Archive of 2010 March

the challenge of being a creative entrepreneur

March 01, 2010  :  Business of making art      
An excellent interview with a fellow artist/ketubah designer caused me to reflect on my own transition from a full-time creative director at a large corporation to being a full-time artist and entrepreneur. It's tremendously challenging to work for yourself, but that challenge is exactly what ... Read More

a visit to my photographs

March 04, 2010  :  Being an Artist      
My aunt and uncle had the opportunity to visit the Miraval Resort in Tucson, where I have a number of photographs installed in the lobby of their spa. Since I live across the country, I haven't had the chance to see it in person, ... Read More

Favorite picks from The Armory Show

March 05, 2010  :  On Art and Artists      
I just returned from this year's Armory Show. Wow, that place is crazy. An overwhelmingly huge warehouse of identical white cubes stuffed with art. It's a gallery on steroids. And beside my very ... Read More

shut up and make art

March 11, 2010  :  Being an Artist, Business of making art      
Every once and a while I need to remind myself of something important. That the primary job of an artist is... to create art. It's not marketing, social networking, nor applying for shows. My job is to sit in that studio, and sweating out new ... Read More

new photographs from this week

March 12, 2010  :  New Photographs      
I've been trying to buckle down and focus more energy on creating new art, and I managed to do a pretty good job of it this week. I was able to spend a least 3 hours in the studio each day, and have the following ... Read More

making what you love vs what sells

March 22, 2010  :  Business of making art      
The writer Steven Pressfield, author of The Legend of Bagger Vance, recently reflected on how he developed his business model. He drew two circles on a piece of paper, labeling one "Stories I love" and the other "Stores that might sell". Where they overlapped, ... Read More

new photographs added to my site

March 30, 2010  :  New Photographs      
I have just added a whole bunch of new photographs to my website that I've been working on for the past six months. These new photographs include abstract photographs of bark, tulips, and -- my favorite subject -- fallen leaves. [caption id="attachment_837" align="alignnone" ... Read More