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01 Oct

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(c) Hazel Dooney

(c) Hazel Dooney

Do you worry about your art being stolen?  Some creative types worry about this incessantly.

The progressive, successful ones don’t.

THE OLD WAY OF THINKING: The old way was to fiercely guard your images from any possible unauthorized use, even if it meant not letting many people see them.

I had an older gentleman tell me that he was afraid to put his paintings on the internet, for fear of someone stealing his ideas!

I told him that was the least of his worries; (more…)

08 Jun

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Whaling Wall #94

“If you have the desire, passion and enthusiasm to do something, nothing in the world will stop you.”  Luke Poyner

Most people give up when things get too hard.  Little do they know, what they want is just around the corner, if only they hang on a little longer.

How hard will you fight for your big ideas?  Does your passion carry you through, or do you give up when the fight gets too tough?

Wyland was passionate about saving whales.  At the age of 22, the Laguna Beach artist was driving down Pacific Coast Highway when his eyes were drawn to a blank wall.  And like a bolt of lightning, he was struck with the vision of (more…)