Lost in the Jungle
"Butterfly Jungle" 9 x 12 Chalk pastel on paper Click here to purchase or view large A month after having a baby boy, it's still difficult for me to get painting time in-- this piece was finished mostly in one sitting, but it took several adjustments to get the last details right. I forgot how miserable it is to try and concentrate on anything when there's a crying newborn around. The irony of the fact that I recently wrote an article on not abandoning your art blog and then disappeared for a month from mine is not lost on me... I've spent a lot of time this last month reading about how other artists approach marketing their work, and have reached a conclusion: I don't want to use sales pitches and gimmicks to get my work sold. One artist I follow mentions not using "hard sales" tactics, because it never pays to have a buyer regret purchasing your work once the art makes it home. To me, buying art is like buying a favorite book to re...