Continued from Eric Maisel’s The van Gogh Blues 1 If I were asked to single out the one most important piece of advice in this book, it would be that creatives need to take action in service of … more →
Art Callingszoutewelle wrote 2 months ago: Continued from Eric Maisel’s The van Gogh Blues 1 If I were asked to single out the one most i … more →
szoutewelle wrote 3 months ago: Further musings about why art as product, represented and marketed within the gallery art world is n … more →
szoutewelle wrote 4 months ago: I usually only write when I have something specific to say, but it has been so long, I thought I … more →
szoutewelle wrote 6 months ago: Thank you for coming to our show today. There are two art worlds; The first one is the world full o … more →
szoutewelle wrote 6 months ago: I was invited to donate some artwork to a charity art auction. I gave two rather large pastels, and … more →
szoutewelle wrote 8 months ago: I am not arguing against selling one’s art to make a living at all. This is a valid return on … more →
szoutewelle wrote 8 months ago: This post is a continuation of, “Shaun McNiff and ‘Trusting the Process”. Shaun sa … more →
szoutewelle wrote 8 months ago: This post refers to the previous one, ‘I Protest’. One of the most insightful and succin … more →
szoutewelle wrote 8 months ago: I recently read a list of things you can do to make it easier to sell your art online. Of course it … more →
szoutewelle wrote 8 months ago: There are 20 other things I should be doing this morning, but I realized that for my well-being, I n … more →
szoutewelle wrote 11 months ago: I am working through Carol Lloyd’s, ‘Creating a life worth living’. In her list … more →
szoutewelle wrote 1 year ago: This is a continuation of the previous post, ‘Brave little businesses’. There are thousa … more →
szoutewelle wrote 1 year ago: I visited with a fellow artist this morning who was grumbling about too few visitors to his gallery. … more →
szoutewelle wrote 1 year ago: What is ‘vacation’? For me it is emptying my mind of all the everyday demands and expe … more →
szoutewelle wrote 1 year ago: I think one of the things we need to find a solution for is how peoples’ talents are getting w … more →
szoutewelle wrote 1 year ago: The question up for me in relation to making art is this: how do I find a way to sell or give away m … more →
szoutewelle wrote 1 year ago: Artists don’t make art in order to make money. Artists make art because they love to or feel a … more →
szoutewelle wrote 1 year ago: ..the largest subsidy of cultural life, ’comes not from governments, corporations, or other … more →
szoutewelle wrote 1 year ago: I have been trying to pinpoint why art fairs here in northern Holland generally depress me. I went … more →