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I’ve Decided Not to Go to Creative Arts Camp this Year
By Polly Castor on May 14, 2026Read moreYou long time blog readers know I adore Creative Arts Camp on the shores of Long Lake in Maine....
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Permission to be Imperfect (Louis Noble quote)
By Polly Castor on May 13, 2026Read moreWhen you make a mark that doesn’t look right, every instinct says fix it. Wipe it off. Paint over...

Moral Courage (New Abstract Painting in Pastel)
By Polly Castor on May 12, 2026Read moreWhat do we need more of these days? Moral courage. So I decided to paint it.

I’m in this PSME “Pastels Only” National Show
By Polly Castor on May 7, 2026Read moreThese shows tend to be highly representational, but I doggedly keep submitting abstraction. My work sticks out as a...

Hans Hofmann Show at the Yale Art Gallery
By Polly Castor on May 5, 2026Read moreI have long appreciated Hans Hofmann's work as both an artist and an influential teacher to an early generation...
