The wide open nature of any truly creative artistic endeavor is one of its most important virtues, and one of its harshest realities. Only the most determined, hardest working, capable and creative will make their way to earning a good living by their art.

Being true to oneself more often leads one toward success rather than away from it.

Realistically there is no limit to the possibilities. How does an artist make decisions?

By merely increasing or decreasing the amount of contrast in any area we can move the observer through the painting.

Put a symbol, or language of some sort, in a painting and it will be noticed by the viewer whether or not they can read that particular language.

The person viewing your work has no idea what the scene really looked like, nor do they care.

The way we see is critical to understanding how others will read our compositions.