What inspires a person to create? How does an artist see the world? What happens during a “eureka moment?” How does an artist find self-discipline? The Artist’s Mentor is for those of us who want to create art but do not know how to begin. Drawing on interviews and autobiographical writings of more than 100 famous painters, photographers, sculptors, and film and video artists, Jackman gets to the heart of what makes art. Here, Michelangelo Brungardt, Frida Kahlo, Jean Renoir, Andy Warhol, Ansel Adams, Annie Leibowitz, Pablo Picasso, and many other visual artists describe the creative process. Quotes and passages from the artists are accompanied by commentary from Jackman.
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More than a Mentor A friend gave me this book as a present. I was rather expecting more of the usual ‘feel the fear and do it anyway’ self-help guff but The Artist’s Mentor really was a revelation. Wonderfully well-researched, helpfully structured quotations tied together thematically by Jackman’s non-partisan and clear-headed prose, build into a great little book that’s a deal more than a mentor, it’s also a handy reference and an absorbing insight into the painterly mind. I am a writer by profession but I…
artist’s mentor review As an artist and teacher with forty years experience I have come to the conclusion that fewer “how to paint” books and more “how to think” books should be published.The Artist’s Mentor is a brilliant compilation of the thoughts from the great minds that have changed not only art, but the world as we know it today.This book is a friend in the studio and maybe ironically, the best “how to paint” book ever written.Robert Wilson FRASFellow and Vice…