by admin-eric | Dec 26, 2014 | Fine Arts America
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...
by admin-eric | Oct 10, 2014 | Fine Arts America
This post first appeared on Recovery.org. Is Artistic Success a Risk Factor for Addiction? ARTISTIC SUCCESS AS A RISK FACTOR FOR ADDICTION At first glance it might seem that a creative or performing artist who manages to achieve significant success might reduce his...
by admin-eric | Jul 4, 2014 | Fine Arts America
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...
by admin-eric | Feb 15, 2013 | Fine Arts America
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...
by admin-eric | Feb 8, 2013 | Fine Arts America
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...