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Inspiration:

How to Have More Meaningful Intentions in your Artwork - January 2007

Jurying an Exhibit: No Risk - No Art! - January 2007

The Creative Process... How I Stumble Through it and How I Make it Work for Me - February 2007

If You Have to Ask the Question, the Answer is Yes! - March 2007

The Magic Studio - April 2007

It's It's No Secret - Get Over Yourself! - April 2007

The Big Idea - May 2007

The History of my Permission Slip - June 2007

All Children are Natural Born Artists... and Painters - July 2007

The "Sometimes Fear" in Painting - July 2007

The "All Children are Natural Born Artists... and Painters", Part 2 - August/September 2007

The The "Oops Slip" - August/September 2007

Bob's Birds - February 2008

"To the Crazy Ones" - May/June 2008

Stephanie Lam's "Things I Learned from Bob" - July/August 2008

Doctor Bob's Advice Column - October 2008

Dr. Bob's Advice Column - November 2008

How I Create - September 2009

Ideas to Get You Started in the Studio - September 2009

Inspiration for painting everyday - Henry Miller and Robert Motherwell - October 2009

Quick Guide to Making a Goof Proof Painting - February 2010

What is a Goal? And How to Develop a Theme - October 2010

Creative Block Busters - November 2010

"To the Crazy Ones" updated - January 2011

Starting my Day in the Studio - February/March 2011

What I Do when I’m Painted Out and Empty - April 2011

333 - Birth of a New Series - May 2011

Some Things are Just Funny! Quotes & Observations - May 2011

What “Painterly” Means to Me - June/July 2011

Children are Natural Born Artists, Part 1 - June/July 2011

Children are Natural Born Artists, Part 2 - August 2011

When to STOP - October 2011

Why Art Matters - October 2011

Painting Intentions Today - My Goal for any Painting - June 2012

Loosen Up your "Problem Child" Painting - March 2013

Make a Decision… and Make it Happen! - April 2013

Creativity and Improvisation in the Studio - February 2014

Ponder This! - Name the Painting First - February 2014

Book & DVD/VHS Reviews:

The Yellow House - Van Gogh, Gauguin and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles by Martin Gaylord - April 2007

Finding Your Visual Voice: A Painter's Guide to Developing an Artistic Style by Dakota Mitchell and Lee Haroun - May 2007

Pictures of Nothing - Abstract Art Since Pollock by Kirk Varnedoe - June 2007

Powercolor - Master Color Concepts for all Media by Caroline Jasper - July 2007

Conversations in Paint by Charles Dunn - August/September 2007

de Kooning: An American Master by Mark Stevens & Annalyn Swan - October/November 2007

Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland - February 2008

Celebrate your Creative Self by Mary Todd Beam - March 2008

Art Class - A Complete Guide to Painting by Simon Jennings - April 2008

Color by Betty Edwards: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors - May/June 2008

Color - A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay - May/June 2008

A Book of Colors by Shigenobu Kobayashi - May/June 2008

Who Gets to Call it Art? DVD - May/June 2008

Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook: Universal Dimensional Patterns by Bruce Rawles - May/June 2008

Creative Authenticity - 16 Principles to Clarify and Deepen your Artistic Vision by Ian Roberts - July/August 2008

Strokes of Genius: Franz Kline VHS Video - July/August 2008

New American Paintings published by Open Studio Press - September 2008

Baraka, A World Beyond Words DVD - September 2008

The Turning Point: The Abstract Expressionists and the Transformation of American Art by April Kingsley - October 2008

Hockney at the Tate DVD - October 2008

Oil Painter's Solution Book Landscapes: 100 Answers to Your Oil Painting Questions by Elizabeth Tolley - November 2008

Empires - The Medici, Godfathers of the Universe - November 2008

An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art - January 2009

Creative Paint Workshop for Mixed Media Artists by Ann Baldwin - March 2009

The Creative Edge: Exercises to Celebrate your Creative Self by Mary Todd Beam - August 2009

The Journals of Grace Hartigan, 1951-1955 by William T. La Moy & Joseph P. McCaffrey - September 2009

The Writings of Robert Motherwell, edited by Dore Ashton with Joan Banach - October 2009

Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines by Linda Kemp - October 2009

Robert Motherwell and the New York School: Storming the Citadel DVD - October 2009

