It’s “all in the family” when it comes to creating work in the studio. Everyone inspires and assists when the studio is located in the middle of the home and the hubbub of family and home all takes place around the work.
Continue Reading →Stage 3 of the first two works in the Red Canoe Series — 2011, by Janice Tanton.
Continue Reading →Four simple steps we took as we set out to define our vision for the year, and set our goals in art, as a couple and as a family.
Continue Reading →Jeremy Rifkin’s video presentations at the RSA on The Empathic Civilization.
Continue Reading →Grace Quote of The Day — Why the Irish dance so fast.
Continue Reading →As a mom and an artist, time is valuable. Here are 7 things I try to do to maximize the time when I can’t paint because the studio easels are filled with drying works!
Continue Reading →“An exhibition of one’s work in which passion and your human capital is invested, is an intensive, life-changing experience. It is like giving birth — the experience & responsibility lasts much longer than the show opening.”
Continue Reading →Meet Murphy!.…Murphy’s oil soap, that is. “Murph” is one of the most efficient (and most economic), hard-working studio assistants I have.
Continue Reading →Neat tip for using kneaded erasers in oil painting.
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