I believe that we create stories to make sense of our relationship to the world around us and that a sense of place is often a central theme.
Featured Artist Robert Houston Sneed
My detailed realistic style achieves a unique quality of depth and richness of color, drawing the viewer into his paintings.
The Power of Consultative Selling
Use your knowledge and experience to make recommendations that will help your customers purchase just the right piece that they will love.
Featured Artist Lori Landis
My work is geometrical to a point but many people have described my work as very quiet in feeling and look. I pursue beauty and serenity and use rich colors to get that feeling across.
Creating a Jewelry Collection
By doing an actual planned and designed collection, I feel I can tell a better story about me, and about my work, and speak more directly to my target market.
Interview Tips for Artists
You’ve connected with a member of the press and gotten an interview scheduled. Congratulations! Now what?
Featured Artist Dorothy Lorenze
Using different papers, compositions and lighting resulted in a variety of atmosphere and mood. Staying with similar forms through that series taught me a lot about rendering translucency.
Going Belly Up
You want to start your own business as an artist. But what if you fail? And what would happen if you could not fail?
Featured Artist Kristjana Williams
Kristjana’s designs are graphic & bold, layering and interweaving fragments of Victorian engravings and natural history prints with her own contemporary photography and illustration.
Featured Artist Judith Peck
In every piece, I attempt to strike a balance between something that draws the viewer in through visual appeal and something that communicates an idea
Documenting the Stolen Scream
Noam’s scream photo was blatantly ripped off and sold many times over, being credited to other people, even unscrupulous artists making lots of money selling it.
Featured Artist Michelle Samerjan
My world is a place where east and west, past and present harmoniously collide into my master works.
How Art is Chosen for Television and the Movies
Have you ever wondered how artists get their work onto movie sets and television shows? Here’s one expert who knows the inside story.
Featured Artist Jodi Broglio
Before launching Jolio Design, a boutique studio specializing in graphic design, packaging, branding and a fabulous Etsy shop, Jodi was a packaging designer at Mattel for the world’s most famous fashion icon, Barbie.
