or so. My last painting, which I started on October 25th, was much more difficult than it …
I’ve been going through a difficult time artistically for the last three months or so. My last painting, which I started on October 25th, was much more difficult than it …
Frequently, when I’m out painting a landscape, someone will come up next to me and look at the scene I’m painting. Then, they take out their phone, snap a photograph …
Recently, I was in Amsterdam with my spouse for two weeks. It was a bit of an extravagance. I had read an article saying that Amsterdam now has more vegan …
Yesterday, I visited the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, which has the world’s largest collection of Van Gogh’s drawings and paintings. Perhaps because some of the paintings were sent to …
I found out recently that some people buy a painting and then get it framed to match their decor. In other words, they try to match the finish of the …
Since despair is not conducive to making good art, I normally do my best to avoid reading about the goings on in the art world. Occasionally, however, I end up …
Yesterday, just a little over two weeks after posting about artistic lust, I happened upon the following paragraph in a letter Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in 1882: …
It has become natural in recent years to approach everything with a critical mindset. People seem to think that just appreciating something is too simpleminded and that being critical of …
A few years ago, I happened across the following paragraph in Nietzsche’s “The Gay Science”. (I hesitate to refer to this book, which contains passages of vile anti-Semitism and sexism. …
I am not a very social person. I seem social, since I like people and am warm and friendly; but I rarely go to social events, since I never seem …