When learning is hard December 6, 2016art career, Home, Maine, paintingCarol L. Douglas, HTML, learning new things, learning to read, website design, website development By Carol Douglas We like doing what we’re good at; we hate doing things that are very difficult.
Bucksport Cyber Gallery December 2, 2016Home, Maine, paintingBucksport, Carol L. Douglas, Idaho, internet, John Killmaster, Keith Linwood Stover, Maine, painting, post-truth world, The Cyber Art Show By Carol Douglas A cyber-curator reaches out from Bucksport to Boise to teach an old dog from Rockport something new. Isn’t that cool?
In praise of ships’ cooks November 28, 2016culture, Home, MaineAmerican Eagle, cookstove, galley, Matthew Weeks, ocean liner, pies, Sarah Collins, Thanksgiving, transatlantic, USS Constitution, woodstove By Carol Douglas Without the humble ship’s cook, none of us would be here today.
Holiday multitasking November 23, 2016culture, Home, Maine, paintingart career, Carol L. Douglas, holiday travel, Kelpie Gallery, multitasking, painting, pies, Thanksgiving By Carol Douglas How do you get the pies and the paintings to come out at the right times?
Learn to paint in beautiful Acadia November 22, 2016art history, Home, Maine, plein air painting, teachingAcadia National Park, Carol L. Douglas, Christmas giving, learn to draw, learn to paint, plein air painting workshop, Schoodic Head By Carol Douglas It’s the holiday season, and I’m thinking about workshops. Yeah!
A neighbor tells me about Beech Hill November 15, 2016culture, Home, MaineBeech Hill, Beech Nut, Carol L. Douglas, Hans O. Heistad, landscape architecture, Maine, Rockport By Carol Douglas You never know what you’re going to learn at the grocery store.
Challenge your assumptions November 11, 2016art, Home, Maineart opening, Augusta, Barbra Whitten, labels, Maine Holocaust & Human Rights Center, politics, PopUp265 By Carol Douglas This installation has particular resonance with the current crisis in American politics, where we seem to be interacting with labels instead of people.
NEFA needs your input, artists November 10, 2016culture, Home, Mainearts, Carol L. Douglas, creatives, CreativesCount, economic impact, NEFA, New England Foundation for the Arts By Carol Douglas Artists are often overlooked by the bean-counters of this world. You can help change this, by answering NEFA’s CreativesCount survey.
Seeking a new gallery November 3, 2016art career, Home, Maine, paintingbusiness of art, Carol L. Douglas, galleries, representation, The Kelpie Gallery By Carol Douglas The biggest difficulty I ever face is getting into the wrong group of artists and trying to live up to their standards. It never works.
Marriage, learning, and dissatisfaction October 31, 2016art career, culture, Home, MaineAugusta, Barbra Whitten, Carol L. Douglas, installation, learning, marriage, Pop Up 265, sewing, The Usual Suspects, wallpapering By Carol Douglas It’s almost impossible for artists to see the work of our hands objectively, even if we don’t share our pessimism with the general public.