Welcome to Pairings

Get your creative mojo off the back burner  .  .  . When you’re just coming down from a huge burst of your creative output, you don’t...

Snowed Under in Seco by Jann Alexander © 2014 Beneath a blanket of snow in Arroyo Seco , there must be a story to go with a small and...

Is it finished?  ShimmerScape by Jann Alexander © 2013 It’s often hard for a painter to know when to quit.  I’m facing that question...

First Encounter: Greetings from Austin, 2004 by Jann Alexander [Mural: Todd Sanders © Roadhouse Relics] It was still spring in Austin,...

It Was Beautiful That Afternoon , oil on canvas by Jann Alexander © 2013 A summer cycling trip through Idaho, approaching the Grand...

Lightscapes / On the Lake, Austin by Jann Alexander © 2013 .    .    . There’s a complex explanation in physics for reflection....

ART CONNECTS ME to the whole wide world. It’s in the  details  of everything I see, be it a painting in a gallery window, a pair of...

Down East Wine by Jann Alexander © 2013 Wine seems to be a favorite of many artists and photographers (whether using it for subject...

Down East Wine by Jann Alexander © 2013 Wine seems to be a favorite of many artists and photographers (whether using it for subject...

Wine and art make an incomparable pairing . That must be why it’s always served at art gallery openings. In fact, isn’t that why there’s...

Happy July Fourth, Maine by Jann Alexander © 2013 Artists have painted flags for as long as artists have painted, from Claude Monet to...

Too Late to Look for the Spear by Jann Alexander © 2013 Stylin’ High © Jann Alexander A pack of Wrigley’s Spearmint gum could relieve...

“ It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene,...

From Wikipedia Commons As a child, I was either reading, writing or drawing (or some combination thereof), which is what I still mostly...

(And Your Brand Is Your Image.) If you’re a visual artist or photographer, your image is your brand. Literally. You’re known for what you...

We are continually amazed (yet entertained) by Dumb Things Artists Do To Try to Get Into Galleries . Dumb, because they’ve given no...