As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post, I’ve decided to declutter a bunch of my stuff, including parts of my art collection by other artists. I’m not selling these things. I’m gifting them.
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How Not to Get into a Gallery
I don’t think I was quite 20 years old when I “hit the pavement.” I had no clue as to how to get into a gallery. Completely ignorant, I walked all over Los Angeles to each gallery, door to door, annoying everyone in my path.
Continue readingAnimal, Mineral, Vegatable
I’ve always had a hard time fitting into boxes. Am I an abstract expressionist painter? Not quite and not consistently. Am I in the category of the Outsider artist or a self-taught artist? Not really. Neither of those titles describes art. They more or less describe an artist’s story. I’ve come to learn those are useless terms.
Continue readingHappy Birthday E!
This is a special post to wish my best friend a happy birthday because she deserves to be celebrated. Elizabeth Hoffman is not only one of my favorite artists, she is one of my favorite people.
Words and Art and Thoughts and Stuff
The other day I got a really great review posted on Amazon from writer Peter Clothier. I was going to quote some parts of it, which I will for promotion sake, but for the love of god and the sake of my blog, I had to post it here in full: