The Smart Creative

The Smart Creative

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“We were like children..."

Lights! (disco ball) camera! (iphone) action! (painting)

Watercolor Abstract Course is live!

Abstract Watercolor Course for Paid Subscribers

Anatomy of a Painting : Crossing Bridges

Watercolor and Abstraction! It's time!

Studio Presale

Right from one party to the next...

A WAY IN: PRACTICE

Escaping Through the Thicket

Stepping away from art

A Way In: Color as an Obsession and Muse

Contrast is Everything

Working Through Influences

Who What Where

A Way In: Taking Cues from Old Masters

Dreaming up room for creativity

What's on my bookshelf this Summer

Building Something from Scratch

Accessing the "in between" moments

A thank you gift for my paid subscribers

A Tenuous Hold

A Way In: Intimacy in Art

Part 2 : Working out what was missing

Part 1: How to get into the creative flow on the road

Straight from Italy to the Granite State

Some Tuscan Sun

A little catching up

All Important Ideas Must Involve Trees

As an artist expands

The contrast of "contained passion"

A Creative(s) Life

It's about time.

Embodying Abandon

"Coming Home"

Anatomy of Painting : "Simmering"

Mining a Singular Perspective

"A Way In" Workshop (that's actually in person!)

Is everyone an artist? A bit of backstory. Start here.

Are we working or not working here? And why does that word bother an artist so much?

Inspiration. Process. Practice.

An introduction to The Smart Creative,

Open for conversation!

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