http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-peri-craig.html?tab=blog Peri Craig - Fine Art Blog http://www.fineartamerica.com/artistlogos/1-peri-craig-1353051659-logo1.jpg http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-peri-craig.html?tab=blog Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:54:38 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/time-for-a-change.html As the year draws to a close, I find myself motivated toward simplifying my life in many ways. Complexity dampens my creativity, and having to hunt for something can completely overrun an artistic concept in its infancy. Today, reorganization of my p... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:23:00 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/10-work-in-progress.html Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:59:19 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/the-artist-as-activist.html I have begun to realize that we, as artists, need to do more then simply portray the pleasantries. We are called upon, ethically, morally, to participate in life, to experience outrage and sadness, as well as joy, and to communicate that to others, a... Sat, 06 Oct 2012 02:34:37 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/organization-a-tool-for-the-untidy-mind.html Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:01:55 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/a-very-busy-autumn.html Six more days until the Autumn truly begins, but the weather has begun to chill in the very early hours of the morning, and some of the more cold sensitive plants have begun to look a little wilted and forlorn. I had a very busy day painting, harvest... Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:33:54 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/a-big-step.html Today I got the keys to my own gallery. Floored in large 18" Tuscany-style buffed Travertine tiles, white walls, amazing sunlight and luxuriously deep window ledges that absolutely scream terracotta pots with bright flowers! It is two rooms, one beh... Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:00:40 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/the-double-nickles.html Yesterday was my birthday, and I was spoiled beyond all hopes of spoilage! I actually find it rather difficult to receive presents, far easier to give them, but I am so very pleased that my family knows me so very, very well! From my youngest son ... Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:47:53 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/press-release-and-other-progress.html Yesterday I became the proud subject of a press release, the month-long gallery showing at Sarasvati began, and today I stayed nose to the grindstone until I completed the most recent canvas: Magdalena de los Gitanas. My back and shoulders know how d... Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:48:14 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/sarasvati.html Today begins my first gallery showing in over a decade! Nervous' Not really, and I suppose that's odd, but since having people see my portfolio on Fine Art America, I've begun to accept that this "new me" of bright colors is not too far-out for peopl... Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:25:57 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/7-sold.html Today I've made my first sale in twenty-five years. Somewhere in New York, there is someone waiting to put Slipstream on their wall, and also awaiting delivery of two of my Oriental series pieces in greeting card size. Its a bit disconcerting, but in... Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:04:19 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/pacing.html I am rapidly learning that not only has my artistic style greatly changed, so has my endurance! I used to think nothing of working all night, grabbing a shower and then running all day. Twenty-five years ago. Still, the "imitation self-confidence" I ... Tue, 29 May 2012 03:16:23 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/beginning-again.html I have primarily focused on my photographic art during the "child raising years." It was fast, immediate gratification that could be done in the odd fragments of time when the tasks of the day had been whisked out of the way within an hour or two of ...