How to Be An Artist

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Easter Tree

I was driving through southern Minnesota yesterday on my way back home from Easter Dinner with my family. I had to take a gravel road for about a mile because I saw a photo that seemed appropriate on Easter Sunday. So I made a quick photo with my iPhone:

Should You Go To Grad School?

Bullett posted a helpful flowchart for those interested in going to graduate school:

I went to grad school to get my MFA (paid for it myself) and I'm glad I did. But I DO agree with some of that article:

As a study they cite from the New America Foundation points out, loans for graduate school debt now amounts to about 40% of federal loan disbursements. That’s a lot of money flushed down the shitter by people who wanted to put off real life for a little while longer while they figured things out.

That's not why you should go to graduate school. They put it nice and bluntly.

Tutorial for Photoshop 1.0

For April Fools Day, Lynda.com put out another "helpful" tutorial video... for Photoshop 1.0. Oh how much has changed. The fun starts at 43 seconds.

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"And you only have to do that every single time you want to see a preview..."

The Creative Process

Film Humor

Har har.

Exhibition at Hamline

A week ago was the opening of the show I'm in at the Soeffker Gallery at Hamline University. (Click here to see photos from the opening reception.) Here are some photos from yesterday of the work in the show:

Andrew Wykes painting to the left, Kate Fisher's work on the podiums, and my photos on the right.


John-Mark Schlink's prints to the right.


Krista Walsh's mixed media pieces to the left.


My photographs.


My photographs.


Dave Ryan's interactive piece in the small space in the gallery lobby.

The show is still up for another 2 weeks. Stop by and check it out!