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One of my heroes and a favorite author is Ayn Rand, specifically, “Atlas Shrugged.” I read it when I was 19 years old after I had decided to give up a professional tennis career and become an artist. The book was a powerful confirmation that I was on the right path. However, one major thing …
A little sketch of Rembrandt’s portrait of his son at the Norton Simon museum. I drew it standing in a throng of people with sketchbook in my left hand and pen in my right. I think the wobbliness is cool!
I have had over 45 years of experience with Objectivism and the influence of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. There is an interesting elephant in the room, in that it is obvious to nearly everyone that Rand was an individualist and promoted individualism. Yet in the end of Atlas, the fictional creators all agreed to take …
A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to be invited to a dinner party hosted by Jennifer Grossman at her stunning Malibu modern home overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The evite included the names of the six other attendees, so I took the time to research them on Google. One of them was a highly …
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I just got back the 4th chapter of Energize Your Art from my copy editor. This chapter wraps up the essentialness of form, light, and space in art. I link to my Substack, The Shrewd Artist, using this website has my hub. Three Visual Axioms In the first three chapters, I introduced light, form, and …
I love this so much!!! It feels as though I am attempting to shield her from the shadow so she can allow her light force to burst from her heart. The feels very Tao to me, the balance of light and shadow that exists in everything. You are incredible friend, a magnificent artist. -Katie Borntrager, model. …
Young Da Vinci and Pure Light Vibrations If a young artist was fortunate, he would have guidance from a living mentor. Up to that point, the artist would be limited to having imaginary dialogues with the paintings, reality, and his works. So many times, as a teenage artist, I wished Michelangelo could have told me how …
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What Is the Difference Between Love and Sex? A ton of work, refining the proportions and contours. Which, sometimes means shifting and redoing a leg, hand, arm, or foot up to several times; including re-triangulating the points within them. I hope that refining them now, will save me months or years in the painting process. …
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Do you ever feel you don’t belong? My village has a newish charming bookstore, Speak Easy Books, I think the only official bookstore in town, though you can buy books at a couple of charitable outlets. It is tucked away in corner of a cluster of cabin-like shops. Some days ago I dropped in, introduced …
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