David Bayles

Photographer and co-author of the book, Art and Fear.

For thirty three years David has photographed personal projects as well as commercial assignments. He has received numerous awards and been published in a wide variety of magazines and books. While making portraits of trees, forests, people and buildings has been the largest part of his creative output, teaching and sharing his passion with others is close behind.

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Art and Fear

Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

by David Bayles, Ted Orland

Art and fear. (You may have noticed they go together.) This is a quick-reading (122 pages), witty, real look at the process and challenges of making art. Of course, I think the biggest art project all of us can ever engage in is the creation of our own optimized and actualized lives, so we’ll be focusing on Big Ideas we can apply to our lives today including: quitting vs. stopping, fast vs. slow, 50 lbs, the importance of progress, naive passion vs. informed passion and how to get work done like a PRO!