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The Dynamics of Sharing Our Creativity

by Robert Maniscalco | May 9, 2022 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, Theatre Related

Blinders On When I ran the Maniscalco Gallery in Grosse Pointe, I remember more than once, artists coming through the door, head down, arms full of art, mumbling something like, “I don’t want to look at anyone else’s art. That’s how I know that what I’m doing is...

Palm Sunday Conversation About Dreams

by Robert Maniscalco | Apr 10, 2022 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View

Welcome to Psalm Punday! Today, we live in a world of guns and violins. Personally, I don’t condone violins. I’m rather partial to violas. Seriously, thanks for having me here at the All Souls Waccamaw Unitarian Universalist Church. We tried this once before. And then...

Portrait of Juan Wu Li

by Robert Maniscalco | Mar 22, 2022 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture

I have gotten to be very particular about taking posthumous portrait commissions. They pose some singular challenges to any portrait artist. My goal is to capture life, or at least to create portraits that have the feeling of being painted from life. This can be very...

LOVE

by Robert Maniscalco | Feb 14, 2022 | Motivational, World View

This Valentines I’d like to take a moment to admire those who take seriously the idea of love, integrating love into our daily lives. Love is a verb. Love is pure potential. Love is the life force that makes all things possible. Love is more action than feeling or...

Freedom and Truth

by Robert Maniscalco | Feb 12, 2022 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, World View

Plausible Truths In light of the trucker protests, essentially weaponizing their trucks and the anti-vax movement at large, my measured conclusion is that ignorance is a fatal disease. Not getting vaccinated may kill you and others. As we pray for the future of a...

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