Winning Artists, Like Champion Athletes Need Criticism

by | | Artist

I admit it. I love watching the TV show, Dancing with the Stars. For me, it’s more than entertaining. It has shown me what it takes to be a champion artist and business owner. The behind-the-scenes look at the star’s journeys each season makes it very clear: winning...

Find Creative Buddies To Walk With You

by | | Artist, Creativity, Detox and Recovery, Diet and Nutrition, Inspiration, Mind Body Creativity

The history of art is filled with artists who supported each other in bringing new things into existence. Painters like Joan Miro and Salvador Dali. Writers like Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman; Gertrude Stein and Hemingway. Musicians like John Lennon and Paul...

Artist’s Regime – Hon. Neville Lytton

by | | Artist, Fitness and Exercise

“If all artists took more exercise they would be better artists”… According to Hon. Neville Lytton, Tennis Champion and Artist on in his NY  Times Interview 4/5/1914.  “Plato declared that man, to be complete must be body and mind. If we were like the old Greeks it...

Artist’s Regime – Duane Keiser

by | | Artist, Artists Regime, Creativity, Fitness and Exercise

One of the first online “paintings a day blogger” was Duane Keiser. Since 2004 I’ve received daily inspirational paintings. I was curious whether he exercised or how exercise may influence his paintings. I would have never taken him for a karate enthusiast. His...

Less Sugar More Creativity

by | | Artist, Detox and Recovery, Diet and Nutrition, Mind Body Creativity, Science and Medicine

By: Sue Horwitz I was fat, and the sugar detox my chosen cure. My expectation was a thinner me. I didn’t count on the resulting creativity boost. I noticed the difference in Sunday’s figure drawing class. The sugared-up me struggled with figure drawing. The first ½...