A Painting Talks Back to its Creator: Alicia R Peterson
Artist: (As I gaze upon the blank 40-inch circle canvas) Oh my, that is a lot of empty space. Maybe...
Stan Brodsky’s Dreaded Critique Easel
To know Stan is to know that Stan always had something to say about art. He was lovingly fierce in...
My Insides Are Showing: Stan Brodsky and the Power of Art
I feel naked—bare to my soul—as I view an empty canvas. I am at my most vulnerable, yet most expansive....
A Portal into the Great Unknown of Painting
I plunge into the great unknown of painting. I stand in silence, arms outstretched, receiving, grounding, calming. My breath deepens....
I am longing for cool. How about you? Cool colors, cool drinks, cool breezes, and most importantly, being cool inside....
An Invitation to Celebrate Stan Brodsky and the Power of Art to Transmute
Stan Brodsky taught me that my feelings about painting were true, my insides were really showing. He was my first...
Finding Circles by Way of the Square: An Abstract Artist Begins her Journey into Infinity.
Our story begins with a square. The Long Island Museum charged its artists members to create on one square foot...
Finding Peace in a Year of Fire, Molting, and Painting
On the last day of 2018, I exclaimed to myself, “Oh, this has been a fantastic year.” Then I stood...
The Power of Co-creation: An Abstract Painter Regains Her Mojo
I was depleted in mind, body, and soul. The primal need to paint was strong but I had no energy, no chi. I could not...
Rolling Around Naked in Nothingness: An Artist’s Re-Entry into Painting
I have very few regrets about how I walked through the ashes from a fire in my home and studio in February...
An Abstract Painter’s Year of Rising from the Ashes
On February 4, 2018, an electrical fire brought destruction to my home and studio. The happy ending…no one was hurt....
The Power of Art: First you Cry, Then you Create
Standing in front of the bare critique easel, I haltingly told my story. Super bowl Sunday 2/4/18 found me in...