Janis Zroback

you’re "stuck in the middle*" with a bunch of people who "kinda like" your artwork…

that seemed to paint themselves, without your consciousness having anything to do with it.. you know those works will stand the test of time…that instinctive genius came from somewhere

Well of course she was unrecognizable, but he said he rented it to a Miss Delia Barnes….

That reflection you mentioned can be a living nightmare as well..

It is really intimidating to a beginning watercolourist but I’ve also seen it terrorize experienced artists…

Some artists have a glimmer of "what could be," but success and relative happiness still seem beyond their reach.

Of spouses spewing self hatred in gathered vials
of poisonous words…

There has been a pileup of emails from artists, asking for ideas in dealing with abusive fathers, spouses, and other family members

A deep-seated fear that there is something wrong with them and wonder if they may be unlovable or unacceptable..

There are five main types of art buyer. Some are a combination of more than one type…

The comment I hear most from curators about why they aren’t interested in an artists who seem to be fairly decent painters is, "their work is all over the place".

There’s more to a signature than meets the eye. Like paintings themselves, they carry a meta-message about the artist_.

Many paintings today suffer from being blown out in sloppy haste hoping that some magic will make them excellent…

To get more emotion, you need to forego some of this engineering and let yourself be a bit more of a swinger.

Whenever I finish a new painting or blog post, I can get that information out to hundreds of artists almost instantly..

When artists gain a following for their work, whatever style or subject they choose to feature may ultimately become their rut..

All this stuff about aggressive marketing is not worth a prayer if the work is substandard.

It’s perfectly legal to indulge oneself in the RedBubble habit..but you can’t get the same heady feeling unless you join up..

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