I love being an artist. I’ve always considered it a privilege. In recent years, however, it has also become a luxury. In fact it has become a vanity. It used to be that vanity galleries, founded by the super rich as tax shelters, were all the rage. Now, the...
Do your research Emerging collectors should become informed by utilizing museums, galleries, auction houses, artists, fellow collectors, art books, magazines and websites to assist them in acquiring art. But you don’t need a Master’s degree in art history...
“It takes a lifetime to build trust and only a second to destroy it forever.” I have written previously about the art business as a con game. Well here is a painting I know you will like. . . Once, on a cruise ship, the auctioneer was angry that no one...
A Secret Plot, Using the Arts to Bring Test Scores Up. As artist in residence in North Charleston I taught kids and their teachers how to draw. It was a simple mission. People who believed that they were not talented achieved success and there were a lot of...
Prepare a Place for Your Dreams If you expect things to fall into place in your life, to realize your dreams, you must be willing to prepare a place for the dream to become real. If you dream of great wealth and success, you owe it to yourself to put structures in...
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