What’s Happening IN MY HEAD
Winter Wack Grunge Opener
Angels Among Us (2025)
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Eagle Eye – It’s a Grey Area
There’s a general rule that has us understand that in painting we have the abstract and the representational. The abstract is something that refuses definition, and the represented can not only be defined, but is definition itself. Then, we have this meta-zone, a between-the-two,…
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The Meat of the Modern Art Industry and Understanding it – part 2
Before I start in, I want to say, ironically thankful, that the internet has made it possible to find the truth regarding the history of art, albeit one wrapped up in quite a dubious way if examined. In prior days, you could only trust…
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The Meat and Potatoes of the Modern Art Industry
Part One – The Potatoes. I’d like to begin with three things. The first is that this is the potato part of the meat and potatoes of the Modern Art industry, so really what I’m actually offering up is the Potatoes and Meat of…
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Understanding the Basics of the Modern Art Industry
Understanding the modern art world and its basics is quite easy once you understand that THE driving factor behind its image (its glamour – its trick) is money, and from there, its all quite easy to suss. Money and art have been running hand…
VARIOUS AND SUNDRY
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Wild is the Wind
There are some famous paintings and works of art that have profound and immediate effects on us when we see them. Sometimes, these effects aren’t so obvious as time passes. The images can become a blur over time, blending in with an overall, collective…
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When you can’t see the Trees for the Forest
Fer cryin’ out loud. What does one do when they can’t see the trees for the forest? What does one do, one who creates in various ways, in this case, writing? What does one who is normally quite opinionated but denies such fact usually…
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When it Comes to Fine Art
When it comes to fine art, ya’ never know… It was just a year or so ago that I decided I needed a change, or maybe the change needed me. I’d made my choice and that was that. So, having decided to change things,…
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What? No stretchers?
Since I’ve taken to building and stretching my own canvasses, I’ve become reliant on a local provider of finish-quality lumber of the relatively small type. Now, the store is closed like everything else that isn’t considered essential to ones daily survival. I guess if…
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Understanding the Basics of the Modern Art Industry
Understanding the modern art world and its basics is quite easy once you understand that THE driving factor behind its image (its glamour – its trick) is money, and from there, its all quite easy to suss. Money and art have been running hand…
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Today’s Work – This is Only a Test
I’m sure your wondering just what it is I’m up to. Has Greg gone over to the dark side? Why is he doing this Picasso stuff? I can only imagine what you might be thinking. Well, if you’re thinking I’ve done a Picasso thing…
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The Reality Principle
While some accept the reality principle as a steadfast and strict dogma, others prefer just to accommodate it, allowing it to exist only in a matter of degrees. The latter understand that these degrees are quite flexible, plastic, wave-like even, waxing and waning, coming…
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The Meat of the Modern Art Industry and Understanding it – part 2
Before I start in, I want to say, ironically thankful, that the internet has made it possible to find the truth regarding the history of art, albeit one wrapped up in quite a dubious way if examined. In prior days, you could only trust…