Rejection is a part of every artist’s journey, essential for growth and success. Megan Wimberley, artist and founder of Cowgirl Artists of America, offers a framework to help artists move past rejection. She emphasizes the importance of mindfulness and professionalism in managing setbacks. By embracing rejection, artists can push their boundaries, take more risks, and ultimately protect and elevate their reputations. The post Dealing with Rejection with Megan Wimberley (ep. 197) appeared first on Art Biz Success ..read more

Your art exhibition, class, workshop, or event has so many facets that there is no reason to send repetitive emails and social media posts for your promotions. ©Judy Leila Schafers, Kale-ing Me Softly. Acrylic, 24 x 24 inches. You never know what it is about your work or offering that will be of interest to your audience. Hitting a different angle with each message makes it more likely you’ll pique the interest of followers. I have some ideas for doing just that. Many of these suggestions lend themselves to emails, while others could easily be adapted for social media. Use your noggin to ..read more

It’s possible to make more money and find a little more peace of mind by making a few tweaks in how you approach your art business. My guest for this episode of The Art Biz tells you how she has done it. ©2024 Monique Carr, Sheer Vastness. Acrylic on canvas, 24 X 48 inches. When Monique Carr reached out to me a couple of years ago for a private coaching partnership, she had just adopted this motto for her art business: Half the work, twice the money, and have FUN in whatever I do. It’s this brilliant sentence that guides our partnership and her everyday decisions. During our conversat ..read more

What would your art business look like if you lived in a remote area? The middle of nowhere. Farm country. Rural America. Or any country for that matter. ©2024, Tracey Hewitt, Looking Back On Seeds I've Sown. Watercolour, ink and collage on paper, 11.5 x 16.5 inches. Originally from a large metropolitan area, Tracey Hewitt married a rancher and, like Lisa Douglas in Green Acres, said goodbye to city life. But she never said goodbye to her art. I wanted to talk with Tracey because every encounter I have ever had with her as a member of our Art Biz Success community has been positive. She is ..read more

What “game” are you playing in your art business and in life? Artist-writer-speaker Jason Kotecki makes the point that you have a unique game plan to follow—one that can’t be compared to another artist or online personality. ©2017 Jason Kotecki, Life's A Wave, Oil on canvas, 24x30 inches Say goodbye to comparanoia. Adios to jealousy. Comparing yourself to others is taking you off course and leading you down a path that was never intended for you. More than 10 years ago, Jason—surrounded by hundreds of people at a conference in a Philadelphia ballroom—had an epiphany when he figured out his ..read more

Some artists wait for things to happen to and for them. Others take charge. They don’t buy into to other people’s definitions of success. (Listen to episode 165 for more on that.) Taking charge means they figure out what they want and how to get there—taking all aspects of their life into account. Ali Cavanaugh, my guest for this episode of The Art Biz, is in the latter group. ©2023 Ali Cavanaugh, One to listen and one to love. Watercolor on panel, 18 x 18 inches. For some background, listen to last week’s episode (ep. 189) which is an encore of a 2019 interview I did with Ali when she was ..read more

Some artists wait for things to happen to and for them. Others take charge. They don’t buy into to other people’s definitions of success. (Listen to episode 165 for more on that.) Taking charge means they figure out what they want and how to get there—taking all aspects of their life into account. Ali Cavanaugh, my guest for this episode of The Art Biz, is in the latter group. ©2023 Ali Cavanaugh, One to listen and one to love. Watercolor on panel, 18 x 18 inches. For some background, listen to last week’s episode (ep. 189) which is an encore of a 2019 interview I did with Ali when she was ..read more

In 2014, Ali Cavanaugh had 11 galleries representing her work throughout the U.S. and even overseas. It was all she could do to paint fast enough to supply these galleries with new work. ©Ali Cavanaugh, evermore. Modern fresco, 8 x 10 inches What a great problem to have, right? But something wasn’t sitting right with Ali, so she started asking the galleries to return her work. One by one the galleries returned the few paintings that remained in their inventories. There was no animosity. Ali greatly appreciated all the work the galleries did on her behalf, but she was no longer satisfied wi ..read more

I would not be working anywhere near the field of art if it weren’t for my mom. I had one of those mothers who enrolled me in every extracurricular from piano to dance to golf to art. Piano … I did okay and took lessons for years. Dance … Still my favorite performing art and can get lost in it. Golf … I think I lasted 3 holes when we finally got on the actual course. Enough of that. ©Elizabeth LeMaster, This is Awaiting Rain. Watercolor on Grumbacher 300 gsm watercolor paper, mounted on Arches hot press paper, 3.5 x 5.5 inches. But art classes? That was my jam. I couldn’t get enough a ..read more

I would not be working anywhere near the field of art if it weren’t for my mom. I had one of those mothers who enrolled me in every extracurricular from piano to dance to golf to art. Piano … I did okay and took lessons for years. Dance … Still my favorite performing art and can get lost in it. Golf … I think I lasted 3 holes when we finally got on the actual course. Enough of that. ©Elizabeth LeMaster, This is Awaiting Rain. Watercolor on Grumbacher 300 gsm watercolor paper, mounted on Arches hot press paper, 3.5 x 5.5 inches. But art classes? That was my jam. I couldn’t get enough a ..read more