193 Abstract plein air
This afternoon I painted en plein air using acrylic paints. My intent was to abstract the scene to get a more patterned and design oriented composition. If...
Author: Brad Teare
194: Writing an Artist’s Statement
Eventually every artist has to write an artist’s statement. I have an abstract show in a few weeks–the first for me in that genre–and the gallery requeste...
195: The genius of Van Gogh, Part 1
Section of my painting with palette strokes and brush strokes. DID Van Gogh load his brush? Most assume he didn’t–but used the standard technique of picki...
196: Finding your style
This week I’m getting ready for for two shows–an abstract show that will be the largest exhibit of my work to date–and a one night landscape show tha...
197: Trials precede transformation
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy–for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves–we must die to one life before we enter another.&nb...
198: Drawing with acrylic markers
I’ve been drawing with Liquitex and Montana acrylic markers and have really enjoyed the expressive nature of the medium. I sketched directly onto&nbs...
199: Abstract Evolution, the magazine
I recently made a magazine of my abstracts to promote my show at Alpine Art in February 2015. It was fairly easy using Blurb although I wasn’t able t...
200: Two shows
Below is a short video of two shows I had in November. One was a one-night landscape realist show at Zions Bank and the other a two month abstract show at Harmo...
201: Selling art
I AM currently at the Harmons City Creek gallery open house. I’m sitting in front of a wall of paintings with a bunch of my newly minted magazin...
202: Selling Art Online
Saturday I received a call from an art collector and sold a painting he had seen on this blog. Although I consistently sell paintings via my traditional ga...
203: The Genius of Van Gogh
I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. -–Vincent Van GoghThe reason you don’t see many painters painting thickly in the s...
204: The Artist’s Mark
If we envision a continuum with the artist’s physical presence on one end and manufactured objects on the other where does a work of art fall on that spec...
205: Practice deliberately
When research psychologist Anders Ericson was young he played chess competitively with classmates. One day he played against a boy he had beaten decisively in e...
206: How to improve
Summer Light, 11″ x 11″, 8 block woodcut When reflecting on how to improve in the coming year we might come up with the usual ideas: practice and st...
207: The next best step
Cliff Shadows, 9″ x 11″, 8 color woodcut WRITING a journal helps you keep track of goals you have made. Although I keep a journal I’ve le...
208: Connecting with an audience
Vestige of Sky, 12″x12″, acrylic Getting attention as an artist is not easy. It requires dedication, persistence, and luck–which according to&...