New York, New York

Two current exhibitions feature notable painters of the urban scene, Richard Estes and John Dubrow.
The ability to remove the cerebral assumptions of what you think you know and just respond honestly can be key to developing authentic work.
John A. Parks has published Universal Principles of Art: 100 Key Concepts for Understanding, Analyzing, and Practicing Art, an elegantly-designed compendium of “one hundred principles, fundamental ideas and approaches to making art.”