Painting beyond the postcard
In a recent interview on the Aart Podcast, artist Maria Josenhans highlighted the difference between painting a "postcard" and painting a...
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Christina Kent
- Jun 17
- 1 min
Art and ambiguity
Artist Shirazeh Houshiary remarked that there is a difference between art and advertising. Advertising, she says, tells us what to see....
Christina Kent
- Feb 7
- 2 min
A world without beauty
I used to live in a world without beauty. It wasn't exactly an ugly world - of course there were flowers, nice houses, pink sunsets - but...
Christina Kent
- Jan 31
- 3 min
Begin again
Last December I wrote about the importance of starting an art practice. I talked about my own practice at the time, in which I would wake...
Christina Kent
- Jan 25
- 4 min
The artist and the scientist
My life has been defined by two polarities. On one side, there is the artist: the sensitive, intuitive creator who thinks in visual...
Christina Kent
- Jan 12
- 2 min
Back to painting after a break
My winter holidays were filled with rest and time with family. It was a lot of fun, but it also meant that I ended up not painting for...
Christina Kent
- Jan 6
- 3 min
Reflecting on 2022 and goals for 2023
2022 was a productive year in my art practice. My proudest accomplishment of the year was completing 50 paintings in 50 days for a local...
Christina Kent
- Dec 12, 2022
- 3 min
The Next Small Step
A few years ago, my partner, Behrad, and I decided to summit Mt. Whitney, the tallest mountain in the contiguous US. Although tall, it is...
Christina Kent
- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
Don't make art - make a practice instead
Every weekday at 6am, I get up and paint for an hour and a half. In these morning sessions, my goal is not to make "art" - my goal is...
Christina Kent
- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
Pieces of the divine
The creation myth of the Kabbalah states that at the beginning of time, God constructed several divine vessels filled with holy light and...
Christina Kent
- Nov 9, 2022
- 2 min
What it takes to be a "real" artist
A few years ago, my friend introduced me to their friend who they said was an artist. I went to one of her shows, and I was really...
Christina Kent
- Nov 3, 2022
- 2 min
Breaking the rules
Lately I've been thinking a lot about rules. The rules other people people impose on us, but more importantly, the rules we impose on...
Christina Kent
- Oct 17, 2022
- 2 min
Fearless creativity
You know the feeling. You have an idea for a new creative project. You're excited, electrified by it. You dream about how it will turn...
Christina Kent
- Sep 29, 2022
- 4 min
50 Paintings in 50 Days
In July I embarked on a new art challenge - to paint 50 paintings in 50 days. All the paintings would follow a theme, creating a cohesive...
Christina Kent
- Aug 20, 2022
- 3 min
Flatland, or Life in Two Dimensions
There's an old story called Flatland about a society that exists in two dimensions. Its inhabitants are polygons and lines, and they move...
Christina Kent
- Jul 25, 2022
- 3 min
A Visual Journal of San Francisco
It's been over a year now since I moved to San Francisco, and in that time I've become transfixed by the city's unique beauty. As soon as...
Christina Kent
- Jun 5, 2022
- 2 min
Letting Art Come Through
For almost my entire art career, I thought of art as work. Art came from my own initiative, and I had to do everything to make it happen....
Christina Kent
- Apr 23, 2022
- 6 min
Walking and Painting the Camino de Santiago
On March 29, I left Oviedo, a small city in northern Spain, and embarked upon the Camino Primitivo. It's a 200-mile stretch of paths,...
Christina Kent
- Feb 11, 2022
- 2 min
Overcoming Art Block
I experienced art block recently. Not an extreme case, but an unnerving one nonetheless. It started out with one bad painting - normal...
Christina Kent
- Jan 15, 2022
- 3 min
Painting Past Perfectionism
I used to be a serious perfectionist. This applied to all aspects of my life, including my art. At first I drew from my imagination, but...
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