I’ve been reading the book “The $7 million Shark: The curious economics of contemporary art,” by Don Thompson, and trying not to despair. It’s a well written and enlightening book about the high end world of the top tier artists, galleries, auction houses, collectors and the supreme gamesmanship of marketing and branding. The ideals of [...]

I will be teaching two classes through Community Education at College of Marin; “Drawing and Painting Workshop, June 16-July 21, Weds. nights, 7:10-10:00 PM on the Kentfield Campus, and “One with Nature,” a plein air class at the Indian Valley Campus, Saturdays, June 19-July 24, 8:10-11:00 AM. Sign up for classes as of Monday, May [...]

So this morning I woke up dreaming about painting. The image that came up was a jump that I made off of a cliff into an awaiting pool of water in Maui. I know that I am “supposed’ to use the buzz words “Nature, Landscape Painting, Abstraction, etc.,” to lure interest to my site, but [...]

So we are more than mid-way through Open Studios. Tomorrow will be the last day of the four days in the two weekend affair. So far there have been many visitors and much accolades, but few sales. Perhaps it has to do with the volatility of the stock market or the precarious nature of the [...]

“Romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject nor exact truth, but in the way of feeling.”-Baudelaire This past weekend I participated in the first round of the Marin Arts Open, aka Open Studios. We’ll be having our second round this coming weekend, Saturday and Sunday, May 8 and 9 from 11-6. The weekend [...]