Educational Writings

Teaching Philosophy (Art)

• Why I should be Appointed to a Professorship in Painting
• "Slide Lecture on My Own Development as an Artist" (coming soon)

Lectures in Art and Art History

• "Why Artists Draw Naked People All the Time" (coming soon)
• "What Abstract Painting is All About" (coming soon)

Miscellaneous Essays/Lectures

• "Examples of Reinforcement of Sexist Attitudes by Texas Newspapers (1997)"
• "Graduation Address (Sober Driving)"
• "Why Cafes are Better Exhibition Spaces Than Galleries (In Austin, TX and Perhaps Elsewhere as Well)"
• "The Piano vs. Schindler's List (Notes After Having Seen Both in the Same Week)"
• Art Reviews for the Austin American-Statesman

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