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Monet at the Museum
Looking back on my visit to the Denver Art Museum (DAM) for the Monet exhibit, I wish I could do it all over again. I felt giddy like a child going on a field trip. Monet has been an inspiration to me in how he uses color and his mark making techniques. I’ve always admired how he learned the academic side of painting. Then deliberately choosing to deviate from the norm and break all the rules. Seeing his work in person is a real treat. I bought the museum’s catalog book and does not compare to his paintings in person. They are so colorful with a multitude of hues weaving…
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Dior: The Haute Couture House from Paris
Inspiration from Other Artists I love going to the art museum. Especially when they exhibit things I wouldn’t normally be able to see unless I travel far from home. A few weeks ago, my mother and I went to see the Dior From Paris to the World fashion exhibit at the Denver Art Museum (DAM for short). We both loved it. If you don’t know, Dior is a haute couture fashion house. A literal translation of haute couture would be “high dressmaking”. I other words high end fashion made custom for you. A thing you need to know about my mother and I is that we love to sew. We…
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2019: A New Year, A New Life
I’ve had this website for along time now. I’ve been working as an artist for a long time too. I’ve had different jobs and have made friends in all sorts of places. Looking back now, I’ve grown as an artist and a person. At least I hope I have. I’m looking at this little island in this vast online sea I’ve created for myself. Years back I remember sitting in my Illustration Marketing class with wild aspirations of having a beautiful website with my artwork all over it and a wonderful blog others could enjoy. The only things that have really changed for this site are the designs, new artwork…
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New Year’s Resolutions
A New Year a New Start. We all have big dreams for the upcoming year. You want to find your dream job. Build new and better portfolio. Get into an art gallery. Create more art. Try out a new technique. Attend more conventions or festivals. Sell more art. Form better habits. Get rid of bad habits. The list goes on and on. We tend to make these large resolutions for ourselves. There’s nothing wrong with that. In fact we need a few large goals to aim for. It’s just we shouldn’t forget about the small ones too. The small building blocks is what makes up the larger goals. My large…
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A Blog for Artists
Why Start a Blog? I admit it. I’ve tried in the past to start a blog and failed miserably. I’d have good intentions, set myself up with a plan. I read all these various posts and tutorials on how to start a successful blog. I even wrote out a few posts. Each attempt would fall flat. I got bogged down on everyone else’s thoughts on how to run a blog. It felt like I was wasting too much time writing or didn’t have enough content to post. I tried following the 80/20 rule. Eighty percent of your time should be making art while the twenty percent should be marketing. There…
