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At its heart, drawing is simply making marks. Before we think about subject, style, or meaning, a drawing is just marks on a surface. Each mark has its own character, shaped by the artist’s hand, the tool, the pressure, and the intention. In this way, every mark is like a signature: unique, unrepeatable, and showing
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“True creativity starts when you use what you have: your mind, your hands, and your resourcefulness. Even a simple party plate can become a canvas.” I find it fascinating to imagine stepping into someone else’s life and thinking about how I would handle their situation. I do this a lot with artists I admire, thinking
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Walker Percy once said, “The unconscious is that which we know, or have experienced, but for which we do not have a name.” As an artist, I see this every day. So much of what shapes us—our fears, intuitions, longings, and memories—lives in that unnamed space. Images help us reach into that world. They hold
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Author and philosopher Bo Bennett once said, “Success is not what you have but who you are.” This idea applies to many aspects of life, but it rings especially true in art. Unlike other fields where success is measured by wealth, status, recognition, or titles, art is different. The value of art—and the artist—is not
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Every generation shapes art to reflect itself. This isn’t just a choice; it’s something that happens naturally, since art describes the world around us. But what art describes is never neutral. It always carries the feeling of its time, the culture’s mood, and the artist’s own perspective. So, art isn’t just a mirror of its
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Perception is not just a one-way process. When we look at something, especially a work of art, it is not only the image that speaks to us. We bring our own thoughts, feelings, and experiences into what we see. What we notice, how we react, and the meaning we find depend as much on who
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Oscar Wilde once wrote, “All art is quite useless.” At first, this might sound dismissive or even insulting. However, upon closer examination, Wilde’s idea proves to be both profound and liberating. Art isn’t made to serve a direct, practical purpose. It doesn’t feed us, clothe us, or give us shelter. Still, art nourishes us in
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We often hear that art is self-expression. It sounds simple, even romantic: the artist pouring their inner world onto a canvas, into a song, or through words. But if you think about it, art is never created in isolation. It’s not just about what’s inside us; it’s also about everything that has shaped us. From
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One of the most important aspects of being an artist, in my view, is exposure. Exposure shapes not only the way we see the world but also the way we respond to it creatively. My long years in advertising gave me this exposure in ways that, at the time, I didn’t fully recognize. Looking back
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Imagine standing in front of a painting that stops you in your tracks—not just because of what it shows, but because of how it makes you feel. Art is more than the creation of images, objects, or performances; it is a powerful act of communication, a way of translating ideas, emotions, and moments into something
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