Protection photo collage I have so many conversations with despairing visual artists it would seem that their frustration and depression are symptoms of a cultural disease of epidemic proportions.  The four most debilitating aspects of the infection appear to be:  1) The lack of a solid social infrastructure such as galleries, dealers and representatives to...Read More

See Me photo collage Many people seem to feel put down because they think they can’t afford to buy art; others seem to resent paying a decent price for art objects because artists love what they do; even others won’t buy art but are willing to re-mortgage the house to buy more electronics or fancier...Read More

Performance Anxiety photo collage             I was in a broker’s office recently talking business and staring at walls so bare and so… beige that I thought I was in Nowhere Land. There were a couple of badly framed things on the walls, diplomas or permits or something, and they conveyed not a feeling of accomplishment...Read More

Work in Progress photo collage I got asked for the umpteenth time, “How long did it take you?” And I answered as I always do, “All my life.” That’s how long it took me to make each and every work I ever created, and that’s how long it will take me to make every work...Read More

The Critic photo collage on paper I managed once to make it to Italy to see all the great works of art I’d ever only seen and loved in books. Among the most moving were Michelangelo’s sculptures, the Pieta, the David, but especially the Captives. These men emerging but never free of the stone from...Read More