Tag: artist

I’m thinking about Van Gogh’s mother and brother. The world considershim a great artist with a passion and an obsession to paint and get hisemotions out onto the canvas. If he lived today would be thought of asa great artist or a loser? What did his mother think of him? Hisbrother believed in him and kept him in paint and paid the rent, buthis art did not sell when he was alive. Hmmmm, what makes the world call Van Gogh and lets say Andy Warhol, an“Artist”? Why does their art…

It is not as much your work that people are willing to pay a highprice for it is your name. A name is what brings more value to apiece. The workmanship is very important but not as imortant as thename. The name in a business takes a long time to build unless youhave a lot of avertising money but even then it may not work.Marketing is an art in itself. some times it is best to hire aprofessional to do that job and you focus on making art.Art is worth…

Hi, Being a teacher for many years I use to offer this little story. The question is what is a true artist. An artist is creating abeautiful castle at the beach and time just slips away. There it is amasterpiece in his mind and a feeling of joy as the last bit of sandgoes on. In the mind of the artist “it is perfect”. At the time itdoesn’t matter that the tide will soon come in and wash away hismasterpiece. He doesn’t think about that fact the it might not…