How about some Q&A for a change?
Once a week, I sit down to write this blog. I talk about what is on my mind and things that I am currently thinking about while making art.
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Making Mistakes - a good idea
This past weekend I was in Seattle teaching a workshop. Eight eager students itching to learn to make photogravure prints. They were a convivial group of photographers ready for printmaking....
The Project - A Beauty & A Beast
During this time, I rejected the notion of dreaming up a project then making work to fit into the planned idea in favor of.....
On the idea of looking too much
I have long harbored the idea that the act of making art, specifically the urge to make new work, is fragile. This drive, passion, calling, or whatever you call it,...
My Journey in Art & Craft
I have happily spent the last forty-five years working at the making of photographs. Looking back at this work, I can see myself developing a style and finding my way...
Mirrors, Windows and Doors | Artistic legacy and defying classification
I subscribe to a blog written by Wendy Constantine a photographer/printmaker I know. Her writing resonated with me and so with her permission I am posting here on The Lyceum...
Where to draw the line
In my art-making practice, inspiration comes in many ways, but rarely out of thin air. It can be a potential still life object that finds its way into my life....
What makes a great title
What is a great title? Today a very good photographer friend of mine asked me a question about titles for prints. I had to laugh to myself because there is...
Falling in love with our own work
I was working in the Cascabel Press studio with a student this week. He was making photogravure prints of some of his favorite pictures. It was striking to me watching...
When I try too hard
I recently showed some drawings I’d made to a good friend. I was not that happy with the drawings and was struggling. My friend said 8 words that resonated immediately:...
Oh the possibilities
Oh, the possibilities! I feel lucky when I think of all of the possibilities in front of me. Most of the time, anyway. & why not? I have surrounded my...
At the Salon
A mentor of mine once told me that the best way to see your work and understand it well is to give a talk about your photographs, and I agree....
About “pre-visualization”
When I was learning photography, and for many years after, I practiced “pre-visualization”. The concept was codified by Ansel Adams and likely referred mostly to printing said picture, but over...
Getting our work out in the world
One of the questions that I think all artists ask themselves and anyone who will listen is “How do I get my work out in the world?” I have not...
Making Marks
Making Marks When I talk myself and my work, I often speak in terms of “making marks”. I heard these words several years ago when I first started making photogravures....
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