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Yeah, polling my friends around here at various galleries, most of the sales are for cheap gifts at best. Not the best sign for the art...

I have to laugh at just how horribly my studio partners and I flubbed our participation in one of those holiday open studio tours. My...

Just published my latest column encouraging folks to buy locally produced art. Made sure to mention all the area's art collectives that...

This was my fourth sketch made on location about ten days ago at Chennai Weekend Artists event # 514 at Marundeeswarar Temple. My sketch...

Thought you would appreciate this; I always get a chuckle of out it. It dates back to 1994 and is even more relevant now. Candidate...

Yes, the article "an" is properly used before vowels, as I was taught too. But these days the language seems to have devolved. Don't...

Oh, wow, that is really fabulous news! You are a shining example of how one person can make a positive difference to so many. This is...

Well done Bart and happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 Bravo for spreading the word on art 🎨

Thankful for the opportunity to write a column weekly "Bart on Art" in our regional newspaper, the San Mateo Daily Journal. Combining...

Big snow flakes are falling to the ground and everything is white. It was not suppose to snow today but it did. I'm posting old snow...

This is a quick 5" x 4" pen and ink sketch of a hill-top monastery, done using a black ink gel pen about eighteen months ago. I added...

This is loosely based on a stand of trees at the edge of my neighborhood. They always put on a show when the afternoon light hits them...

These are quick watercolour sketches done directly with brush on paper (without preliminary pencil sketches) on 300 gsm Chitrapat...

This is a quick 5" x 4" sketch with a black ink gel pen, done in May 2024, to which I have, very quickly, added some watercolour washes.

I watch Baumgartner Restoration on YT and have seen how he repairs holes in valuable canvases. I wouldn't bother!