Painters’ Guide and Color Manual by Caroline Jasper - February 2010

Inside the Painter’s Studio by Joe Fig - July 2010

Art Forms in Nature by Ernst Haechel - July 2010

Chuck Close: Life by Christopher Finch - October 2010

Herb & Dorothy, You don’t have a be a Rockefeller to collect art. A film by Megumi Sasaki - October 2010

Life by Keith Richards - November 2010

Dancing with Degas by Julie Merberg & Suzanne Bober - January 2011

Paris: The Luminous Years (PBS) DVD - January 2011

Tom and Jack: The Intertwined Lives of Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock by Henry Adams - February/March 2011

Pollock DVD - February/March 2011

An Exaltation of Larks by James Lipton - February/March 2011

On Mexican Time by Tony Cohan - April 2011

Behind the Doors of San Miguel Allende by Robert de Gast - April 2011

Mexicolor: The Spirit of Mexican Design by Tony Cohan, Masako Takahashi and Melba Levick - April 2011

Surface Treatment Workshop: Explore 45 Mixed Media Techniques by Darlene Olivia McElroy and Sandra Duran-Wilson - May 2011

Painting Below Zero: Notes on a life in Art by James Rosenquist - May 2011

Creativity: Unconventional Wisdom from 20 Accomplished Minds by Herbert M. Meyers and Richard Gerstman - May 2011

300 Papermaking Recipes by Mary Reimer & Heidi Reimer-Epp - June/July 2011

Rothko’s Rooms DVD, David Thompson Director - June/July 2011

Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures by Robert K. Wittman and John Shiffman - August 2011

Born Standing Up by Steve Martin - October 2011

The George Carlin Letters: The Permanent Courtship of Salley Wade by Sally Wade - October 2011

Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art, 1945-1980 - June 2012

Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series - June 2012

L.A. Raw: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles, 1945-1980 - June 2012

The Cool School DVD, Director, Morgan Neville - June 2012

Painters Painting - New York Art SceneActors: New York Art Scene, 1940-1970 DVD - June 2012

Modern Painters Magazine, Published by Louise Blouin Media - March 2013

The Private Lives of the Impressionists by Sue Roe - April 2013

Bomb Magazine, published by New Art Publications Inc - April 2013

Henry Yan's Figure Drawing, Techniques and Tips by Henry Yan - February 2014

ArtForum Magazine, published by ArtForum International - February 2014

Raw Vision Magazine, published by Raw Vision Ltd - March 2014

Compositions & Color Combinations:

Cruciform Composition - March 2007

Asymmetrical Composition - April 2007

Horizonal Composition - May 2007

Diagonal Composition - June 2007

Vertical Composition - July 2007

Curves Composition - August/September 2007

Constellation Composition - October/November 2007

Overlapping Frames & Squares Composition - February 2008

Meander Composition - March 2008

Uneasiness Composition - April 2008

Golden Section Composition - May/June 2008

Spiritual/Portrait Composition - July/August 2008

Facing Your Fears of Certain Colors - September 2008

Yellow is Dominant - October 2008

Red is Dominant - November 2008

Violet is the Dominant Color - January 2009

Cad Middle Green is the Dominant Color - March 2009

Katsura Blue is the the Dominant Color - August 2009

Cad Green Light is the the Dominant Color - September 2009

Marigold is the Dominant Color - October 2009

Compose Blue #2 is the Dominant Color - February 2010

Compose Rose is the Dominant Color - July 2010

Warm Tones & Cool Tones - October 2010

Neutral Tones and the Burridge Color Wheel - January 2011

Same Subject, Different Color Combinations - February/March 2011

The Reasoning Behind my Goof Proof Color Wheel - April 2011

Match the Color Wheel? No Worries! and Gray Scale Review - May 2011

Munsell Color Theory and my Goof Proof Color Wheel - June/July 2011

Abstract - Red is Dominant - August 2011

Abstract - High Key Combination/Marigold is Dominant - October 2011

Assignments & How-To's:

Mounting Watercolor Paper on Canvas - February 2007

Bizarre Images on Paper: How to Create Fascinating Organic Images on Paper for Collage Work using Citra-Solv - March 2007

