“We need your art, stop messing around and make something,” says Amie McNee. I almost didn’t buy it. YOU need MY art? Ha! I checked the research.
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The author reworking his drawing Marketman from 1957.
Astounding Talent or a Total Bore? Check Your Childhood Sketchbook
What to make of those kindergarten drawings my mother saved for my 74 year-old self to find? Better yet, what does Luc Tuymans think of his very earliest efforts? Are they evidence of astounding talent to come or a total bore. Check your work. See for yourself.
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Dad's Snapshots Unchained: Can Baby Boomers Embrace Their Fine Artist?
Baby boomers embrace their fine artist when they recognize the parallel between family snapshots and the work of some very famous photographers. The masters and their curators find brilliance in the snapshot aesthetic.
Check in your attic, your closet, your shed or behind those five boxes of tax returns and check registers (remember them?). There’s a dusty box with the packing tape peeling off and it’s filled with possibilities. Dad’s snapshots want to be unchained, so baby boomers-embrace your fine artist self.
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Monetization Versus Creative Self Esteem
BitBoy made a himself quite a deal when monetization versus creative self esteem was the question. He kicked his graphic design career to the curb in exchange for wealth, fame, a Lambo, a wrecked marriage and possible criminal charges. What a plan. Coulda, shoulda made a left turn instead maybe.
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