How to Sell Your Art Online: Live a Successful Creative Life on Your Own Terms

Michelle Ward, from WhenIGrowUpCoach.com.

that information wants to be free; that attention equals currency; that ubiquity, not rarity, defines value; and that a truly networked society had to be open and unrestricted.

documentary called Indie Kindred,

Your inspiration for making your art matters to people. They want to understand where your art came from. You don’t have to come right out and say it, but you can hint at it and lead people down the path that you want them to follow and let them discover it for themselves.

How can you as an artist use the Web to build these weak ties to the communities that might be interested in your art?

Capture the thoughts and emotions around the creation of each piece. Gwenn

Andy Warhol already understood this idea of the open exchange of ideas and ubiquity. After all, Warhol coined that phrase “fifteen minutes of fame.” Warhol mass-produced his art and appropriated popular images, leveraging the attention of the art world into multiple revenue streams and increasing the value of his individual pieces.

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

Susan Cain’s book Quiet provides excellent guidance on how to be in the world as an introvert.