Making the Jump

As some of you know, it took me until my fifties to finally come out of the closet, no silly… as a writer and creative. Allowing my inner creative side to emerge was a liberating and exciting event, and something that I highly recommend. I’m not that gifted or talented, just someone who has a [...]

How You Can Shoot Inexpensive Blog Videos

I mentioned a few weeks ago that as I learned about web marketing stuff, I’d share it with you. Well, this is a little rough, I STILL HAVE A LOT TO LEARN: but using a home made studio, an inexpensive camera, a Mac and some footage I shot on my boat, I show you how [...]

Ms. Lederer the Illustrator

This weeks’ artist profile is about a VERY talented illustrator, Ilene Winn-Lederer, a native of Chicago. She attended The Art Institute of Chicago and The Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. She currently resides in Pittsburgh, creating original imagery that navigates the delicate bridge between the mundane and mystical theaters of human experience. A member of the [...]

Selling Your Creations

So, let’s say you are in the steel  wire business. You have wire to sell… The problem is, you can’t seem to sell wire to anyone, no matter how hard you try. Spools of wire, discount wire specials, buy one get one free wire… No one buys your wire.
Then, some high paid consultant comes along [...]

Austin Artist

Hi Guys:
 Another new buddy this week. Jay Braden is a painter from Texas and here’s what he has to say about his work:
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“Art is a lifelong thread connecting the many passions I’ve developed. Painting and illustration are two of my favorite ways of pulling together the vast array of subjects that engage me, friends and [...]

On Income Taxes

You know, if you keep good records, today’s tax software makes it really easy for you to do your taxes. I set aside most of Good Friday to do taxes and I was actually done in a few hours. The software walks you through the process and 95% of the battle is having your records [...]

Entertainment for Your Third Eye

I’ve electronically met another cool artist this week, Dana Weekly from the Princeton area of New Jersey. Dana’s story resonated with me because she was an accountant before “my inner artist stomped that out”. Since I just finished my taxes, I thought it was a great week to introduce you to Nine Tomatoes, Dana’s website. [...]

New Ventures…

I spent the past weekend at an internet marketing “buttcamp” with the famous Tom Antion. I learned how to build websites, run a shopping cart, and a lot of other things necessary to build a business around The Affluent Artist. (Little secret here, the book is only the beginning).
As you know, my passion is connecting [...]

Lagniappe II

One day last week I found myself coming home from Wal-mart with something in the bag to feed my daughter’s guinea pig and something in the same bag to get rid of the mouse who’d taken up residence in the garage. It’s all about P.R. isn’t it? I mean, they are both rodents…
Here’s something I’ve [...]

Kenny Schick, Singer Songwriter

This week’s featured artist is a multi talented creative from the Bay Area in California, Kenny Schick. Kenny is a photographer, songwriter, saxophonist, record producer, engineer and fortunate enough to be married to the lovely Sabine Huesler. What captivates me about Kenny’s work is his singing and songwriting, we both play acoustic guitar, but my instrument doesn’t [...]