Process Mar 14, 2032
Nine Months for One Painting
Working in thin layers means most of the time is spent waiting, which changes what the painting ends up being about.
Clara Ostend
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Practical Feb 28, 2032
How I Price Paintings, and Why Studio Prices Match the Gallery's
Undercutting the gallery that shows your work is the fastest way to stop having one.
Clara Ostend
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Process Feb 14, 2032
Why I Paint From the Room and Not From a Photograph
A camera flattens the exact thing the painting is about.
Clara Ostend
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Practical Jan 31, 2032
What a Gallery Actually Does for Fifty Percent
The commission looks enormous until you cost out doing it yourself.
Clara Ostend
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Practical Jan 17, 2032
What Happens on a Studio Visit
For anyone who has been invited and is quietly unsure what is expected of them.
Clara Ostend
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Materials Dec 19, 2031
Linen, Ground and Why the Surface Decides Everything
The support is not a neutral thing you paint on top of. It is half the painting.
Clara Ostend
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