The average fine artist in the US made $44,400 in 2014. I love stats like that because they make it all seem so much neater than it is. The ‘average’ artist. Who is this ‘average’ artist of whom you speak? The artists of whom the Bureau of Labour Statistics speaks are made up of all […]
Selling Art Without Selling Your Soul
image by aristocrats-hat What if you could create a situation where you sell your art, you help people in need, and the people who bought your art felt like they were doing a good deed? I have personally spoken to a half dozen artists who are in just that situation. Over the past few weeks […]
9 Myths Artists Believe About Business
Marketing Makes You A Sleazeball. Sure, if you’re like the guy in this picture, then you probably are a sleazeball, but my guess is that you are an honest, friendly, talented artist who just wants to share their work with the world. Don’t lie, don’t cheat, and don’t bait & switch, and most people will […]
The Hustle and Being Interesting
Recently a conversation with Jason VanOrden and a blog post by Mark McGuiness made me reflect on my own interests. Sometimes I’m motivated by a desire to help other artists. Sometimes I’m motivated by how fun something looks or sounds. I’m also motivated by not wanting to be bored. I learn things quickly and tire […]
La Vie de Boheme – The Original Starving Artists
Back in the mid-19th century, there was a guy named Henri Murger – and artists everywhere should know this guy. Murger lived among the Bohemians, a group of French people in Paris who lived poor, obscure lives – until Murger wrote a book about them. Scenes de La Vie de Boheme made the Bohemians famous. They went from […]