A few years ago, I had the opportunity to meet and interview Bill Cosby at a foundation fundraiser in Rhode Island, where he spoke on…
“Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.” – Chuck Close Recently I was at a week-long artist retreat….
Last month, I had the opportunity of a lifetime. I traveled to Aix-En-Provence with artist and teacher Nan Hass Feldman for a ten-day painting trip…
Recently this question was posed in an artist blog: “Can someone give me the description of a professional artist?” The responses were many and varied:…
As an artist I have always been curious about art that uses language – words, letters, collage with written/printed material, etc. Why art about language?…
CHRISTOHER WOOL at the Guggenheim Museum October 25, 2013-January 22, 2014 From Joseph Conrad’s novel, Heart of Darkness, and the movie, Apocalypse Now, Kurtz writes…
Many years ago, (at least a thousand), I was in a boarding school. My roommate’s mom sent her an Advent Calendar. I had never seen…
(or, how I spent my summer vacation, no, really!) As a practicing artist, I want to put my best foot forward and show my work…
Welcome to Below the Surface blog. As a way of introduction to New England Wax and our blog, we thought it would be best to…
Jean-Michel Othoniel’s The Secret Language of Flowers
Thoughts on a past exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum This past August I had the opportunity to view contemporary artist Jean-Michel Othoniel’s Secret Flower…