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Taking The First Steps To Launching An Artist Group or Organization

By Renee Phillips

If you are an artist you know what artists need better than anyone, at some point in your career you may feel compelled to launch an art organization.  If you have a strong desire to help fellow … [Read more...]

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Several Artists Answered the Question What is Your Important Creative Ritual?

By Renee Phillips

We asked friends on Facebook, do you have a favorite ritual you perform before you begin your creative activity? Do you take a walk, meditate, do yoga, turn on your favorite music, or drink a cup of … [Read more...]

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Problems With Free Art and Discount Prices

By Renee Phillips

An artist recently told me she tripled the number of subscribers she had after she offered a free print when they signed up. Now, she has a list of people who like receiving free art. What she doesn't … [Read more...]

Stop Attracting Bargain Hunters to your art

Stop Attracting Bargain Hunters to Your Art

By Renee Phillips

I see a lot of artists on social media promoting their art using words like "affordable" "on sale" and "discounts" on a regular basis. Or, they offer art beneath the quality of their general portfolio … [Read more...]

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How to Prepare For Your Next Successful Art Exhibition

By Renee Phillips

Your next art exhibition may be organized by a sponsor who will do all the preparation and promotional work or you may have decided to share the responsibilities. Maybe you have decided to organize … [Read more...]

painting by Vincent van Gogh, "The Novel Reader", oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm. (Photo: Public Domain.)

Here Are Many Key Principles, Tips and Strategies to Achieve Success As An Artist

By Renee Phillips

Here are several very popular and valuable articles designed to guide you on your successful art career. In each one you'll find many key principles, tips and strategies to take you step-by-step … [Read more...]

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Interview with the Inimitable Artist Nancy Reyner on the Topic of Success

By Renee Phillips

I've had the pleasure of knowing Nancy Reyner nancyreyner.com, for several years. She is the epitome of a well-balanced consummate professional as a painter, author and instructor. She has been … [Read more...]

Dr. Michael Durst, Spiritual Awakening, acrylic on canvas, 23.4″ x 33.1″

Follow These 5 Principal Guidelines When Writing Your Artist’s Statement

By Renee Phillips

For most artists I know writing their Artist's Statement can be extremely painful. This article offers you the basic important guidelines and makes it quick and easy for you.  I encourage you to … [Read more...]

painting by Vincent van Gogh, "The Novel Reader", oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm. (Photo: Public Domain.)

Read Excerpts from Artist’s Biographies

By Renee Phillips

On this page you will read excerpts from three longer Biographies that I have written. Although I have changed some details to create more condensed samples for you to read, hopefully you will see … [Read more...]

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Free Online Resources for Artists

By Renee Phillips

Do you have an appetite to acquire more knowledge and growth in the areas of creativity, art sales, and art marketing tools to help you advance your art career, although you're on a tight budget?  … [Read more...]

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Artists Gain Many Benefits From Writing Comments on Art Blogs

By Renee Phillips

On The Artrepreneur Coach blog you'll find a few hundred articles on a variety of topics from how to write your artist's biography and approach galleries, to how to increase the value of your art, win … [Read more...]

Praise Page

Add A Praise Page to Your Art Website

By Renee Phillips

What It Is, The Benefits, How to Prepare One, How to Generate Testimoniaols, Positive Endorsements and How to Share Them to Increase Art Sales Creating your art website is a big project with many … [Read more...]

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Nancy Reyner’s New Book “Create Perfect Paintings”

By Renee Phillips

Nancy Reyner nancyreyner.com, is a world renowned artist, instructor and author. Her three previous books, including her best-seller Acrylic Revolution, are filled with innovative and inspiring … [Read more...]

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The Powerful Art of Collaboration for Mutual Satisfaction

By Renee Phillips

An important component to achieving the most success in your art career is your ability to grow mutually beneficial relationships.  You will achieve a bigger and brighter future when you join forces … [Read more...]

Write Your Artist's Statement

Fun Techniques to Help You Write Your Artist’s Statement

By Renee Phillips

If you're like most artists writing your artist's statement is one of those projects that you dread even more than root canal. Having helped thousands of artists over the years tackle this job I was … [Read more...]

Take small steps

Take Small Steps to Achieve Large Art Career Goals – 8 Guidelines

By Renee Phillips

Ralph Waldo Emerson reminds us, "The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn." In my morning reading today, in reference to the topic of divine order and the miracles in nature, I was reminded … [Read more...]

Your Words Have the Power to Sell More Art

Your Words Have the Power to Sell More Art

By Renee Phillips

The words you choose to speak and write about yourself and your art can be powerful tools to attract art buyers, quicker sales, generate publicity, and increase many more career opportunities. It is … [Read more...]

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The Truth About Fine Art Agents

By Renee Phillips

Let's Dispel Some Myths and Make Way for New Options Every week at least one artist will ask me how and where they can find fine art agents. It is an important topic for most artists I know and … [Read more...]

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What You Can Learn From Comments About Your Art on Social Media

By Renee Phillips

It's a joy to help artists who want to increase their networking and art marketing skills using social media. There is tremendous value to gain from using it to build important professional art … [Read more...]

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How to Create A Great Painting

By Guest Author

Nancy Reyner, nancyreyner.com, is a world renowned artist, instructor and author. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and an MFA from Columbia University. Her art is in … [Read more...]

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Artists’ Voices that Live Forever – An Art Essay By Edward Rubin

By Edward Rubin

Edward Rubin, 1941-2025, was a New York based fine arts and theater writer and curator. He was Senior Editor of Manhattan Arts International  (1983-2000). His writings appeared in many magazines such … [Read more...]

