DON’T MISS THIS!

Wow. That sounded bossy. Please excuse me – my intention is excitement, rather than shouting orders. Wendy Miller is one of the best drawing students I’ve ever had the privilege of helping. I urge you strongly to see this show. And, many of her pieces are for sale. What an opportunity to own high quality […]

Save The Date

Lean on Me, graphite on paper, Wendy Miller You are invited to SUMMER CLASSICS An exhibit of original pencil drawings by Wendy Miller July 2nd – September 22, 2013 Reception Sunday, July 7, 2-4 p.m. Courthouse Gallery of the Arts 125 South B Street Exeter, California

A Rural California Artist’s Thoughts on LinkedIn

You “MUST” be on Facebook/LinkedIn/GooglePlus/Twitter to be considered a serious promoter of your work. Oh yeah? Do I really need more time on the computer, with “virtual” friendships?  I’ve heard that Facebook is like the backyard barbecue, another one whose name I’ve forgotten is like the bar scene, and LinkedIn has been compared to the […]

Lots of Thoughts

Or, Loughts of Thoughts? Or Lots of Thoughts? Clearly, this California Artist has thinking time while drawing all those pencil pictures of The Cabins of Wilsonia, where she is right on schedule. This is some of the noise in my head: While at the Post Office, the clerk asked if I wanted cash back. While at the […]

A Friend’s First Art Show

One of my drawing students is so good that I asked The Courthouse Gallery in Exeter ( where I teach drawing lessons) to feature her in an upcoming show. I’m defining “so good” based on several things: Her work is technically excellent. She composes her drawings from her own photos (and occasionally from mine), carefully […]

Weird

First, I want to share something with you. I am a spelling nut. Typos jump out and slap me between the eyes. (My own don’t – it is a fact that proofreading one’s own work is nearly impossible.) It sometimes feels as if I might have a form of Tourette’s Syndrome, except that I shout […]