This last week I received an email from a visitor at Beautiful Artist Websites. We get many emails asking questions about marketing and selling art online and offline, but this particular message got my attention. Let me quote:
…Hello.
Being a professional artist means a number of things, a most important one being that you are able to make at least part of your living from the sales of your art. So how is that working out for you …
Just yesterday I had a call from a very successful and established professional artist – a man who has two studios in different parts of the country and exhibits in multiple galleries and prestige locations including the Smithsonian Museum. …
Here’s the scoop on what you need to know when designing a website to showcase your art, impress galleries, and win over collectors. Learn how to avoid the mistakes most emerging artists make when creating their online portfolio.
1. Decide …
2009 was the year of gloom and doom – not just for the economy in general but for art galleries in particular. Everywhere I looked last year I saw stories about the impending death of the gallery system and the …
2009 was a great year for us at Art Marketing Secrets and Beautiful Artist Websites! We launched our gorgeous new website (the one you’re looking at!), researched and wrote a bunch of great new articles on art marketing, selling art, …
The topic of authenticity has been in our attention a lot at Art Marketing Secrets lately. It started with an innocent discussion about why some art feels like decoration and other art truly feels like art. And what is art …
There I was last night breaking one of my own golden rules from 18 Tips To Be The Great Artist Of Your Dreams – watching television! Well in my defense I can say two things:
– It was a sci-fi …
As people it’s fun to social-network. As artists and business owners it’s more important to social-market. Social Marketing includes Social Networking – plus more. The “plus more” means mainly having a clear strategy about what you are doing and how …
One of the biggest hallmarks of the beginning artist is inconsistent work. Inconsistent style, color schemes, quality, technique, etc. When you think about it this is entirely natural because an artist at this stage of their journey is very much …