Is Art Your Calling?
Do you ever feel that art is your calling – That one true thing that anchors your purpose and gives you love, hope, and meaning each day?
Maybe you are an artist who feels spirit move through you as you …
Category: Art and Design
If you are going to be an artist, dare to be different!
This week I received an interesting email from someone soliciting my input for an artist’s website they had created. Here’s what they wrote:
…Hello Fair Artist who paints beautiful shore lines,
We have been watching you. We are artist also.
Einstein on The Mysterious
In it’s purest essence art is an exploration of life’s great mysteries. Ponder this week’s quote from a man who reached into the fabric of space and time….
…The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is
Cindy Sherman – Art Quote of The Week
I was supporting myself, but nothing like the guy painters, as I refer to them. I always resented that actually.. we were all getting the same amount of press, but they were going gangbusters with sales.
About Cindy Sherman….
By …
Big Wave Surfing, how much do you love your work as an artist?
I’m a fan of big-wave surfing. One winter I was on a painting trip in Oahu, when I went for a drive to the pipeline to watch some of the big wave surfers catch some big ones. That day the …
Don’t Sell Out!! – Find Artistic Success through Context
This is a simple, yet often overlooked aspect of selling art in our modern age: Context.
In our hearts, most of us yearn to be “found” or “recognized” by a kingmaker in the art world – someone with the cachet …
Sunday Art Quote – Paul Gauguin
When all is said and done, success as an artist has its foundation in authenticity. All the fanciest marketing efforts are on shaky ground unless the artist understands his or her voice. I thought the following quote from Paul Gauguin …
Sunday Art Quote: E.M. Forster on Destiny
Think on this as you wake up and smell the coffee this morning……
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. …….E.M. Forster
Have …
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This Artist Is A Horse!
If you’re ever wondered if you need a MFA, its good to be reminded that talent and inspiration can still win the day. With that in mind, we’d like you to meet Cholla.
What is special about Cholla? Well its …