On Art and Artists

on seeing art, making art, thinking about art, etc.

home from Miraval

July 16, 2010  :  On Art and Artists      
I returned home last Saturday from my week-long artist-in-residence program at the Miraval Arizona Resort. It was quite the trip, and something I am still processing, so you aren't going to get any deep thoughts from my time in the desert, at least not yet! Yesterday ... Read More

Me and Georgia O’Keeffe

April 05, 2010  :  On Art and Artists      
This winter I visited the Georgia O'Keeffe Abstraction exhibit at the Whitney Museum. It was a wonderfully-curated show that explored her groundbreaking beginning in abstraction, and traced its influence throughout her career. I have always loved O'Keeffe, but like most people, I am mainly ... Read More

Favorite picks from The Armory Show

March 05, 2010  :  On Art and Artists      
I just returned from this year's Armory Show. Wow, that place is crazy. An overwhelmingly huge warehouse of identical white cubes stuffed with art. It's a gallery on steroids. And beside my very ... Read More

Getting past the overly-familiar

December 01, 2009  :  On Art and Artists      
Certain scenes are so popular in nature photography, that their popularity drains them of any emotional significance. After years of seeing the work of Ansel and his imitators, I had felt this way about Yosemite. Over-familiarity had bred an indifferent attitude in me. I had ... Read More

Named nominee in abstract for Photography Masters Cup

May 28, 2009  :  On Art and Artists      
Ah, some good news for the middle of the week. I have learned that my photograph "Mask" was nominated in the Abstract catagory for this ... Read More

Nikon announces best micro photos

October 17, 2008  :  On Art and Artists      
Nikon just announced the winners of their "Best Microscopic Images of 2008" competition. I love and am fascinated by micro photography, but often it can look too... clinical and scientific. This year however, wow, there are some beautiful works of art in this group. ... Read More

Fear, creativity, and the stock market

September 18, 2008  :  On Art and Artists      
While continuing our conversation on creativity and fear continues over on this post, I realized that the recent insanity in the stock market gives us as artists a good lesson on the nature of fear. ("What?," you say, "artists learning from.. the stock market?" ... Read More

Conversation on creativity and fear

September 15, 2008  :  On Art and Artists      
Two years ago I wrote about the relationship between creativity and fear. This past weekend, the conversation got reignited by a couple new visitors to my blog, and we've been having an interesting discussion about it. Check it out and join in!

failing in order to succeed

June 13, 2008  :  On Art and Artists      
Mark Graf found some videos of Ira Glass of This American Life giving advice to people who want to create stories. He's good some very down-to-earth advice that I think applies to all creative people and artists. One idea he stresses is that you ... Read More

art for the eyes and ears

April 03, 2008  :  On Art and Artists      
In my last post, I ranted a bit about how artists are expected to be "deep", while musicians are allowed to just play. Zak commented that he thought this could be because of a key difference between visual art and music: "...music takes place over ... Read More

 
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