Your Marketing Assistant

Do you need a marketing assistant to help promote and market your work? Here are some things to think about before you go down that road! With respect to selling art there is a sense in which the work speaks for itself and there is also a sense in which it is a...

Get More Painting Done

Do you want to get more painting done? Then kill maybe! “Maybe” is an artist’s worst enemy – and here’s why. When I coach an artist client I listen for how strongly he says yes and no and how often he gets trapped in maybe. What does being trapped in maybe sound like?...

Be The Exception

How can you stand out from the crowd? Do you want to do what every other artist is doing or something smarter? Learn how here! Tens of millions of people produce visual art of one sort or another. It is a straightforward matter of supply and demand that not all of...

Expand Your Art … And Your Business!

Do you feel like you’d like to expand your repertoire of creative projects and maybe expand your marketing efforts too? Here are ten tips for doing exactly that! 1. Know what you currently do Because our lives rush along, providing us with no chance to catch up with...

NEGOTIATING YOUR PRICES A visual artist who has had only a moderate number of sales and for whom each sale is a “big event” is likely to have a hard time negotiating higher prices and better deals. Naturally fearful that if he doesn’t accept the proffered amount or...