It’s a struggle always! Especially when going back and forth between watercolor and oil.

I made my teen art students pick their favorite artist as a class project and then pointed out that no one chose hyperrealism. If they don't want to look at hyperrealism as a viewer, they shouldn't feel pressured to make it.

Creative jobs have been more and more scarce the last few years. It’s rough! I really sympathize.

Was there a small boy, a spider and a centipede too? You may have stumbled into a Ronald Dahl book.

I would be ok with Jean Pierre Jeunet doing it. But I’d like to see him adapt Geek Love, too.

My favorite unfilmable sequel is Dodie Smith's The Starlight Barking. If you have a child who's engaged with 101 Dalmatians recently, this bonkers second book is... different. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sta...

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The Smurfs, still turning children into horror fans fifty years later.