Selling You and Asking for the Order

One of the conflicts creative people have is that you must market yourself, market your work and learn to close the sale. My experience is there are few things harder than putting yourself and your work out for someone else’s approval and getting the price you deserve.  AND you are supposed to be a super [...]

New Gallery Showing in Seattle:

Friend of mine has this really cool gallery in Seattle, check this out:

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LAURIE KEARNEY Curator * Consultant * Motive Force�
SHEA SHOCHAT Curatorial Assistant�
Ghost Gallery is a “Moving Exhibition Project!”�
Ghost Gallery independently curates art events in Seattle (and soon, outside of WA!)- We have worked with the Pretty Parlor, Neumos, Last Waltz Boutique, 108 Occidental Gallery, [...]

The War of Art

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Remember that classic Roberta Flack song, “I felt he’d found my letters and read them all out loud?” How this “young boy, a stranger to my eyes” knew her most inner thoughts? That’s how I felt when I read Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art.�
I write about creative people and money, in my experience, my [...]

JJ Grey and Mofro

Not too long ago I found this GREAT Swamp Rock boogie group called The Radiators out of N’awlins and I was head over heels and most decidedly in musical lust. The song was called “Sittin On Top of The World” and if there was a needle on my Ipod Touch I’d have worn it out playin this [...]

Special Offer from Jack Canfield

Here’s a message from my mentor Jack Canfield, his seminar changed my life and here is your chance to work with him this year at a special price:
http://www.thesuccessprinciplesworkshop.com
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 Hi ,
Are you committed to succeeding in 2009…
no matter how many competitors enter your market? … no matter how much consumer spending slows? … no matter [...]

Too Busy to Get Anything Done

Ok, this one is tricky to discuss without pissing someone off and I’m sorry about that ahead of time. It is easier to talk about abortion, the middle east or religion than it is to tell someone that they are too busy doing stuff to actually accomplish anything. They can’t see it, but everyone around [...]

A Fellow Artist Needs Your Vote:

One of our members needs our help. Christopher Moore is a film maker and is the finalist in a competition. Let’s show him what The Affluent Artist FB Group can do by rating his film 5 stars, once a day between now and Sunday. The voting is a little clunky, you login and then drag [...]

"Painting on Anything That Doesn't Move"

It’s artist spotlight time and this week I’m talking about a “Creative Chick from South Carolina”, Susan Sorrell:
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Who Is SuSan SoRrELL??? 

With a needle and thread I will turn the art world on its ear.
I raise abandon beads that people have discarded in thrift stores.
I color outside the lines….and do it with permanent markers.
I like the [...]

Take Action

The funny thing about Self Improvement and setting goals and all that stuff is that it can become a substitute for actually working on your goals. If you keep buying the next self help book, going to the next teacher or the next seminar you might be missing the point, the motivational stuff is supposed [...]

New Copy: Web Ad For The Affluent Artist

I wrote this today and wanted to share it with you, in case you know someone who might like to hear about my book! Thanks, Rick
THE AFFLUENT ARTIST
The Money Book for Creative People

Famous Certified Financial Planner Says:
“Starving Artist Syndrome is Self Inflicted”

I get it! You live for your art, it is your passion, your [...]

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