Art Marketing Secrets

What particularly caught my attention was an article by North Carolina artist Susan Lyon called “Most Likely to Succeed” in which she shares shares her opinions on important topics including: Should I go to art school?… Challenging yourself to push the boundaries and go beyond your comfort zone might mean that some paintings don’t come out well, but it also means you’re growing as a painter” Susan also made some comments about artist’s websites which we also strongly believe in: It’s a mistake to think of your website only in terms of selling paintings…. Also in the October Artist’s Magazine is a great article by artist and art career coach Kathy Gulrich, titled “Decisions, Decisions”.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

In today’s art market, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with the myriad of different possibilities and challenges in marketing your art. So much so that sometimes it can be hard to figure out if we are really artists after all or if we’ve crossed that dangerous line and now only create art in between our marketing activities…. The more you do it, the more your creative faculties open up and help to solve other problems (including marketing)…. If you ever have one of those days when nothing seems to work, give yourself some time out and go visit an art museum or exhibit.

This week’s quote is from from one of our favorite 20th century american artists, Georgia Okeeffe.

I stumbled across this great quote on a forum at Digital Outback Photography: When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss art; when artists get together for dinner they discuss money Oscar Wilde Certainly true of many artists I have known:) Mostly the discussion is about how to get more (money)!