It’s a bad economy out there-for teachers, for real estate brokers, for bankers, for automobile manufacturers, pretty much a bad economy out there for everyone. So what happens to the artist when the economy goes sour? We live in a pragmatic country, where in general what seems to count is what generates money, so when [...]

So today’s the day, another day in the year, another year of the many and now another birthday, another day of reflecting, diving into the pool surfacing to look around and take stock.

I just came back from a restorative yoga class which is different from the normal anasura yoga I do. Much more restful, closer to meditation. While I was lying on my back, feet up on the wall, arms over head, I felt the muscles across my chest relax and a kind of releasing of well, [...]

So I’ve been thinking about some information that I’ve been reading about on artbusiness.com by Alan Bamberger. He’s an art consultant whose site gives some very useful and straight forward ideas on being an artist, with insights on what makes for success in the marketplace and how to get there. One of the exercises he [...]

This past weekend I participated in Marin Open Studios. Our studio building, The Isabel Cook Building at 1000 Sir Francis Drake in San Anselmo, CA, had about 100 people in attendance for the two days that we were open, Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3. Some of the people attending were friends, some were [...]