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What Kind of Artist Are You?

What Kind of Artist Are You?

When I was in graduate school for painting 30 (!) years ago, it was a rarefied environment where art was pure and uncorrupted by commercial concerns. To even ask about making a living or having a career as an artist was out of the question. It simply wasn't done....

Staying Connected

Staying Connected

We're weary of all things Covid.  It has hit some of us extraordinarily hard, others less so, but we have all been impacted by it in ways that may take a generation to fully comprehend.   For me, painting and my connection to other artists has been especially vital to...

Pushing Through a Difficult Painting

Pushing Through a Difficult Painting

Frequently, paintings reach a pivotal moment, a crisis point really, when they are completely stuck, and need to be destroyed in order to move forward.  The paralysis is a function of my trying to control the painting and overthink it.  I often don't know I am in that...

New Studio

New Studio

Last August I moved into a new studio inside one of the old mills here in North Adams, Massachusetts.  It's about a mile from my house, so I can walk or ride my bike to get there.  It's nothing fancy, but I loved it as soon as I laid eyes on it.  It's roomy enough for...

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In The Northern Berkshires

Galen Cheney

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