Crop, Distort, Or Retouch ?

Top frame of a panoramic stitch Bottom frame of a panoramic stitch Panoramic stitch Panoramic stitch distorted Panoramic stitch cropped Panoramic stitch cropped and retouched Panoramic stitch retouched The strategies above are not limited to panoramic stitches. We’re responsible for everything that’s in the frame. We’re...

Be Your Best Friend

Refraction LX A voice inside my head was grousing, “There’s nothing here. It’s not good enough. You’re not good enough. Someone else has done this before. You’ve done this before. You’re uncomfortable. You’ll have better luck next time.” I’d heard it all before. So I...

30 Great Quotes On Stealing

Enjoy this collection of quotes on stealing. “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” – Pablo Picasso “Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.” – Igor Stravinsky “Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.” – Lionel Trilling “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.” – T. S. Eliot “Good writers borrow...

The Differences Vision & Style

Many people think vision and style are the same. They’re not. What’s the difference? Vision is what you have to say; style is how you say it. Confusing one for the other or focusing on one and not the other can be disastrous. Just because...

The Problems With Calling Them B&W Photographs

You may not think there’s a problem. You may think you know the difference. It’s obvious right? But is it? Do you? After a lifetime spent in the arts, I find photographers’ ability to describe color woefully limited, and this is never truer than when...

How To Write About Your Images

Writing an artist’s statement is something I initially resisted. For years I’d heard all of the excuses from many great artists, “Pictures should be seen and not heard.””If I could say with words what I want to say with images, I’d have become a writer.””Those...

Austin Kleon's Sheds Light On The Creative Process

Austin Kleon offers a collection of pearls of wisdom drawn from his books Steal Like An Artist and Show Your Work. View more Austin Kleon videos here. Learn more about Austin Kleon here. View more Creativity Videos here. Learn more in my Creativity workshops.

The Difference Between Painters' and Photographers' Color Wheels

The photographers’ color wheel rendered by Apple. The painters’ color wheel painted by Johannes Itten. In color theory, one of the primary uses of color wheels is to plot complementary colors. Painters and photographers use this information to create neutral colors. Painters mix complementary colors...

New Interview – Find Your Way

Shortly after the opening of my new exhibition Land Within Land, Scott David Gordon recently interviewed me for his podcast Austin Talks. He picked up on many of the ideas I shared during my gallery talks … and ran with them. As he said, “If you...

My New Exhibit Opens Saturday & Sunday

View new images here. You’re invited! to my Exhibit | Open Studio New Work 2018 August 4-5, 2018 10 AM – 5 PM Artist’s Talk 2 PM Watch it live on Facebook. 73 Cross Road, Cushing, ME  04563 Find directions here. – Save 25% On Prints For A Limited...