Artist Tom Askman embraces ambiguity in his teaching, artmaking and recent book, with advice not just for artists

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Tom Askman at his home studio.

At 83, artist and longtime art teacher Tom Askman has these wise words for would-be artists: “There are no rules in artmaking except for the one rule that there are no rules.”

Don’t get hung up on technique or trying to emulate a certain style, says Askman, who taught studio art at Eastern Washington University from 1972 to 2022. Instead, “just be able to explore everything that you can come up with from your intuition and use your imagination to

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