The inimitable Will Eskridge responded to one our articles about AI + fine art business. “I have used it to streamline my apparel and print (never for my original paintings) descriptions for SEO…overall I don’t see it much different than when photography first came on the scene just before the turn of the 20th century and the portrait painters were understandably up in arms (as many gigs were turned over to photographers) Concept artists for the entertainment industry seem to be taking the biggest hit. Ironically these artists are working on iPads with code-generated brushes, textures, and p ..read more

AI is eating and reinventing the Internet. Right around the time I started TAA I was working at a tech startup that built tools to help large companies manage large amounts of data. We built the infrastructure that enabled Single Sign On (SSO) – users logging into one website with their identity from another website. Typically Google, Facebook, or a similarly large company. Janrain social login circa 2010 My job was to work with these large companies to figure out what to do with all of the data that came with those identities. For example, Google knows your name, email address, birthday, and ..read more

Welcome to season five, episode 26 of The Abundant Artist, the show that dispels the myth of “the starving artist” and shares how you can live an abundant life as an artist and make a living from your talent, one interview at a time. Joining Cory in today’s podcast is Kiffanie Stahle, the “friendly” lawyer who helps artists get the legal side of their art businesses in order. A firm believer in focusing on the “why” rather than the “what”, Kiffanie advises artists to first decide what they actually need to meet their business goals, rather than just investing big in legal matters that may no ..read more

Welcome to season five, episode 25 of The Abundant Artist, the show that dispels the myth of “the starving artist” and shares how you can live an abundant life as an artist and make a living from your talent, one interview at a time. Our guest today is Marisa S White, an award-winning artist-photographer based in Colorado. A drawing and painting major, Marisa fell in love with photography in college and eventually began to incorporate it into her work, creating mixed media collages. In 2012, she was introduced to Photoshop, and her artistic world changed forever. “I’ve got a decent personal ..read more

Welcome to season five, episode 24 of The Abundant Artist, the show that dispels the myth of “the starving artist” and shares how you can live an abundant life as an artist and make a living from your talent one interview at a time. Today’s guest is Kathy Lajvardi, a contemporary mixed media artist based in Laguna Beach, California. Kathy was born in Iran and later migrated to the US when she was nine-years-old – a cultural shift that has shaped her as an artist, designer, author and curator. Her diverse artistic background ranges from reflective resin to large-scale paintings that tell a st ..read more

So many artists are living paycheck-to-paycheck in the most extreme sense. Sometimes it means they are never getting to go all-in, full-time in the first place. For a long time, this type of starving artist archetype was prolific. Thankfully, over the last few years, a growing number of artists and authors have started to poke holes in this type of thinking, and we’ve begun to shift our collective mindset. But while there are lots of conversations about how to aim higher than the starving artist status, there is comparatively little about how to actually achieve this in the real world. Past t ..read more

Welcome to season five, episode 23 of The Abundant Artist, the show that dispels the myth of “the starving artist” and shares how you can live an abundant life as an artist and make a living from your talent one interview at a time. Internationally featured and award-winning artist/designer Cherish Flieder joins TAA founder Cory Huff in today’s podcast. Apart from being a creative entrepreneur, Cherish is also a teacher and the founder of a virtual art licensing community, ArtLicensingShow.com. “(Art licensing) is a lot of risk, but when you hand your art over to people you trust, they can ..read more

Welcome to season five, episode 22 of The Abundant Artist, the show that dispels the myth of “the starving artist” and shares how you can live an abundant life as an artist and make a living from your talent one interview at a time. “My life is designed to sell paintings. If I was not selling that many paintings, I would need to change something.” — Adam Hall Joining the podcast today is Adam Hall, who describes himself as “an artist who paints New Orleans”. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Adam’s tryst with New Orleans started when he joined Tulane University there to obtain an undergradu ..read more

Welcome to season five, episode 20 of The Abundant Artist, the show that dispels the myth of “the starving artist” and shares how you can live an abundant life as an artist and make a living from your talent one interview at a time. “You can have more than one dream, that’s what I tell people…Who knows where the next dream might be?” — Eric Jackson Cory welcomes Wildlife Painter and Fiber Artist Eric Jackson, who specializes in unique batik illustrations of Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic species, in today’s podcast. Eric had had a deep interest in water quality and aquatic life since a yo ..read more

Welcome to season five, episode 16 of The Abundant Artist, the show that dispels the myth of “the starving artist” and shares how you can live an abundant life as an artist and make a living from your talent one interview at a time. In this episode, a longtime friend of Cory Huff joins the podcast – Miriam Schulman! Miriam is a full-time artist, art teacher, and art business coach that helps artists (from amateur to professional) develop their skills, tap into their creativity and grow thriving art businesses. With 20 years of art industry experience, Miriam shares her wisdom on what it tak ..read more