Adventures and Misadventures in Art is a collection of stories told from the artists perspective with heavy doses of humor and laughter.
I grew up being told that the end of the world was coming. Bad people would die. Good people would survive. The good people were only the ones that were in the church and only those who truly believed. The picture above is from a children's book that was read to me at bedtime.
Stewart Fletcher discusses how to beat the odds not only as an artist but in life in general based on his personal experiences. Everyone has an incredible strength and determination within them. Other Videos
People don't always react the way you want them to when you tell them that you're an artist. Some may tell you that you need to seek out other employment elsewhere. Here are a few words that will help ground you as you begin your career as an artist
Le Moulin Rouge, 1914 (photographer unknown) There's more to a painting than meets the eye... Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, La Goulue arriving at the Moulin Rouge (1892) When most people look at art they see a picture. When I look at art I not only look at
The God of Gardening Priapus is the Greek God of Gardening and everything else that requires fertility and such. He is defined as a "minor" god, but there is nothing minor about him. The poor guy got cursed with ugliness, small stature, a huge penis and inconvenient impotence, meaning that every time he
Credit: Paul Romanowski At the peak of world war two, Henri Matisse was fighting for his life. He was undergoing intestinal cancer surgery as the Germans entered France. His life changing surgery also had a huge impact on Modern Art. This is one of my favorite documentaries on the
