A resurrection story
So, here I am posting about learning, once again, how I came to accept the limits of my control and learning to be OK with it. It was a...
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Exploring the Flow of Oneness,
One Luminous Painting at a Time
RitaMarie Cimini
- Apr 18
Slow down … you move too fast
Recently, a fellow artist sent me an article about a well known British sculptor who decided to make work that could be absorbed in just...
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RitaMarie Cimini
- Mar 16
Some tips on how to handle criticism with grace or Don't Take it Personally
Good conversation about your work with other artists and your viewers is essential to your work. Receiving criticism or feedback can...
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RitaMarie Cimini
- Mar 16
Focus on the Making, on the truth of the work
Do not depend on the hope of results…you may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve no result...
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RitaMarie Cimini
- Mar 16
Painting Faces: An interview with Janet Boltax
There is a lot to be gained from painted portraits. A true portrait is fuller and richer than simply an image on a flat surface. (Sam...
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RitaMarie Cimini
- Mar 16
Easter for Laura - Working with Artistic Limitations
When the artist activates his being, awakens to his surroundings, and sets himself the task of creating, connections are made out of...
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RitaMarie Cimini
- Mar 16
Art Marketing Salon
Did you miss Studio Montclair's Art Marketing Salon? On Tuesday, April 14 there was a full house present to hear Virginia Fabbri Butera,...
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RitaMarie Cimini
- Mar 16
Water on the brain
I am happy to announce that my painting "That Day" will be included in an exhibit Water/Color curated by Marcie Cooperman. The subject...
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RitaMarie Cimini
- Mar 16
Filling the well
Because we are creatures of our society which prizes productivity so highly, we can come to judge ourselves by measuring our output and...
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RitaMarie Cimini
- Mar 16
Be Still
Some weeks this post is about art, some weeks it is more about spirituality. This week I've just returned from an eight day silent...
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RitaMarie Cimini
- Mar 16
Light work: Looking at the work of Medardo Rosso
I discovered and became a devotee of Medardo Rosso (1858-1928) when in graduate school, studying Painting and Sculpture. Last night I...
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RitaMarie Cimini
- Mar 16
Time Lapse: 6 tactics to help you self market without using up all that precious creative time
Break it down into tasks and find a system to organize your time. Know what you need to do. Make a list. There are many apps that will...
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RitaMarie Cimini
- Mar 16
Living Gratefully
Melody Beattie Gratitude is more than counting your blessings. Incorporating gratitude into your life, or practicing grateful living,...
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RitaMarie Cimini
- Mar 16
On Rejection and Acceptance
“There’s nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.” James Lee Burke A really cool thing happened this week. A...
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RitaMarie Cimini
- Mar 16
Revelations: Portraits of Artists and Friends Exhibit
I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends(continuing through October 4, 2015). Going in...
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