As a side note, it has been my experience that most of the successful independent artists that I know did not go to art school. I know artists who were oil pipeline engineers, social workers, stay-at-home moms, welders, advertising executives, marketing executives, and chefs. These artists are not only the most successful independent artists that I

I hate that phrase. I’m not a computer person is an abdication of ability to learn something new. It’s a refusal to be a part of contemporary society.

a number of artists who made solid six-figure incomes for ten to twenty years or more, and when their gallery dropped them or went out of business, they were suddenly without income and had no resources to start sales because the gallery had all of the relationships with collectors.

What other activities did you do while you were there? • Your own connection to a place is generally made up of the attitudes you have, drawn from the activities you did, the people you met and your general mood. How have you captured this in the painting? • Do you know some human stories that bring the place alive? • If you create cityscapes, how

With size-based pricing, you simply need to determine your current multiplier (the number you multiply by the canvas size) in order to immediately know the price for any given piece (okay, possibly with the help of a calculator . . .). If you create in a lot of different sizes, you may find linear-inch pricing more sensible than square-inch

Think about who your ideal collectors are. What do they like to read? What are they interested in? Why do they like art? Keep those things in mind when you are creating content. I know a number of artists who lead workshops as a way of generating interest in their own art. They publish instructional videos and how-to content that gets people

things that inspire them to share or participate. Offer an incentive: winner gets your print of the month (or choice), someone gets a discount in your shop, one of ten commenters will get a free print, etc. Encourage fans to share pictures of their collections, favorite artwork, or their dog—whatever it is that could be related to your artwork,

documentary called Indie Kindred,

Cyborg Theory states that because of the way that machines and objects have become a part of our everyday life, we are all cyborgs (part human, part machine).