Rejection - Dealing Better With It

It sucks.

How can you feel good about putting your art out there when there's a chance that you might be rejected?

It feels sooooo personal when your art is turned down. Your creative endeavors are such an extension of yourself that it can feel like an arrow straight through your heart when rejection hits. What happens after you’ve been rejected? Are you stopped in your tracks? Does it spur you to keep going?

Posted on April 30, 2015 .

Is Instagram Your Next Art Dealer?

I’ve been hearing more and more about how Instagram is allowing artists to build connections and actually sell art—all in a place without a mechanism to make a purchase. There’s no shopping cart, no buy now button, no way to take credit cards and barely enough room in the profile text for any kind of artist statement. Pretty interesting, right?

Posted on September 4, 2014 .