Making Mud and How to Get Out of It - April 2007

25 Landscape Painting Assignments - May 2007

Patterns and Repetition of Shapes - June 2007

Sign Your Artwork - March 2008

Daily Warmups: Getting Started - April 2008

Daily Warmups: Why I Tone my Surface First - May/June 2008

Daily Warmups: Finishing Up - Adding the Wow! and Extended Color -July/August 2008

Rembrandt-Style Lighting Technique - October 2008

Rembrandt Light Technique - in Color - November 2008

What’s so Importants about the Gray Scale? - November 2008

Using Red Acetate Helps with Values - January 2009

Put Life in Your Landscape by Adding Human Images - August 2009

Drip Trees - September 2009

What’s the WOW Factor? - February 2010

Diptychs, Triptychs and Polyptychs - February 2010

Toning the Background Orange or Blue? - July 2010

The Gray Scale - Values & Lighting - October 2010

How to Glue Watercolor Paper on Canvas - January 2011

What’s Up with Texture, part 1 - April 2011

What’s Up with Texture, part 2 - May 2011

Try This… Techniques to Get You Started - August 2011

How to Glue Watercolor Paper Paintings on Wood Panels - March 2013

Step-by-Step, Painting of the Month - April 2013

The Reason we Draw, Drawing Tools - February 2014

Step-by-Step, "Rembrandt Style" Lighting - February 201

Studio Tips:

Stuck Jar Lids - May 2007

Stuck Caps on Watercolor Tubes - May 2007

Painting with Viva Towels - June 2007

Disposing of your Dirty Water - Pantyhose in a Bucket - July 2007

Studio Tools - Tongue Depressors - August/September 2007

Gesso - October/November 2007

Light Source - October/November 2007

Studio Tools - Reducing Glass - February 2008

Drawing Tools - February 2008

Why Wide Mouth Jars? - March 2008

Use a Discard mat to Help You See - April 2008

Use an Industrial Strength Pump Spray Bottle - May/June 2008

Can with Holes and Plastic Bags - July/August 2008

Tearing Watercolor Paper - October 2008

Laying out Warmup Paintings on a Full Sheet of Watercolor Paper - October 2008

Transparent vs Opaque - November 2008

Isopopyl Alcohol, January 2009

Adhesives: Gel Mediums and Yes Glue - March 2009

More Adhesives: Tape - March 2009

Special Effects: Aquamedia, Water and Alcohol - August 2009

Your Painting, Is it Finished? - September 2009

Spray Fixatives I Like (for now!) - October 2009

Wrap That Blade! - October 2009

Glazing and Tinting - February 2010

Demo Using Derwent’s Inktense Pencils - July 2010

Gesso Spreader - July 2010

Castile Soap by Citra-Solv - October 2010

Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink - October 20100

Varnishing Large Artwork - October 2010

Studio Table Leg Extenders - November 2010

Creating a Deckle Edge - January 2011

Using Plastic Squeeze Bottles to Loosen Up - January 2011

Color Mixing on the Table - January 2011

Wide Mouth Jars and Big Buckets of Water - February/March 2011

How to Pack your Paints when Flying - February/March 2011

Studio Hanging System - April 2011

An Alternative to Gesso - Great Results but... - April 2011

Red Viewers for Contrast - April 2011

Cracking Varnish - May 2011

Getting Rid of Dimples in Canvases - May 2011

Playtime - Paint other stuff to get Warmed Up! - May 2011

Painting over Varnish - June/July 2011

Avoiding Air Pockets - June/July 2011

Sketchbooks and Idea Files - June/July 2011

Keeping Watercolor Paper Flat - August 2011

Preparing to Paint - My Typical Table Layout - August 2011

Painting with out Bubbles - October 2011

How I Prepare my Painting Table - June 2012

Moveable Walls for Working on Large Art - June 2012

Pre-Gesso Tip - March 2013

Tearing Watercolor Paper - April 2013

Tearing a Deckled Edge - April 2013

Painter's Keys - April 2013

Collage Papers - March 2014

Framing Hardware - March 2014

Exhibitions:

Canyons & Headlands at Kinion - March 2007

Wingland - March 2007

Roadside Attractions - March 2008

No Full Disclosure, Mendocino Art Center - March 2009

Impure Thoughts... Large Installation Drawings in Chalk, Ash, Pastels & Powders - June 2012

New Series - The Magic Circus - March 2013

Featured Products:

