What In The World Is Color Psychology ?

Color psychology is the study of how color affects human behavior. It’s a long-standing, field used in art, design, marketing, sports, medicine, and much more. Despite its long history and widespread use, there’s a lot more to discover about how color affects people scientifically. Here’s...

Join Me For My Melt Down Talk – 5/5/19

May 5th 3-5 pm CMCA Rockland, Maine I’ll be presenting a free public talk during The Center For Maine Contemporary Art’s exhibit Melt Down. I’ll share my personal story as an environmentally concerned artist, stories from my 16 trips to Antarctica and Greenland, current climate news...

Melt Down – New Exhibit Opens March 23 @ Maine's CMCA

Exhibit Melt Down March 23 – June 9, 2019 Center For Maine Contemporary Art Rockland, Maine Melt Down, features stunning photographs and videos by ten distinguished Maine artists whose work addresses climate change in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. “Melt Down” has been organized by...

My Top 12 Photographs Of 2018

Constellation Constellation Constellation Constellation Constellation Constellation Antarctica Land In Land LXXIX Land In Land LXXXIX Land In Land LXXVI Land In Land LIII Land In Land LXXVI This is a selection of my top 12 images of 2018. This selection doesn’t reflect sales, publication, or activities...

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...

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 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...