Four Ways in Which Showing Up Is More Important Than Having Talent
“Inspiration is for amateurs.” – Chuck Close Several years ago, I started reading interviews with working, professional artists. A common theme stood out among most of their narratives: these weren’t people who woke up in a halo of inspiration shining down from...
The Things They Left Behind
When I was a kid, I was absolutely certain that I could solve mysteries. Too many hours spent reading Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown convinced me that there were always tidy answers to every enigma, and that if I put in enough time, willpower and...
Three Reasons Why You Should Know Ruth Asawa
(featured image at top of this post courtesy of Pete Rosos of 2812 Photography: source) One of my favorite artists and biggest inspirations passed away last August. Throughout her life, Ruth Asawa stayed true to her artistic purpose in spite of a myriad of obstacles....
Easy, Fun Ways To Get Your Kid Excited About Art
(Featured finger painting image above courtesy of my five-year-old daughter, Violet!) Do you want to go beyond coloring books and paint-by-number kits with your kids so they can become creative, inventive individuals? Are you trying to figure out ways to encourage...
How A Grade School Diorama Influenced My Artwork
I’ve always loved tableaus, scenes that represent a moment in time. I loved making dioramas for school as a kid, and I still love looking at prehistoric dioramas in natural history museums. (Questions of historical accuracy aside, of course!) One of those grade school...
Creative Life: How To Create A Daily Creativity Routine
We all want a creative life, whether it’s part of our 9-to-5 jobs or during our own time. Having a daily creativity routine ensures that you are flexing your mind in different ways, pursuing interests and passions outside of the workplace and adding beauty (however...
Conquer Your Winter Blues with Creativity
Are you as tired of this winter as me and the rest of the Western world above the snow belt? Everyone I know in Chicago has been feeling pretty demoralized by the repeated rounds of polar vortex cold and the constant barrage of slushy, mushy snow. After my 14 years of...
My Art Fix – Feb 21
The always amazing This is Colossal website featured the lovely, ethereal air sculputes of Janet Echelman. (featured image at top of this post: “1.26 Sculpture” by Janet Echelman is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0/cropped from original/source) I am a complete...About Me
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