Book Review: Writing the Artist Statement
Writing the Artist Statement by Ariane Goodwin This book really helped me and got me thinking about my artwork and writing about my artwork differently. You have to trust the author and just go though...
View ArticleBook Review: Taking the Leap (Building a Career as a Visual Artist)
Taking the Leap: Building a Career as a Visual Artist (The Insider’s Guide to Exhibiting and Selling Your Art) by Cay Lang Taking the Leap balances the aspects of what the title is about. It mixes...
View ArticleAcademics vs. Artists
As a result of being exposed to both the academic mindset and artistic mindset, I have taken a firm stance in the world of art and art-making… I have a two decade history walking the line between...
View ArticleBook Review: The Legal Guide For The Visual Artist
Book Review: The Legal Guide For The Visual Artist By Tad Crawford The Legal Guide For The Visual Artist is a dense book packed with advice attempting to help artists make better informed business...
View ArticleBook Review: Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger
Book Review: Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger By Ken Perenyi Caveat Emptor is an autobiographical account of one artist’s (Ken Perenyi) journey from a lost, trouble-making...
View ArticleBook Review: Seven Days in the Art World
Book Review: Seven Days in the Art World By Sarah Thorton When it comes to reading I’m more of a nonfiction reader. I read books mostly for information which oddly enough has become a form of...
View Article8 Comments Artists Hate
Here’s 8 ways to make your artist friends cringe. Artists can’t stand it when they hear these 8 annoying comments repeatedly! Being an artist is incredibly difficult at times. In a world that...
View ArticleTrigger’s Bit Painting
Spoiler alert: In this post I don’t talk about how I painted this oil painting, I discuss more or less the business of art and why I do what I do as a professional artist. This is the 5th horse tack...
View ArticleThe Brewmaster’s Spigot Painting
I do get commissioned to paint objects from time to time. Well, the time was now with this interesting artifact of beer-making culture! It turns out that Joanna, the person who commissioned this...
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