by Michael Whelan | Sep 14, 2012 | ART GALLERY, PAST SHOWS, PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS
The artistic process remains mystery to me even after painting for over 35 years as a professional. As Norman Rockwell wrote, “Some come easy, some come hard.” And so it has proven for me. Whether in the form of an illustration done as a commission or a...
by Michael Everett | Nov 25, 2010 | ART GALLERY, PAST SHOWS, PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS
“Much has been written by artists on the ‘fear of the blank canvas,’ but I have the opposite problem – I have too many ideas. Working out the details in sketches and studies helps me focus my mental picture, so that I can refine it into a...