Charles van Heck's Woodhull Journal

art

  • The Vision of Chrissy Mount (Kapp): Integrating Art and Business

    For newer artists or crafters, I would start with the basics: Is this your business or is this your hobby? And then act accordingly based on your answer. The danger is pretending your “art” is something it is not. Continue reading

  • The Vision of Chrissy Mount (Kapp): Integrating Art and Business

    I hope that through my paintings, my audience will remember their own history and develop an appreciation of the sacrifices past generations have made to create the United States of America. Much of this formal and family history is not… Continue reading

  • The Unspoiled Core

    Art is our response to life. The artist is a person who perceives and desires to transmit to others what they have experienced—to open the eyes of others to what is present and awaiting their (our) awareness. The artist shares… Continue reading

  • A Letter to an Artist Friend

    We live on schedules that are responses to what others impose on us. The peculiar aspect of this is that we do this wearing different personas, masking ourselves as if in Greek plays, alternating between comedy and drama. People judge… Continue reading

  • Daydreams, Imagination, and Childlike Wonder

    Solitary moments are often difficult to come by in our contemporary life. But when we pause to reflect, we can see the interaction of space and time in nature, art, literature, architecture, and other forms of creative expression. How space-time… Continue reading

  • On Art: Time, Light and Perspective

    When I first took up painting with the encouragement of the Canadian artists Terrill Welch and her husband, David Colussi, Terrill advised me to include notes on my sensory experiences when sketching a scene. These notes would include the time… Continue reading

  • Croissants, Bagels and Harvard’s Space Anomaly

    There is no time of day more underrated than the morning. A cup of coffee with a slice of toast. Personally, I would prefer either a fresh croissant or a fresh bagel. Finding a quality bagel or croissant is difficult.… Continue reading

  • WHAT IS YOUR PASSION?

    A REMINDER OF BEAUTY I received a newsletter from a dear friend, Terrill Welch, two days ago. Terrill is an artist residing on Mayne Island, British Columbia. The newsletter contained photographs of works in progress and photographs of the shoreline… Continue reading

  • ART AND THE LET GO POINT

    There is a strangeness to the mornings. This is partly due to my inability to adjust to the time change these past few weeks. But there is more to the peculiarity. Spring’s arrival. The transition from winter, which was mild… Continue reading