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...

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,...

Trusting Yourself More

My clients in the arts regularly complain that they don’t trust themselves. By this they mean many different things: that they don’t trust that they can do good work; that they don’t trust that they can perform under fire; that they don’t trust their own decisions or...