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Georgia O’Keeffe, Roderick Mead, Lynn Burton and Southwest Art

My brother, Lynn Burton, paints anything and everything. However, I appreciate his southwest art motif more than others. I especially like paintings of his Native American Indians, and although we no longer live in the state of New Mexico, we … Continue reading →

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Al Capp, Chester Gould, Stan Lee: A Great Inspiration to Many Cartoonists

I recall as a young teenager that I was fascinated by the comics. I don’t know if it was the shapely women in the Al Capp’s cartoon strip, Li’l Abner, that inspired me, or the great and more serious intriguing … Continue reading →

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Review of Five of Most Popular Posts

Who and What Inspired Wassily Kandinsky? Wassily Kandinsky was a brilliant, well educated student of life. In 1896, at the age of 30, he was pursuing a promising career as a law and economics instructor. Fortunately for the world of … Continue reading →

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Manet: The Hesitant Revolutionary

“There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see. When you’ve got it, you’ve got it. When you haven’t, you begin again. All the rest is humbug.” – Edouard Manet “We didn’t know that he was this great,” … Continue reading →

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What Are The Main Parts of a Good Composition

Why do some paintings and drawings seem to work while others do not? It depends on how much an artist puts into the planning stages. When it comes to composition, some artists seem to do things instinctively, almost as if … Continue reading →

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Artist, Richard D. Burton, Illustrating a short graphic story

Sometimes an artist decides to step out of their comfort zone to a much more uncomfortable zone. In my case, from fine art drawing and painting to illustration work. I am in the process of doing graphite drawing works for … Continue reading →

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Marketing Art

The internet is full of someone writing an e-book for you to download that promises the magic of marketing your art. Much of it is good, but most are one variation or another of the same seven to ten points … Continue reading →

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Trail of Tears Saga: Anguished Spirit

So, I awakened a few months ago, and was dreaming of a most unusual event in history. It really happened, and was known as the “great removal”. A scourge in the annals of American history. It was also known as … Continue reading →

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Abstract Art – What is it?

The world of art went through fundamental changes in terms of style toward the end of the nineteenth century. Trying to mirror reality or capturing a moment in time was no longer the purpose of art. The brush strokes, marks, … Continue reading →

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The Impressionists Changed the World

The term “Impressionism” comes from the title of Claude Monet’s painting Impression, soleil levant (Interpreted: Impression, Sunrise. The painting was exhibited in 1874, and changed the world for artists. Monet had painted the painting before nature outside of the studio … Continue reading →

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