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One New Connection
Let’s say that you want to make one new connection in the service of your career. Maybe it’s with a new gallery owner in town. What’s the best approach, given how anxious the whole thing may make you feel? Here’s a simple, 5-step process for making that connection: 1....
Late Deciding
I was chatting with an exceptionally creative person who introduced me to the phrase “late deciding.” He said of himself that he liked not to rush the “not knowing” part of creating and, rather than coming to conclusions prematurely so as to shut down the experience...
Art and Optimism
As a smart person, you no doubt see through much of life. You see clearly the realities of politics and social structures, the realities of the art world, the realities of health and mortality, and so on. All this excellent reality testing can make a person...
Artists in Distress
ARTISTS IN DISTRESS The pressures of making excellent art, fashioning a successful career, and, as added burdens, keeping up with ever-changing technology and a continually shifting art landscape, are tremendous stressors on an artist’s system. And then there is life,...
Proving the Exception, Part 2
Many artists are producing visual art of one sort or another. It is a straightforward matter of supply and demand that not all of these people will be able to make money from their efforts. It is therefore the case that if you want to be one of the relatively few who...
5 Tips for Proving the Exception
Many artists are producing visual art of one sort or another. It is a straightforward matter of supply and demand that not all of these people will be able to make money from their efforts. It is therefore the case that if you want to be one of the relatively few who...
Meaning Opportunities for Artists
Human beings have meaning needs. They crave the psychological experience of meaning. For artists, one of the places they regularly acquire that experience is through making art. But it is also the case that making art may not provide them with sufficient meaning....
Quotations for Artists
Need some inspiration? Check out the following! Alice Neel: “I had what it takes to make a good artist: sensitivity and tremendous willpower.” Pierre-Auguste Renoir: “Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius.” Luciano Pavarotti: “People think I am...
What About Your Website?
Many of my artist clients struggle with their website presence. Their difficulties fall mainly into the following eight areas: 1. Artist Statement. Most artists have a lot of trouble creating their artist statement. Sometimes they never land on language that they...
Deciding With Power
Deciding to be an artist isn’t a one-time decision. Somewhere along the line in life you make that formal decision, maybe in college when you decide to be a painting major rather than a business major. But when you graduate, you have to make that decision again,...
