I’m glad to be out of touch with mainstream camera culture. Don’t get me wrong. I love photography and all that it has to offer. But truth be told, I’m not at all in touch with mainstream camera culture. You can just ask any of my friends whom I’ve traveled with and shot with over… Read More »Out of Touch with Mainstream Camera Culture
I’ve known Doug Beasley for a long time. I’ve taken his workshops. I’ve stayed at his cabin. I’ve walked many laps around Como Lake with him and we’ve shared many meals together. He’s an amazing photographer, educator, and thoughtful soul. This blog post of his stands out in my mind. So with his permission, I’ve… Read More »The Danger of Critiques
I’m afraid this is going to be a boring post. But it’s an incredibly important one. Photo Copyright. I identify myself as a photographer and my medium of choice is photography, beeswax, and various pigments. The photograph is just the beginning for me and when I’m done it can completely transformed. But these are MY… Read More »Things to Remember About Copyright
My Life as an Artist. Making a living as an artist isn’t always easy—but most of you know that already. But it’s also not impossible! I’m here to tell you that it can be done. I was working at the fire art center yesterday and I had the opportunity to talk to a group about… Read More »Life as an Artist
It’s all about relationships…… I know we all know this, but it bears repeating…..it’s all about relationships. It’s about finding ‘like minded people’ or as some say, ‘finding your tribe.’ I do a fair amount of social media, but there is no shortcut for building a genuine relationship with another person. I’m reminded of this… Read More »Like Minded People
For those of you who know my work, I use an enormous amount white encaustic paint. And occasionally I’m in a pinch and run out of the commercial white encaustic paint. Commercial encaustic paints are made from beeswax, damar, and pigment (usually a pigment powder or dispersion pigment which is formulated to be light on… Read More »Making Your Own Photo Encaustic Paints
5 Reasons to Enter Art Competitions I was honored to judge the 2016 National Juried Photo Encaustic Exhibition that was exhibited at Sage Gallery in Portland, Oregon. And it got me thinking about competitions. In the past, I’ve been part of many, many art competitions. I’ve run them, judged them, managed them, and submitted to… Read More »Entering Art Competitions
Meet Deborah Williams. One day when Deborah and I were emailing back and forth she nonchalantly mentioned that she grinded her own pigments. My reaction…..wait, you do what? She had my attention, and fascination. Since this is so far out of my realm, I asked her to talk about her process. +++++ I love the… Read More »Grinding Your Own Pigments
How do you find your style? Finding your style is an elusive topic, and one that inevitably comes up in my classes. Students often ask as a variation of the question, “does your style find you or do you find the style based on what you do best?” We must first learn and master the… Read More »Find Your Unique Style
Time flies……. Where oh where does the time go? At the end of July my lease was up in my Minneapolis studio so I piled 1/2 of it in my garage for storage and the remaining 1/2 into my car and headed for the great American West. At the beginning of August I landed in… Read More »Time Flies