Lessons Learned

Keep sincerity as the cornerstone of art making.



12 Guiding Principles
- Draw often to improve observation and thinking.
- Keep sincerity as the cornerstone of art making.
- Practice rituals and habits dominated by a health and wellness lifestyle.
- Make collaboration an active branch of the studio practice.
- Capitalize on technical skills, material proficiency, and new technology to enhance the overall experience.
- Embrace risk taking as a guide to discovery while exploiting the tension between controlled and accidental mark making.
- Avoid loaded subject matter and trends unless necessary.
- Oscillate between communication and disruption.
- Simplicity in favor of complexity.
- Be unconcerned about mass appeal.
- Stay open to prompts from the universe.
- Go skate.




Principles are essential.
It’s the cultivation of principles such as discipline and experimentation that allow ideas to grow. Rather than a statement about this new body of work, it’s the 12 principles listed above that ground the exhibition Lessons Learned.
These 12 concepts provided Giroux with a framework for making decisions and solving problems, allowing him to navigate the creative process with confidence and intentionality.

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