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ONE YEAR! celebrate

Tomorrow’s end-of-week (Friday File) post will mark the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of my first ‘why art?’ post !! I haven’t missed a single week during the year and of this I am particularly proud. Committing to the relatively small task of posting a painting, drawing or article every Friday has given me focus, clarity, inspiration & confidence […]

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talent

Does the ability to paint come from talent, education, awareness?  Is creativity an ‘in-born’ talent. Is it a state of mind? So many times I’ve heard someone say (about a piece of art), “I could never do that. I don’t know how to paint. I’m not creative”, and I think, “I don’t believe that, not for a […]

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the creative machine

The Creative Machine Despite an ongoing societal love affair with creativity and ‘creative inspiration’, much of the act (the process) of making art in our consumer world has become comparable to snowmaking in the arctic. By which I mean, isn’t there enough genuine, unique, thoughtfully created art in the world (as there is snow, in the arctic) […]

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