Praeterita

As I look back on 2018, the notable points in the artist calendar were: Taught 115 art-related classes, which expanded on 2017, which was the previous record holder for most teaching in one year. Made art sales that reached four figures, for the first time in a LONG time. Ended my writing gig at Hyperallergic, the celebrated New York-based art blog (or let's just say I began a long hiatus). Returned to painting in oils on canvas in a satisfying way. For the first time since 2010, I didn't exhibit my work in any venue other than my own studio. Instead, I concentrated on making work, and getting further along the road of assmelbing a new body of work in various media that I can start to put into the world in the coming year. Here's to 2019!

Collage of work by all 17 interview subjects I started this blog a year ago after I read Alyson Stanfield 's book "I'd Rather Be In The Studio: The Artist's No-Excuse Guide to Self-Promotion." One of the things Ms. Stanfield recommends is that artists use a blog as self-promotion tool. I quickly decided that it would be just as interesting to talk to other artists and people involved in the arts, to try to find out what makes them tick. I ended up posting 17 interviews over the last 11 months, for which I've gathered together all the links: Deborah Doering : conceptual art, gallery director. Carrie Ohm : ceramics, performance. Lisa Purdy : painter. Judith Sutcliffe : artist, writer, director of Shake Rag Alley art center. Julia Katz : painter. Diane Huff : monoprints. Allison Svoboda : collaged ink drawings. John Hubbard : painter. Janet Chenoweth & Roger Halligan : painter; sculptor. Tom Robinson : Chicago art legend. Kay Hartmann...