Holbein Mat Acrylic - January 2007

Burridge's New Goof-Proof Color Wheel - January 2007

Joe Miller Signature Series One Coat Gesso - June 2007

Cheap Joe's Prime Canvas - July 2007

Watersoluble Drawing Pencils - March 2008

Beezolio - April 2008

Fabriano Artistico Watercolor Paper - May/June 2008

Lascaux Aquacryl Hybrid Acrylics - September 2008

Gallery Wrap Canvases and Canvas Panels - October 2008

Artists Need Sketchbooks - November 2008

Soltek Easel - January 2009

Faber-Castell Artist Watercolor Pencil Set - March 2009

Joe's Prime Painting Panels - August 2009

Bob’s Bucket of Holbein Acryla Acrylic Paint - September 2009

Inktense Pencils from Derwent - October 2009

Joe Miller Signature Field Easel - February 2010

Steel Studio Easel from Jerry's Artarama & Easy L Easel - July 2010

Isabey Brushes - October 1010

Fabriano Watercolor Paper - November 2011

Gamblin Artist Colors & Oil Painting Mediums - November 2011

Joe's Prime Really Good Canvas Panels - February/March 2011

Black Horse Fine Art Supply - April 2011

Need to Ship a Painting? - May 2011

Venus Studios Art Supply - May 2011

Derwent Inktense Blocks - May 2011

Marvelous Marianne’s SkinSafer Barrier Cream - June/July 2011

Kleenedge Painting Tape - June/July 2011

Canson Glassine Paper - October 2011

Cool Tool for Fatter Brush Handles - October 2011

Cheap Joe's Cradled Panels - June 2012

SpectraFix - Protecting my Seven Foot Pastel Drawings - June 2012

New Holbein Artist Acrylic Pain

Dorland's Wax Medium - April 2013

Bristle Magic Brush Cleaner - April 2013


Best Rolls of Tape in my Studio - March 2014


Art Marketing:

Sign Your Work - February 2007

Presentation of Artwork - March 2007

Get Involved in Local Events: Exposure Equals Success - April 2007

Limited Edition Sizes - May 2007

Commissioned Artwork - May 2007

Determining Pricing - June 2007

Pricing Limited Edition Prints - June 2007

Setting Up a Website - July 2007

Painting Sizes for an Exhibition - July 2007

Artists' Portfolio - August/September 2007

Painting Pricing Framed Artwork - August/September 2007

Pricing and Commissions - October/November 2007

Who Pays for the Shipping? - October/November 2007

Who Owns the Copyright? - February 2008

Signing Giclée Prints - February 2008

Framing Tips for Juried Shows - March 2008

Determining the Sizes of Canvas - March 2008

What Name Should I Use? April 2008

Marketing During the "Slow Months" - May/June, 2008

Hand-embellishing Giclée Prints - July/August 2008

Pricing Giclée Prints - July/August 2008

Who Makes the Wall Tags and other Exhibit Details - September 2008

Adding to a Body of Work - September 2008

What is the Difference between a Series and a Body of Work? - October 2008

How to Best Prioritize PR Duties - October 2008

Registering your Copyright - Groups, Samples, Submissions - November 2008

Who Makes the Tags? And Other Ways you Pay your Gallery a Big Commission - November 2008

Pricing Your Artwork for Beginners - January 2009

Bios and Artists’ Statements - March 2009

Working in Painting Themes & Series for Galleries - August 2009

Preparing a Prospectus - August 2009

Limited Editions of Giclée prints - September 2009

Art Scams - September 2009

Resume - October 2009

Airfoat Systems Boxes for Shipping Artwork - February 2010

Social Networking... Exposure equals success - February 2010

More Social Networking - July 2010

Do's & Dont’s of Art Festivals - October 2010

Floater Frames - November 2010

Goal Setting - January 2011

Contacting Galleries - February/March 2011

What do You do AFTER You get into a Gallery - April 2011

What Else do you Give your Customer? and Bill of Sale - May 2011

Am I Ready for an Art Agent? - June/July 2011

Returns, Exchanges and “On Approval” - August 2011

Commission Works - Who Owns the Copyright? - October 2011

Copyright Infringement - June 2012

Creating an Inventory System of your Artwork - April 2013

Your Website - Top 10 Must Have's - February 2014

Donations - March 2014


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