http://ralph-white.artistwebsites.com/myblog.html Ralph White - Fine Art Blog http://www.fineartamerica.com/artistlogos/ralph-white-square.jpg http://ralph-white.artistwebsites.com/myblog.html Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:14:57 GMT http://ralph-white.artistwebsites.com/blogs/life-shows-up.html Thu, 28 May 2009 13:16:03 GMT http://ralph-white.artistwebsites.com/blogs/the-art-of-the-series.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:06:08 GMT http://ralph-white.artistwebsites.com/blogs/opposites-attract.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:03:20 GMT http://ralph-white.artistwebsites.com/blogs/the-universe-is-a-fusionartist.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:57:53 GMT http://ralph-white.artistwebsites.com/blogs/artists-at-play.html At the August Fusionart retreat, I had the most fun painting that I can ever remember. My old friend Mehrdad and I spent the day just playing. Free from structure and restrictions, we painted without trying to make anything happen. We were creatin... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:12:43 GMT http://ralph-white.artistwebsites.com/blogs/the-power-of-forgetting.html My fellow artist, Bonnie Landau, teaches a class called ldquoAnyone Can Paint.rdquo She invited me to attend a couple of weeks ago, and encouraged me to share my technique with her students. Maybe Bonnie should call the class ldquoAnyone Can Teac... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:19:57 GMT http://ralph-white.artistwebsites.com/blogs/the-world-as-a-canvas.html This painting is the collaboration of two old friends who were surprised to discover that they shared a passion for art. I have known Mehrdad Dabbagh for 18 years, but in a completely different context - the world of business. I really did not kno... Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:13:12 GMT http://ralph-white.artistwebsites.com/blogs/create-and-destroy.html My fellow Fusionartist Diane Bulgatz painted this thought-provoking and serenely engaging work. It is called ldquoThe Questrdquo. I was looking at Dianersquos painting this week and was struck by the fact that it captures my own recent journeys of ... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:51:15 GMT http://ralph-white.artistwebsites.com/blogs/when-inspiration-eludes-me.html There are times when I just don't feel like painting. I don't know what to paint, and I lack the energy to commit creation to canvas. These times can last from a day to two months. My mind starts to wonder if I have lost the desire or the talent to... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:59:08 GMT http://ralph-white.artistwebsites.com/blogs/art-in-arts-time.html The process of creating is not exact. Art occurs in its own time. When you create something, you begin to fall in love with it before it ever exists. The creative process the thinking, the experimentation, the starting over ndash all these are par... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:50:06 GMT http://ralph-white.artistwebsites.com/blogs/do-not-shoot-the-messenger.html When I started learning to paint, I spent a lot of time and energy analyzing what I was doing wrong. I continually focused on what was missing, how the painting wasnrsquot good enough. Fortunately I had mentors who encouraged me to break free of th... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:30:09 GMT http://ralph-white.artistwebsites.com/blogs/the-everywhereness-of-art.html The Everywhereness of Art Yesterday I was in the kitchen making a berry smoothie. As usual, I was on the phone, multitasking through my workday. You guessed it ndash I left the lid off the blender in my haste to do three things at once. Purple ...