I am excited to announce that my DVD, The You Factor: Powerful, Personal Design in Opaque Watercolor, filmed for Creative Catalyst Productions, is currently available! To see a sneak preview and a 4-part interview I did with CCP, click HERE
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You can’t be creative and be critical at the same time. These two processes require different ways of thinking. The critical, judgmental, analytical function of the brain is not the part that knows how to generate creative ideas. Author Unknown
Each of us has within us an inner guide; the voice of wisdom. We also have within us an inner [...]
You’re always believing ahead of your evidence. What was the evidence that I could write a poem? I just believed it. The most creative thing in us is to believe. Robert Frost
I am especially interested in how our unconscious beliefs, assumptions, and what we tell ourselves impacts our creativity. For years I told myself that I was [...]
Last year, after filming my art instruction DVD for Creative Catalyst Productions, I was interviewed by their Art and Marketing Director, Lynn Powers. Lynn is presenting portions of our 4-part interview over the next few weeks in the Creative Catalyst Newsletter. Here’s Lynn’s newsletter, and you can click on the links to hear the interview.
From Behind the Camera:
Reflections on Zagotta Interview [...]
As I mentioned in my last post, making the decision to become your own art coach announces to yourself and to the world that you are ready to passionately step up to the plate and take responsibility for if, when, how, and how much you create. It means setting goals, setting up an action plan [...]
I am a watermedia painter and I teach painting workshops all around the country. As anyone who knows me or has taken one of my workshops can attest to, I love talking about art, thinking about art, reading about art, learning about art, looking at art, and practicing art - so, grab a cup of coffee and join me in the studio to see what else is percolating!
