Working While in Pain

Last week I wrote that artists frequently must deal with chronic illness and chronic pain. Here is a response to that post from one artist, the Australian artist Trudie Moore (www.trudiemoore.com.au): “I read your article with great interest, and was very grateful...

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...

Publishing Your Art

Artists are confronted by many different ways of “publishing” their art nowadays. What are the positive and negatives of these new opportunities? Let’s take a look! Nowadays you can self-publish a book of your images, pay to have your images inserted into print...

Are You a Confident Artist?

Creating requires confidence—and life can rob you of confidence. If you’ve lost a little confidence over time what can you do to restore it? Let’s take a look! First of all, how does that confidence get robbed? Well, a teacher can choose you as the person she wants to...