A couple of years ago in the fall, I started having this problem with flies in my house. It had gotten cold outside and they all wanted to come in where it was warm. I tried swatting them but they came back. Every day there would be more and more. My competitive alpha male lizard […]
How to Super Charge Your Art Career With Momentum
October 24, 2012 by 8 Comments
Do you feel like you are stuck in your art career? Do you feel that life is “against” you, that your “luck” is bad, that someone is standing in the way of your art career? Not long ago an artist came to me for help in growing his art career. His name was Rick and […]
The Day I Went from Cheapskate to ‘Succeed at Any Cost’
September 12, 2012 by 1 Comment
It was raining the day I arrived in New York City. It was a cold rain on Friday, May 1, 1998. And I wondered if the inclement weather was an omen, a sign of things to come. I stepped out of La Guardia airport into the cold drizzle and hailed a cab. It took about […]
When An Artist Should Fire Her Clients
September 5, 2012 by 7 Comments
As an artist, do you know when it’s time to fire your clients? Do you know when it’s time to throw in the towel on cheap customers and bad clients? Have you gotten the wrong message about how to properly build your art business? Do you think you need to ‘Prove to your customer that […]
The Artist Who Loved to Help Too Much
September 4, 2012 by 11 Comments
An artist friend I’ve known a very long time lives in Brooklyn. We met at the Art Students’ League when I first moved to NYC in 1998. She makes some awesome figurative paintings and portraits. I’ve known her so long, and rubbed shoulders with her so many times, I was tempted to assume she “knows […]
How Small Steady Actions Move Us Forward to Our Artistic Goals
August 1, 2012 by 4 Comments
“Do not be afraid of moving slowly. Be only afraid of standing still.” – Chinese Proverb Have you ever thought about the importance of the small, steady actions you take every day toward your artistic goals? You can’t imagine how important these really are. Most of us have a very distorted notion of how things […]
Hymn to the Barely Brave
May 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This blog is for the barely brave and beginning lovers like me, who refuse to abandon their dream, now more humble and real, and struggle to meet life and even death head on. It is for those who value personal freedom as their most precious gift and want to make of life the joy it […]
3 Simple Steps for Staring Down Creative Block
December 7, 2011 by 15 Comments
Creative block feels like the end of your world. Firstly, there’s the frustration — not being able to do something you love, that normally works like a dream. Like getting into your finely-tuned, lovingly-polished car, turning the key and hearing a pathetic splutter. Or hitting the ‘Jump to Lightspeed’ button and watching the stars just […]
Are you a Real Artist If You Have A Day Job?
December 1, 2011 by 8 Comments
How do you define being a real artist? Are you a real artist if you have a day job? Are you a real artist if your primary source of income is not from your art? Many artists definition of success rest solely on being able to support themselves entirely from their artistic endeavors without having […]
