Misty Granade

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Misty Granade

Art AV Club: Joan Mitchell

In this Art AV Club I take a look at the work of Joan Mitchell and hear her talk about the way she works. I point out the echos of her work in my own work.

Making a Mess

Starting an art practice can be daunting. Here are my best tips and ideas to help get you set up for a sustainable practice. Make a Mess. This is third in my series on How to Create Your Art Practice.

Making Time to Make Time

Starting an art practice can be daunting. Here are my best tips and ideas to help get you set up for a sustainable practice. Make time to make time. This is second in my series on How to Create Your Art Practice.

Art AV Club: Robert Rauschenberg

This week’s Art AV Club: Robert Rauschenberg explores his contributions to art, our discussions about it, and how his work impacts mine.

Start Where You Are

Starting an art practice can be daunting. Here are my best tips and ideas to help get you set up for a sustainable practice. Start where you are. This is first in my series on How to Create Your Art Practice.

Art AV Club: Lee Krasner

In this Art AV Club we take a look at two videos of and about Abstract Expressionist painter Lee Krasner. Krasner’s own words are captivating.

Pink swirling backgrounds cover text and an image depicting Lakshmi Bai. A large yellow and white crochet star partially covers the image of warrior Lakshmi Bai on horseback.

How to see

I’ve started this new series here on the blog called Art AV Club. And it’s led me on a merry adventure into videos about various artists on YouTube. In my…

Art AV Club: Helen Frankenthaler

I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole recently, like you do. I took an online class and one of the bonus materials was a video about Cy Twombly. After I…

My Stay at Home Art Journal

The story of my Stay at Home art journal starts like a lot of my other journals. I bought it used so I could pull out the illustrations use them…

Art Reflection Questions

I was recently listening to the Art Juice Podcast and the episode was titled “Is your personality in your art?” It’s a great episode over all but at about the…

“On Paper” and the magic of a museum show

One of my books is currently on display at the Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center! They have been doing an outstanding job on their Instagram account showcasing the works in this exhibit.

Be gentle with us 2021

This year was a hot mess. I know you are well aware but when I look back on my 2020 plans I made in 2019, I have to remind myself…