I get a lot of posts for Juried Art Shows that are held throughout the country. Some are free to enter but most of them you must pay in order to submit paintings and enter…
State of my Art: New Year, New Art
Just in time to coincide with the nation's State of the Union, it's time for a wrap up of things that came and things to come with my art. Well it's been an interesting 2014…
Time for Art to Get Back to Basics
I think all this digital revolution, computer age, graphic computed art and software aids and plug-ins have made us all lose something in art. Illustration is no longer what it used to be and the…
FaceBook Fan Page, Is It a Waste of…
Facebook has become more and more of a bother and hindrance for promoting my art or any small business for that matter. Oh I know the big companies may do well and hire social marketing…
How did they do it?
How did the past masters or any artist ever market themselves prior to the internet or computer age? Did they have more time to paint without the aid of internet marketing? Today, it is expected to…
Is Digital Art, Art?
I may be old fashioned since I grew up in a time before the computer and way before the internet but I just don't hold an affinity to Digital Art being considered Fine Art. Don't…
Nothing More Terrifying
Sometimes there is nothing more terrifying to an artist then beginning a new painting and staring at a blank canvas. Something makes us freeze in our tracks at the thought of beginning something new on…
Oh, The Life of an Artist
What is your picture of life as an artist? Carefree, Fun, Exciting - or is it really? Most artists like myself have to rely on a separate income to make a life. Very few artists…
Again What Took So Long
So I am just wondering, what and why has it taken me so long to start a blog specifically about my art? I've actually been blogging for probably close to a decade now but the…
What Took So Long
Procrastination The main word for today! Procrastination. This goes along with the words, "Fear of Failure". This is one of my worst traits as an artist. I begin each canvas, blank, staring at me. Fear…