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College was epic. I was a late bloomer, set free in downtown Chicago. Columbia College was the only college I applied to, largely...
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Anna Stark
Jul 141 min read
#doitfortheprocess
This is my favorite hashtag. It perfectly sums up the artistic journey, emphasizing that the process of painting extends far beyond our...
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Anna Stark
May 122 min read
My Fair Lady
“I got in!” I was accepted into my first art fair in the fall of 2021. The Lakeville Art Festival has an emerging artist’s program -...
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Anna Stark
Mar 312 min read
Why Do I Paint What I Paint?
When I first started oil painting, I painted what other people were painting. Tea cups, fruit, avocados (I think every painter has...
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Anna Stark
Mar 242 min read
Self Portraits
Today I turn 36. Another year around the sun. I spent the last few days painting a new self-portrait. Painting yourself is a strange...
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Anna Stark
Mar 102 min read
Arts High
Perpich Center for Arts Education - an arts high school in the Twin Cities. To get into this school, you had to apply. Legit fill out an...
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Anna Stark
Feb 252 min read
Not a Prodigy
"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and...
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Anna Stark
Feb 182 min read
Practice Makes Progress
"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." - Vincent Van Gogh These are...
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Anna Stark
Feb 41 min read
The Jump to Oils
"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." - Vincent van Gogh ...
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Anna Stark
Jan 282 min read
Things are getting Sketchy
"The first step towards mastering painting is to master the pencil." – Unknown In 2019, I stumbled upon a transformative piece of...
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Anna Stark
Jan 213 min read
Dilettante
Dilettante : a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as art, without real commitment or knowledge I used to paint purely from...
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Anna Stark
Jan 142 min read
Tiny Art by Anna
"I think every artist at some point has the sinking feeling that they're a complete fraud and utterly untalented." – Lauren Groff In...
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Anna Stark
Jan 72 min read
A Cat Without Whiskers
“I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.” – Vincent van Gogh. At the heart of van Gogh’s words lies the...
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Anna Stark
Jan 12 min read
Let’s Start at the Very Beginning... ...a very good place to start
"Every artist was first an amateur." – Ralph Waldo Emerson Welcome to my blog! I've been wanting to start one for a while now... My...
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