by Ariane Goodwin PhD | Jul 25, 2022 | Art Career, You and Your Art
A summer thunderstorm just blew in, and out, leaving my grey deck shiny-slick with rain. The air smells fresh with the charged ions that only a wild rain can summon. And I feel as if those invisible particles are beckoning me to take any small action...
by Ariane Goodwin PhD | Jul 19, 2022 | Artist Statements, You and Your Art
What on earth do I mean by “you are so much more than your art”? There’s a family story that my mother, a watercolor artist hanging with her Big Sur, bohemian crowd (think Man Ray, and the insolent Henry Miller), declared to the gaggle of male artists in...
by Ariane Goodwin PhD | Mar 14, 2022 | Artist Statements, Reflections
This week has been challenging for my why, so I got to thinking about your why. Why do we do what we do? Why do you? Why do I? I sat at my kitchen table playing solitaire (clears my mind!) and thought about how I used to think our why was baked into our personality,...
by Ariane Goodwin PhD | Feb 18, 2022 | Artist Statements
I know, your artist-career palette is brimming over. There are sales to consider. How to be, and stay, connected to collectors. Where to show your work. The website updates that haven’t been dealt with. The studio that needs an overhaul. And goodness only knows,...
by Ariane Goodwin PhD | Jan 11, 2022 | Artist Statements
Ariane Goodwin, Ph.D. An Educator, Editor, Writer, and Art Career Coach who believes artists change the world! Part 2: Getting Personal, Being Real Getting personal and being real is really pretty simple when you write about you and your art. Sometimes, it’s helpful...
