Art Blog - Corporate Art Advice

A well worded statement can be the perfect opening for your biography. Your personality will generally lead you into the construction of this brief paragraph. Many artists who have a talent to be nimble with words may decide on revealing something of their nature by playing with the media in which they work. I think one of my favorite examples is the statement by the gifted paper artist, Mary Lawler: "The nature of my work varies from time to time, but it almost always involves paper. I love paper, I write on paper, I collect paper, I hoard paper in drawers. I open a drawer, stroke the paper admiringly, then close the drawer. It's hard to put that first cut into a new sheet." Continue reading… 7 comments

As I write this blog I can't help but think how boring this whole business of art business must be to so many of you. I mean, you read blogs by Peter and Gary and Mike, and they spin such wonderful stories of art history, clandestine meetings of great painterly women in museums, and the phenomenon of creative discovery in the ordinary classroom. It makes me think of a program that was on PBS back in the 80's created by Steve Allen (creator of the original Tonight Show) that was the ultimate talk show called "Meeting of the Minds." He would script a gathering at a round table with himself as host and people from history like Leonardo diVinci, William Blake and Niccolo Paganini… Continue reading… 3 comments

One of the things that you as an artist need to think about when doing business with art consultants, galleries or designers is creating business forms to use for the many transactions that occur during the process of selling your artwork. Most, if not all, consultants and designers have forms that they use, but it's always such a pleasure to deal with an artist who has their own and who is prepared. It's impressive and tells the art buyer this is an artist who is organized and will more than likely be a pleasure with whom to do business. The reality is, it WILL make you more organized and you WILL be more successful in your business because you will always know exactly what the status is for every piece of artwork that is not in your studio… Continue reading… 3 comments

I want to add a postscript to my last blog about finding corporate art consultants. I completely neglected, shame on me, to recommend that you can also find consultants on the Internet. For example, if you Google "corporate art consultants" you will find a list of options from which to select. Some of these will be large consulting firms that are generally located in large cities like Chicago, Denver, New York, Los Angeles, etc. There will be listings of smaller firms in various locations all over the world, art advisers and appraisers, framers, professionals that conduct workshops and lectures. You may even stumble upon some sites that will sell you lists of art consultants at a cost that is generally around $75 - $100+… Continue reading… 2 comments