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Rick Delanty

Your Art is a Gift

Rick Delanty · Feb 29, 2016 ·

This message is for “art-makers”. In our world today, no justification is needed for cultural activities, performances, museums, books, the enjoyment of children’s imaginative play, or the process of the creative act. And for those who “make art”, there are a variety of reasons to create. For some, art-making is a past-time, and for others...
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Painting the Perfect Subject

Rick Delanty · Jul 6, 2015 ·

Is there such a thing—the “perfect” subject to paint– on any given day? Like song-choice for a musician, the subject an artist chooses to paint carries his/her personality, abilities and message to the viewers who will see it. Possibilities abound: perhaps a 300-foot tumbling waterfall, the sun poised on a dramatic orange horizon, or that...
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The Hand of a Master: Portrait Demo by Mian Situ

Rick Delanty · Sep 2, 2013 ·

Any artist knows that seeing a master-craftsman demonstrate his/her skills in person is one of the most effective ways to learn about techniques, strategies, and concepts. Just as significantly as seeing a quality artwork created are the intangibles communicated to onlookers, through the hairs of the artist’s brush directly into the minds and hearts of...
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What can an artist do about it?

Rick Delanty · Apr 29, 2013 ·

Any American would have been shocked by it: the senseless murders of three spectators in the bombings fifty yards apart at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15th; over 250 injured, at least eight of them children; the death of an eight-year-old boy; the amputations of limbs for ten others. It was...
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It’s Just Paint and Canvas

Rick Delanty · Jan 14, 2013 ·

What is the true “market value” of a painting? How does a potential collector know that a fair price is being offered? After all, the price can be negotiated… It’s not like a car, a stereo system, or a suit jacket that contains technical components and can be shopped between stores. It’s only paint and...
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