by admin-eric | Jan 29, 2016 | Fine Arts America
A creative escape is a little time-out-of-time that you carve from your schedule to devote to running away TO your art! A creative escape is like getting away for a romantic weekend with your lover—except in this case your lover is your creative nature. It’s the...
by admin-eric | Jan 22, 2016 | Fine Arts America
I was chatting with an artist yesterday who was having trouble figuring out what to call her paintings. She knew the history of art and knew that what she was painting could fit into the categories of narrative painting, classical painting, philosophical painting, and...
by admin-eric | Jan 15, 2016 | Fine Arts America
It is amazing how fast January slips by. At such times, when our new year’s resolutions begin to fade and life seems busier and drearier than ever, what may be required is a little “self-forgiveness”: we had so many intentions and life keeps zipping along! Without...
by admin-eric | Jan 8, 2016 | Fine Arts America
As a working artist you probably don’t have a lot of time to think about the current state of mental health services or the nature of (and problems with) the dominant mental health paradigm of “diagnosing and treating mental disorders.” You’re probably a little too...
by admin-eric | Jan 1, 2016 | Fine Arts America
Ready to start planning for the upcoming year? To begin with, here are five straightforward elements of a daily plan: 1. Start each day with a simple, eloquent plan like “I am painting today.” 2. Create a daily mantra that you use to keep yourself on track. It might...
by admin-eric | Dec 25, 2015 | Fine Arts America
1. I will create every day in 2016. Or almost every day! 2. I will market every day in 2016. Or at least on lots of days! 3. I will make some new, excellent connections in 2016. And not just Facebook friends and twitter followers! 4. I will find at least one person...
