Do you have the right artistic mindset? Is your creativity running at full capacity? Or are you feeling more like you have creative block? These questions are important to artists of all types. It’s very important to stay tuned to your inner artistic voice so that you are keenly aware of your creative capacity at […]
Improve Your Drawing and Painting Skills in 30 Days
January 26, 2016 by 5 Comments
Want to know one of the best things I did to improve my painting and drawing? It wasn’t taking art lessons and workshops, although they were a huge help. It wasn’t spending money on new brushes or a better brand of oil paints. It wasn’t reading every blog post I could find on painting. I […]
Calm in a Burning House
August 20, 2015 by 2 Comments
Do you constantly put yourself in impossible situations – simply because you’re eager and hungry for adventure and success – and then you find those situations get really unpleasant at times? I am always pressing MY envelope. I’m always taking risks to maximize what I can achieve. And that is scary. I constantly put myself […]
6 Things The Most Productive People Do Every Day
March 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Here’s a great blog post that Eric Barker pulled together over at Barking Up The Wrong Tree while he was researching that guru of The 4-Hour Work Week, Tim Ferris. I like it because he hits on a few habits that productive people have…
What Can an Artist Learn from Napoleon Hill?
February 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination. – Napoleon Hill The greatest thinkers throughout history have always elaborated on the importance of imagination as the foundation of success, as Napoleon Hill does in […]
Artists and the Right Brain Connection
July 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I was consulting with a client, Michael, recently and he made this comment… “Gary, I’ve been applying the Smart Art Marketing Pro principles to my life and business for the last year or so, and now I have a very odd problem. I don’t know what to do with all of my free time. Tell […]
Are You Thinking….Or Merely Working?
July 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I once sent an April Fool’s email offering readers the opportunity to use my shower, since that’s where so many profitable ideas come from. People thought it was a hoot. But was it really a joke? You see, most of us artists who are entrepreneurs like to think we spend our days thinking. Simply because […]
Do We Like Being Hamsters on a Wheel?
July 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The alarm clock meep-meeps at you at 5:45am. You hit the snooze once or twice, and then roll out of bed and rub the 5 or 6 hours of sleep from your eyes. Shower Dress Coffee Commute Then it’s straight to the inbox, the voice messages, the texts, the snail mail, the faxes. A flurry […]
Will You Regret Not Becoming an Artist?
May 19, 2014 by 4 Comments
Will you live to regret it if you don’t follow your dream of being an artist? At the end of your life, will you deeply regret taking the sure and safe path instead of the road less traveled? These are challenging questions, I admit. And as an artist, you may or may not have given […]
Reject the Rejection for Art Career Success
February 5, 2014 by 1 Comment
In 1902, an aspiring young writer received a rejection letter from the poetry editor of The Atlantic Monthly. Enclosed with a sheaf of poems the twenty-eight-year-old poet had sent was this curt note: “Our magazine has no room for your vigorous verse.” The young poet rejected the rejection and went on to see his work […]
