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When Your Primary Color Is Brown
Recently, I participated in a plein air painting competition and one of my fellow artists asked me “do...
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Risks Worth Taking – Experiments on Copper
Copper became my love, my addiction of sorts, but it was not love at first sight. When I...
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Reclaim Your Attention
Does the thought of being without your phone for a week fill you with joy or dread? I know that...
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A Surprising Necessity
You are all packed up and ready to travel with your painting gear. You’ve checked your list carefully....
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Animals Rule
“If we don’t always understand animals, they always understand us.” – Rosa Bonheur When I was 10 years...
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How to Make 2023 Your Best Year in Art Sales Ever
Whether or not there is a tough economy ahead, the way to make 2023 your best year in...
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Finding Freedom in Limitation
Keith Jarret’s Koln Concert was playing in the background the other day as I completed the dreaded task...
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The Wrong Color Wheel
When I was a child, I wanted to be an artist. I read books on drawing and painting....
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OPA Bids Farewell to Its Greatest Fan the Legendary, One-of-A-Kind Joyce Pike OPAM (1929 – 2022)
To our OPA community, we sadly announce the passing of one of the all-time greats, Master Signature artist...
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What’s the Big Idea?
My first career was as an art director for advertising agencies in New York City in the mid-1980s....
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