• 5 Painters who are similar to Susan Rothenberg

    5 Painters who are similar to Susan Rothenberg

    This is an experiment, to see if AI, in the form of Chat GPT, can find painters similar to Susan Rothenberg. Susan Rothenberg’s style is known for its figurative elements, use of bold lines, and expressive forms. Here are a few lesser-known artists who share some similarities in their styles with Rothenberg:

  • Hummel Plates made by Danbury Mint

    Hummel Plates made by Danbury Mint

    I’m trying something new in the Etsy Shop. Recently I came across a large lot of Hummel Plates made by Danbury Mint in the late 1980’s – early 1990’s. It was one of those days when I was wandering around the thrift store, looking for any random object that needed to be rescued. These little…

  • Are We Using AI or is AI Using us?

    Are We Using AI or is AI Using us?

    In January I was thinking a lot about my phone and social media addiction. I wondered how I could curtail these things without giving them up entirely. Then somehow these videos about the attention economy appeared in my timeline. I’ve watched all of them, and I’ve been thinking about the content of them continuously. To…

  • Dries Van Noten AI Collage

    Dries Van Noten AI Collage

    I was fooling around with Dries Van Noten prompts in various AI apps, and I ended up making a collage. I started with a met museum costume institute image that I scribbled on with the Procreate app. I love looking at Dries Van Noten clothes for artistic inspiration. Putting his name in the AI was…

  • Ideas for a weekly art review

    Ideas for a weekly art review

    This week I’m trying to come up with some ideas for a weekly art review. I’m hoping to start a new process for the new year. I would like to use this blog space to track my progress a little better, and with that in mind, I came up with the idea of using a…

  • Notes from an Art Class in 1998

    Notes from an Art Class in 1998

    The following are some short notes I took at a painting class on September 30, 1998. The place was the Maryland College of Art (MICA), and this was a night class that was part of the continuing education program. We would bring our paintings in and group critique them, and the rest of the time…