Selling your art is a BIG challenge for a lot of artists out there. And I understand the challenge. But one thing is for sure – without clients (or customers) you won’t sell enough to buy a postage stamp. I am a member of Steve Chandler’s excellent Club Fearless program and I have been given... Read more »

So what’s in store for this coming year? Have you set any goals? Any milestones you want to hit? Anything that would make this year extra super spectacular and mega cool? A lot of people I know don’t even like to think ahead in fear that they will reach too high and then be disappointed... Read more »

I had a nice conversation the other day with painter Robert Genn about the struggle between making your art and making a living as an artist. I have hit upon this issue before in a recent article called Who You Know versus What You Do Robert, as many people know, puts out a wonderful newsletter,... Read more »

Almost every serious artist I know (well *almost*) has some type of website – be it a personal site, for their business or a blog. And for me, anyway, a site is always something you can be working on. There is always something to add or tweak or update – always. Most likely you visit... Read more »

Art and entrepreneurship are not often used together synonymously. Why? I am not exactly sure – a guess would be that *some* (I’m not saying all) artists like to perpetuate the “starving artist” myth. If you want to that’s fine with me but not necessary. I have been recently pretty fascinated with “mashups” – Really... Read more »

I don’t know about you but I love getting art supply catalogs. Something about all the colors and cool products that it makes me feel like a kid at a candy store. I probably get about 10 of them now, including, UtrechtArt, Pearl Paint, Dick Blick, Jerry’s Artarama, Daniel Smith, and Cheap Joes are a... Read more »