In my conversations with artists, actors, writers, singers and musicians I’ve noticed a pattern of three ‘sinkholes’ that suck the creative energy right out of a person. There are various nuances and sub-categories within the top three but for the sake of brevity I’ve sorted the big energy drainers into the following three funnels: 1. [...]

Being an artist, owning an art gallery in Los Angeles, and working for the world’s largest fine art instruction program have taught me a few things about what an artist must do if he or she wishes to make a living as an artist. The following rules are addressed to becoming a professional fine artist [...]

Well-meaning, yet woefully misguided, advice from parents, teachers and other loved ones such as “You’ll never make a living as an artist” has become the foundational belief and mantra of the artist’s Inner Critic. What’s worse is that this also woefully misguided Inner Critic loves to be right and will serve up proof and evidence [...]