Creating your brand This is a new concept for me. The purpose for creating yourself a brand is so that your clients and future clients have an easy time identifying your work or your name at a glance. I have to admit, I do not have all of the ideas for creating a brand in…

writing an artist statement What is its purpose. Part One: I’m not sure why but I have difficulty writing artist statements.  You may think, statements, I thought you wrote one and then you’re done?? But this is not the case.  as an artist, you constantly have to update and rewrite.   There is so much…

Don’t forget to create! This blog is all about becoming an artist, yet I haven’t said much about creating.  I believe most artists have that topic well understood.  The creating part is the easy thing to do. It’s all the other stuff that seems to bog us artists down.  But still, I need to make…

These three things can create recognition for your work and can help generate income as well.  The formats for searching may change over time due to ever changing technology.  I would search popular social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. A few useful search words may be: call for entries, artist grants, art show…

Do you want to be represented by gallery? If so, you need to do a little digging on the galleries that are available to you.  Before you start doing your research, you need to determine if you are going to search locally or maybe more out of state. There are many items to consider when…

What is an artist? According to the online Oxford dictionary, an artist is the following: a person who produces paintings or drawings as a profession or hobby. The question for this blog is what is definition of a successful artist? The online Oxford dictionary does not have a definition for a successful artist.  That means…

So far, we have talked about working and getting the work completed by finding other artists to become your cohort, creating goals and reflecting on those goals.  It is not all about making.  There is so much business involved when you are an artist.  I figured I’d give a preview of all the things I…

I cannot believe that it has been over two months since I last blogged. My health has gotten in the way of all thing’s art related. At least the part where I discuss my art and the journey I am taking and the creating of my work. Nothing, I’ve created nothing in the past two…