An Artist Should Ask “How Else Can I Sell That _______?”
An Artist Should Ask “How Else Can I Sell That _______?”
When I read about some “so-called” artist mentors I practically want to cry.
This morning I read an article about a young man that started showing an art (painting) talent in grammar school. He was guided along and although he’s had some success, he now works in a bakery decorating cakes with a hope to go to college to learn graphic design.
Do you see anything wrong with this?
Here’s what I see…
1. That young talented boy stopped his creations, learned how to decorate cakes and has hopes of going to college to learn graphic design.
2. Who crushed his dreams so badly that he no longer creates his art but instead has a job to make money?
3. Whoever was mentoring the young artist in his grammar school years didn’t follow through in his high school years because he went astray, ie: decorating cakes instead of being an artist.
It appears to me that the young man was told that he will never make it as an artist. Perhaps he was also told that he needed to be steadily employed.
Rumors, Gossip or Something…
Maybe there was an artist somewhere, sometime that couldn’t sell his art or something like that. Perhaps he explained his failures to other creative folks. Who knows! But it is a real situation that you will run into with your artistic creations, people may say to you “you need a real job”. There are many ways to sell art in the twenty-first century if that’s what you want to do. The only thing you have to watch out for is: Does that business truly help artists or is it in the business of making money off of artists?
You have to find out this information before jumping into a “great deal.” Reading the Fine Print is Vital, no matter how good the opportunity sounds.
If you want to get going right away, you can start by asking yourself “how else can I sell that ___________?” Because once you answer that question, you can search online to locate many companies that can possibly fit what you are looking for. Then do your research to find the best opportunities by reading the fine print and knowing your rights.
Don’t ever compromise or give up creating, no matter what. Artists are very special and you are one.
ILIA
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