posts that are about livelihood...

 
learn the craft of selling your art

learn the craft of selling your art

The incomparable Ze Frank just put up a video talking about living the creative life. Go, watch it. Wisdom is contained within. A lot of the “secret” behind living a…  read more

April 12, 2013    

finding your true fans

finding your true fans

Kevin Kelly’s article 1000 True Fans has been buzzing around the internet these past couple days. In it, he describes how he believes how “anyone producing works of art” can…  read more

March 06, 2008    

and also boundless and trunkt

I’m on a bit of a roll. After successfully setting up my Etsy store, I decided to create galleries on two other sites I respect: Boundless Gallery and Trunkt. There…  read more

July 15, 2007    

the beauty of science

The New York Times has a good article today on Felice Frankel, an artist who is the head of the Envisioning Science program at Harvard. She uses “cameras, microscopes and…  read more

June 14, 2007    

finding a market for art

finding a market for art

Seth Godin and I seem to be on the same wavelength: his post today on pricing models is eerily similar to notes I scribbled down yesterday on potential markets for…  read more

June 08, 2007    

The gallery myth

The gallery myth

There’s a popular idea that for an artist to be a “success” they need to be in a gallery, especially one in New York City. I get bit by this…  read more

January 18, 2007    

Make a living from making art

Make a living from making art

When I quit my job to focus on my art full-time, I had a hard time finding any advice. Most people thought making a living from your art was an…  read more

January 19, 2006