Tag: artists

  • Persistence

    • “Niobe” – mixed media, 7 x 9 inches (17.5 x 22.5 cm)

    Some time back I wrote a  journal post here in which I bemoaned the fact that a couple of pieces of artwork that I had just completed seemed to be falling flat with my usual public. In retrospect, I realize that I may have sounded petulant, and perhaps even just a tiny bit snobbish.

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  • The Mutually Exclusive Club

    • “Black Square” by Kasimir Malevich. What happens when the artist refuses compromise?

    I’ve known a fair number of so-called “creative” people in my time — I consider myself one of them — and there is one thing that we all seem to have in common: we’re always reaching, unsuccessfully, for control.

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