Art and the role of Dreams

by | Why do the Arts Matter?

Art often comes to me in my dreams. I still remember the moment I realized I had to keep a journal by my bedside. I was young, maybe pre-teen, obsessed with poetry. I had woken up with a poem in my head. A fully formed poem. No edits needed. I felt like I woke up to...

Creative Spirit Diana Baumbauer

by | How to be An Artist

Diana Baumbauer has spent many years developing her unique approach to artistic expression through doll making. She is self-taught by her own admission and has found when she is in the creative process, she is in her element. Diana’s work evokes a sense of play and...

Hardship and Your Art

by | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice

We don’t ever really know how long we have with people we love. And while we know this, somehow illness or loss can throw it violently in our faces. Recently a loved one came sick. And while none of us ever know how long we have with people in our lives, this kind of...

It’s Not About The Product

by | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice

When do we learn? When do you learn from from an artwork: when you complete a project or while you are working on it? Focus on the Process Separate from criticism and praise. Too many feel driven (hi, that’s definitely me) by praise or criticism. Symptoms of being...

Creative Spirit Tony Walker

by | How to be An Artist

Tony Walker’s artwork is focused on landscape and figurative painting drawn from  worldwide locations and remote, coastal and urban Australia. His free and expressive style in watercolour, acrylic inks on paper and canvas and other media, is interpretive and reaches...