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The Painter's Keys is the online extension of Robert Genn's Twice-Weekly Letter. Creative folks from more than 115 countries visit this website for information, inspiration, artist advice, friendship and connectivity. Informed and successful painters and other artists make their own contribution through the Twice-Weekly responses or clickbacks. It has also been our goal to make this website an online resource of information for artists and a place to share with others what you are doing, such as through the Art Show Calendar, Art Workshop Calendar and Premium Art Listings. One of the most popular pages is the Art Quotes page, and we also share other things like a listing of Art Retreats available to artists, books, videos, and more.


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~~~ Recent Robert Genn Twice-Weekly Letters ~~~

Summer joy

June 18, 2013

Dear Artist,

Readers might recall that my daughter Sara and I conduct a couple of painting workshops each summer--one at the Cortes Island retreat called Hollyhock, the other heli-painting in the Bugaboo mountains. Last summer at Hollyhock we were accompanied by Dennie and Peter Segnitz, owners of the White Rock Gallery where... Read On





How to paint intuitively

June 14, 2013

Dear Artist,

Intuition is generally defined as the ability to acquire knowledge or perform tasks without the benefit of reason. On the other hand, bright minds have had a hard time putting a finger on just what intuition is. The Swiss psychotherapist and founder of analytical psychology Carl Jung considered intuition an "irrational function." The reformed priest... Read On





The winner effect

June 11, 2013

Dear Artist,

In good times and bad it looks like 10% of the galleries do 90% of the business. Similarly, 10% of the artists sell 90% of the art. With the number of folks taking up painting these days and the volume of artists graduating from art schools, this figure may be closer to 1%. In comparison to some other professions, it's pretty depressing. Mind you... Read On







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