I've always thought of a body of work as being first and foremost the collective works of an artist in their entirety. Recently however, I've also been talking about building a body of work, meaning a cohesive collection of true-to-me art in service to...

"I put into my paintings everything I like." Picasso While I was on sabbatical at the end of last year, an idea kept coming up as I navigated through the shifts in my life, work, and most of all, the art. In terms of the painting, it called itself honest art. It's not...

"Vision without action is just a dream, action without vision just passes the time, and vision with action can change the world."   Nelson Mandela January is a particularly good month for dreams and plans, whether you 'hit the ground running' or prefer a more...

  **NB: This post is LONG! It's been a very full year. ;) If you're curious about the behind the scenes of this artist's life in 2018, I suggest settling in with a beverage of some sort.** I almost didn't write a review this year. I've been on sabbatical for the...

It’s almost January! And you know what that means... Abstractify will be open for registration later this month, and by way of spreading the word to those who are looking for what it offers, while providing something fun and valuable in itself, I am delighted to be...

  Easily the most common issue I hear about in my line of work is that of feeling you don't have 'a style', and by extension, creating work that is a bit all over the place. This is often followed by some self-flagellation for magpie tendencies, aka 'but I want...