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What does it mean to be an Art Monster? Warm up the hate mail machine — I'm a man, and I appropriated Lauren Elkin's Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art. Excellent read, by the way. I picked it up about a year ago. Despite being a man, I saw some of the Art Monster in myself. It's a feminist text, but much of the humanity in it applies to we men artists too — that is, if men are being honest about it. And my wife Doris informs me: honesty about our own motives has ne

We often hear familiar phrases such as, "Be a lifelong learner," or "They can take your money and your home, but they can't take your education away." They're clichés because they contain an enduring truth. Yet nowhere is that truth more evident than in the arts The Vendor's Candy Store for pastelists at the 2026 IAPS convention, Albuquerque, NM At the last International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Master Pastelist and former

Painting barns used to be something I swore I would never do again. The idea felt limiting, repetitive, and frankly, a bit uninspiring. Yet, recently I found myself drawn back to the subject, choosing to paint "Doc's Barn" during a live paint-along on YouTube. This shift surprised a friend who asked why I once said never and what made me change my mind. The answer is not about being elitist or dismissive. Instead, it reflects the natural path of artistic growth and the unique