As a professional artist, whether you are creating, writing or discussing your art or art movements and art history, it can be exciting when you dive into and expand your art vocabulary. There are thousands of terms that describe artistic styles and movements. To inspire you, here is a basic article that introduces the A, B, C of Fine Art terms. (There's also another article … [Read more...]
The D, E, F of Fine Art Terms
The art world is an exciting treasure trove with thousands of terms that describe artistic styles and movements. They educate and enlighten us and are essential when clarifying often complicated artistic concepts. For this article "The D, E, F of Fine Art Terms" I selected a few of them and share their origins and leading artists. Topics include Dada, De Stijl, Eco-Art, … [Read more...]
How Did Your Mother Positively Influence You As An Artist?
Artists Pay Homage to Their Mothers and Share Loving Memories (Originally published in May, 2020 with more recent updates) In preparation for this article to commemorate Mother's Day, I wanted to give my Facebook artist friends an opportunity to pay homage to their mothers and perhaps share some loving memories. In this process, my desire was to give a platform for artists to … [Read more...]
How to Get Out of Your Creative Inertia
Artists frequently ask me to evaluate their art work and write an art review. When looking at their overall body of work on their website I can immediately detect if they've been in a creative standstill. Sluggish energy and lack of sales can often be telltale signs that an artist is suffering from inertia. If you're there now or have ever been there, this article will show … [Read more...]
Create The Art Career of Your Dreams ~ 15 Guidelines
If you're been following me for any length of time you know that my passion, purpose and mission are to help you create the art career of your dreams. This article is one in a series of articles related to art career goals. You'll find advice I have given to coaching clients, guidelines I follow myself, and links to several other articles I've written so you can delve deeper … [Read more...]
10 Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Your Artist’s Biography
As a writer and curator I visit dozens of artist’s websites every day. I am disappointed when I notice that many artists don't pay enough attention to what and how they write about themselves and their art career achievements. This article provides 10 mistakes to avoid when writing your artist’s biography and points you in the right direction. I wrote it to help you achieve … [Read more...]
Fun Techniques to Help You Write Your Artist’s Statement
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 delighted to come across two fun techniques to help you write your artist's statement. These tools, "freewriting" and "mind-mapping", are powerful brainstorming strategies used by … [Read more...]
Spring Into Action for Your Art Career Success
Spring has officially begun if you live in the Northern Hemisphere. Does this time of year energize you? You may feel motivated to clean up your life, career and physical surroundings. No matter what time of year you happen to be reading this, if you want to maximize your career potential it's a good idea to periodically examine what areas need most attention to renew, … [Read more...]
Pantone Color Institute Has Announced Its Choice of “Peach Fuzz” for 2024
When interior designers, corporate art consultants and other industry art professionals are hired to help their clients one of their most valuable resources is the Pantone Color Institute. When you visit the Pantone Color Institute website you will quickly learn about the extensive services it provides when you read: "Recognized globally as a leading source of color expertise, … [Read more...]
Creative Ways to Energize Your Art Career
There are many creative and powerful exercises to help you energize your art career. In this article I offer four that I have used in my coaching program and workshops. I hope you try them alone or with your friends. After you do let me know what develops! 1. Create Your Fantasy Dream Day Whenever you feel like you have lost sight of the big dreams you once had this … [Read more...]
How to Price Your Art With These 15 Tips
When providing career guidance to artists many of the questions I receive are related to pricing their art. In this article I provide advice that will help you know how to price your art. There are specific rules for pricing art that are used in this business. If you follow the methods I recommend here you'll be confident that you're consistent with art business ethics. These … [Read more...]
Advice For Choosing The Title and Theme For Your Art Exhibition
There is a good reason why major curators of museums and those in charge of marketing, communications, and publications departments put a great deal of time and thought into choosing titles for shows. They consider the title to be a “marketing hook”. In this article I share successful ideas that worked for me as a curator of theme events, many of which were televised, … [Read more...]
Free Online Resources for Artists
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? I've collected several superior sources that will help you acquire that information without spending a penny. Here is a treasure trove of free online resources for artists and links … [Read more...]
The Multi-Faceted Creative Evolution of Digital Art
Digital Art first came about in the 1970's but it took until the end of the 20th century to become a viable art form. Today, with the widespread availability of digital cameras, software, many sophisticated tools, equipment, and applications it's bigger than ever. Artists are tapping into this treasure trove and are letting their imaginations soar. As a curator of online art … [Read more...]
Harmful Beliefs That Can Prevent Art Career Success and Many Ways to Overcome Them
We all possess an arsenal of certain types of assumptions, habits and excuses that prevent us from achieving our fullest potential. In this article I point to several beliefs that can harm you and prevent you from achieving art career success. You'll find many ways to overcome them. If you identify with any of the disempowering beliefs listed below you can go immediately to the … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Avoid Art Career Sabotage
You can have the best art on the planet, but unless you apply positive and proactive beliefs and action steps you may not achieve your career goals. Many of the obstacles we face can be attributed to our own self-sabotaging behavior. So, here are 10 ways to avoid art career sabotage. Every one of the 10 points ends with a link to a related article where you can dive into the … [Read more...]