Interview with Denisa Prochazka, Award-Winning Sculptor

By Renee Phillips

Denisa Prochazka, denisa-sculpture.com, is a classically trained figurative sculptor living in Ottawa, Canada, whose passion is creating portrait sculpture and clay reliefs. She has participated in … [Read more...]

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Selling Your Art to Corporations

By Renee Phillips

Imagine your art on permanent display in a lobby or conference room of a corporation. Getting your art into corporate art collections is a big career boost. It brings money and prestige and builds … [Read more...]

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Most Popular Art Career Success Articles For Artists

By Renee Phillips

On this website you'll find several dozen articles and interviews on a variety of topics to help artists achieve their fullest potential. There are some topics that stand out as getting the most … [Read more...]

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How Smart Artists Treat Their Art Buyers

By Renee Phillips

Have you ever wondered why some artists have collectors like celebrities have fans? It is often because they have learned how to treat their art buyers. Do you secretly wish it was the same for … [Read more...]

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Famous Black Artists Who Have Confronted Racism and Inequality

By Renee Phillips

They Broke Barriers and Raised Awareness (Originally published on May 17, 2020 and updated in April 2022) As we try to cope with the horror of one pandemic we battle another deadly and appalling … [Read more...]

Peaceful Pathway by Julia Underwood

Every Day Should Be International Peace Day

By Renee Phillips

I'm writing this on International Peace Day, September 21, 2022 and cannot help but wonder... why is it only one day a year we have to be reminded to stop and reflect on what we can do individually, … [Read more...]

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Video on My YouTube Channel

By Renee Phillips

You are invited to watch "The Healing Power of Color" Video on my YouTube Channel! The video features art created by 20 artists from "The Healing Power of Color” 2026 online exhibition which is on … [Read more...]

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Sell Your Art To Interior Designers and Corporate Art Consultants

By Renee Phillips

Professional Organizations and More Resources with Thousands of Leads You can expand your art sales by selling your art to interior designers and corporate art consultants. They are art professionals … [Read more...]

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Funding Resources and Grants For Individual Artists

By Renee Phillips

It's difficult to sustain your career on art sales alone. Throughout your career you may face financial challenges. These road blocks should not thwart your desire to expand your creative impulse. … [Read more...]

Vincent van Gogh, Bedroom in Arles, 1888, oil on canvas, 28.3" × 35.4".

Find Several Highly Popular Articles for Artists

By Renee Phillips

Have you ever wondered which are the most popular articles for artists that appear on this website? For the answer to this question I use a few tools. One, is a valuable plugin MonsterInsights for … [Read more...]

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It’s A Good Time for Artful Spring Cleaning

By Renee Phillips

No matter what season it is, now it's a good time for artful spring cleaning. Physical and emotional clutter and debris can cloud the creative mind.  In this article I suggest some of the areas that … [Read more...]

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Being Objective About Your Art Isn’t An Easy Task

By Renee Phillips

How to See Your Art From A Juror's Perspective When I was a professional artist it puzzled me how often there was a difference between what the galleries or my collectors chose and what I thought … [Read more...]

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What You Must Do After Your Art Exhibition

By Guest Author

Shan Fannin is an artist from Austin, TX, and recognized internationally for her vibrant and bold paintings of vehicles. She possesses superb artistic skills and attention to detail. Her solo … [Read more...]

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Interview With Artist Barbara Rachko With Valuable Advice to Artists

By Renee Phillips

Barbara Rachko, barbararachko.art/en, is an internationally exhibited artist, author and blogger. She creates unique pastel-on-sandpaper paintings that are inspired by Mexican and Guatemalan cultural … [Read more...]

Piet Mondrian, Tableau I, oil on canvas, 40.5" x 39.3", 1921. Public domain.

Keeping An Open Mind About Artists and Art Movements

By Renee Phillips

We all have our favorite artists that we rush to see whenever a museum or gallery exhibition opens that features their art or when an art blogger publishes a new article about them. Their art speaks … [Read more...]

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Three Famous Artists Offer Their Words of Wisdom With Advice to Artists

By Renee Phillips

Imagine being transported through time and space and you are visiting a famous artist in their studio. You ask them to share insight about their creative process. In this article three famous artists … [Read more...]

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How to Stay Financially Secure When You Change Your Artistic Style

By Renee Phillips

An artist I know confessed to me that she had created what she referred to as “safe and saleable” art for two decades. She attracted a loyal clientele and had a lucrative career. However, there was a … [Read more...]

“Winter Stillness”, Ken Marsdens dreamlike, watercolor, 16” x 20”.

Art Review of Paintings by Ken Marsden, An Extraordinary Watercolorist

By Renee Phillips

It is an honor and pleasure to present this Art Review about watercolors by Ken Marsden, kenmarsden.com. Ken is a masterful contemporary artist whose watercolor paintings emanate an aura of poetic … [Read more...]

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Artists Share Their Goals and Aspirations

By Renee Phillips

This article was published in 2019 and shares artists' aspirations for the year 2020. As an artist's mentor and career coach, one of my goals is to provide the most supportive environment, … [Read more...]

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My purpose is to help artists achieve their fullest potential. On this website I share decades of knowledge and experience as an art writer and artist career coach.

I am also the Director of Manhattan Arts International and The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS where I maintain online galleries and curate exhibitions.

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The Basics of Public Relations For Artists

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