It’s really not important if you want to create great art, good art, or just-for-the-heck-of-it art. The last thing I want to imply in my previous “Great Art” blog is that great art is automatically the goal. Maybe yes, maybe, no—either way it’s not a judgment, it’s...
Does the artist statement help you in selling your art? Besides vibing on Instagram, your artist statement improves the process for selling your art in 20 other places. When I stumbled upon artist statements it was 1992. The Internet was barely off breast feeding....
PART 1 - What Makes Great Art Great? So Selling Your Art Comes With Confidence Baked In… Over my six years of the smARTist Telesummit (now smARTist Revival Podcasts) , I asked hundreds of artists how they define success through the unique Vision Questionnaire that...
Where Studio Time Plays The Central Role In "Your Art Is Visible" First, let’s do a quick review of the last blog post Selling-Your-Art: Building Block No.2, Your Art Is Visible (Part 1.) where we looked at a process called “Map The Gap.” And how this keeps the...
Let’s do a quick review of last week’s Selling-Your-Art Building Block No.1 and Selling-Your-Art Building Block No.2 (Part 1) Selling-Your-Art Building Blocks Recap Selling-Your-Art Building Block No.1: Your Art Is Created: This is a foundational building block, which...
Selling Your Art: The Beginning... When a piece of your work sells, it lights you up. When I hear about it, it lights me up too. Nothing is more validating, more affirming than someone wanting to pay you for the piece you’ve poured your heart and soul into. It’s a...
Couple of Sad, True Stories, STORY ONE: I’m on Instagram thinking about how you are selling your art, and looking at the truly astounding roll of artwork. If a piece catches my eye, I scroll through the comments, curious as about what other…
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