Some time ago, we did this survey thing. The results are in, professionally analyzed, and, well…fascinating. Here’s what we learned about what artists are doing in their business and online. Lesson #1: Ya’all really care about what’s going on in the art world right now. This is actually tremendously heartening. We had an astonishingly high […]
Artists: Stop Building Other People’s Business
Too many artists are building someone else’s business. Sites like Etsy, Artfire, FineArtAmerica, and others (which I call Art Malls) make it easy to create the illusion of having a ‘web presence.’ When they upload all of their work to an Art Mall site, it makes many artists feel like they are finally getting their […]
How to Build an Artist Website in 10 Minutes with WordPress
UPDATE #2 I’ve done a completely new walk-through tutorial with a theme that is even easier to use. Check out my review & tutorial of Divi by clicking here. UPDATE #1: A few of you have asked me for a written version of these instructions. I had someone transcribe what I spoke. You should be […]
Artist Website Review: Ray Miller Studio
Two weeks ago, I posted 9 Great Artist Websites. The response to the post was great and I got a few questions asking me how they could do what these artists were doing. I asked, over on TAA’s Facebook page, if anyone would like me to review their website. Ray Miller was one of several […]
9 Great Artist Websites
Before you built your artist website, did you spend time researching what’s out there? Professional web designers spend hours every day looking at other designs, and, let’s be honest, stealing the best things that they see. That’s why design (and Art) evolve. In the years since I first published this post, the state of artist […]
