Developing an Artistic Style

Developing an Artistic Style

I recognize how important it is as an artist to keep on pushing and trying new techniques, materials, tools, new approaches. Just as important as doing what I am already good at, refining, reiterating, reinventing. This becomes the stuff I feel confident enough about to sell, to make a living. It is also what builds towards the creation and recognition of an artist’s style.

What Travel Taught Me About Selling Art

What Travel Taught Me About Selling Art

I was not thinking about selling my postcards when the owner of the hotel behind me asked if I would and how much. I had just spent a lovely couple of hours sketching and chatting with a few of the employees, I had barely started to contemplate which family member would be receiving this latest card in the mail.

Montreal – I should not like you this much

Montreal – I should not like you this much

The reality of having an address again came to the forefront this week as I started to update my contact details with various institutions. It is funny how the big stuff does not really need a physical location anymore, not with electronic banking, online insurance applications,

10 Ways to Build Confidence as an Artist

10 Ways to Build Confidence as an Artist

I have this piece I started with full gusto about a month ago, and I have not touched it in the past two weeks. True, I have been busy, moving, setting up a new studio, reaching out to potential clients in a new city … but those are just excuses.

Cuba in Detail: a sketch round up

Cuba in Detail: a sketch round up

Flipping through my sketchbooks a little while after the travelling is over is always educational. I often wish I had stopped more frequently to capture a landscape, activity, detail. But my feet have a tendency to wander, wanting to cram in more and more of the new and wondrous, overriding my hands’ desires to sketch and paint what I am passing by.