How to Overcome 3 Common Barriers to Success as an Artist

Artists who do not feel successful seem to run into 3 common barriers, mostly self-generated. The good news is that each of these barriers has an antidote that you already have within your grasp. Barrier # 1: Wanting Too Much Too Soon Some artists are unrealistic about what is possible in a certain time frame and… [Continue Reading]

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The Art of Abstracting the Landscape with a Lens

Most visual artists use photography as a tool for their artistic process. Personally, I find that a combination of plein air painting studies and landscape photographs used together as reference material helps me produce solid studio landscape paintings. The fact that I have a fondness and appreciation for photography as an art medium is one of the main reasons why I share… [Continue Reading]

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Why You Need a Webmaster for Your Art Business

By guest author: Cory Glauner As an artist and business owner, you have a million different things to do. You don’t have time to learn everything you need to know about maintaining and promoting your website. You need to stick to what makes you money, and that’s where a webmaster comes in. Webmasters specialize in… [Continue Reading]

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How Do You Define Success as an Artist?

 Attempting to define success as an artist is difficult because it is a subjective term that varies widely from person to person. In the recent article, “5 Common Traits of Successful Artists”, you will find an interesting and concise list of traits that are common to most successful artists – however, this is not a formula! The comments have been about… [Continue Reading]

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Use the Hidden Meaning of the Color ‘Red’ in Art & Design

Color can be used to evoke a certain mood, to create a message or sharp response in the viewer. As artists, photographers, designers and crafters, we  learn how to use the positive or negative attributes of color in our works to subliminally send a message. Most successful artists know how to use color to their advantage,… [Continue Reading]

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3 Tips for Artists to Promote Themselves & Their Galleries

 As mentioned in our recent popular blog post series, “The Visual Artist’s Challenge – Should I Work with Galleries, Go Direct to Collectors or Both?” and “The Visual Artist’s Challenge II – Balancing Self Promotion & Gallery Representation”, Barney Davey along with our guest – gallery owner/art marketing expert, Jason Horejs and myself discussed the influence… [Continue Reading]

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3 Reasons to Start a Creative Blog for Your Business

   by guest author: Jason Dirks of Meylah.com Have you ever asked yourself…”Why do I need a blog?” or “How can a blog help my creative business?” First of all, what is a blog?  The term “blog” comes from “web log” which can best be described as an online journal or diary. I used to think… [Continue Reading]

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