Many of the art teachers that I have met through the years — in grade school, at college, and beyond — are funnily rigid.

I present a challenge to most of them.

Read about this amazing woman at the Art Institute of Chicago site. aaronjhill

Let your mind be quiet, realising the beauty of the world,and the immense, the boundless treasures that it holds in store.All that you have within you, all that your heart desires,all that your Nature so specially fits you for – that or thecounterpart of it waits embedded in the great […]

“Every person matters.” This is the subject line of a message I received in my inbox. Every person matters. Never forget this. Every person matters. aaronjhill

This hit my inbox today, so I thought that I would share it with my art friends. I hope everyone is staying warm and safe during this ice storm. Perhaps we can arrange a field trip to the Bainbridge Island Art Museum when the weather is better. Enjoy the holidays. […]

Abusive father and brother…Sister who threw me to the curb…I went to Tent City 4 and hated it there.Then I became an independent operator homeless man.Dealing with people was too much of a headache.Generally, I prefer being alone.Now that I have lymphoma — round two — everyone wants to be […]

At least one art critic thinks it looks better that way. The piece is by abstractionist painter Piet Mondrian. It is unfinished and unsigned. I have actually put arrows with directions on my work to avoid this very problem. Maybe Mondrian just wanted to confuse people. I wonder if he […]

Edward Hopper’s New York Art Show presents the famed American realist as a tried-and-true New Yorker. Explore his relationship with the city at the Whitney in New York until March 2023

Where is Eric? So many come and go. Fast friends lost. Where is Ruanda? I asked that a few years back. Has anyone heard from Ruanda? “Oh, honey, she died.” We were supposed to go to the aquarium together. She had invited me, with a big smile on her face. […]