Artist Strong Blog

Enjoy interviews and articles about creative process and our inherent creative spirit.

How to get a solo exhibition for your art

Are you an artist who wants a solo exhibition of your art? Easy enough to say, but how do you actually take steps to make it happen?   Hi my name is Carrie and here on Artist Strong I help artists like you refine your skill and develop your unique artist voice....

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How To Be An Artist: Katharina Andrea

  Katharina has a very colourful artist practice. She writes, paints, makes music and likes to express herself in many ways. CREATIVE PLAY is a way to connect with herself and with the world.   Carrie: What is your earliest creative memory? Good question. I...

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How to be a Successful Artist

Why do you make art? Do you feel like your art needs to BE something? Hi my name is Carrie and I help artists like you refine your skill and develop your unique artist voice. Today on Artist Strong we talk about a topic few artists actively reflect on: what does it...

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How To Be An Artist: Judith Farr

Judith Farr is an artist from London who is based in Spain. Keywords that inform her work include chaos and contrast. An ongoing investigation of colour and texture is carried out principally through combining unexpected elements and to some extent managing the...

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A Guide to Developing Your Unique Artist Style

All month long we’ve discussed strategies and tasks that, when used in combination, can help you develop and refine your unique artist voice. My name is Carrie and here on Artist Strong that’s what I do: help artists like you refine your skill and develop your unique...

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How To Be An Artist: Roberta Mockus

Roberta Mockus is an artist, mother, and struggles with mental illness.   Since childhood, Roberta found solace in the simplicity of coloring, a medium she has returned to. She has shown in galleries and is privately and publicly collected. It wasn't until mid...

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How to Use Feedback to Create Your Best Art

The term art critique makes many an artist cringe. The problem, however, isn’t art critique. It’s our understanding of it.   Hi my name is Carrie and here on Artist Strong I help people like you refine your skill and develop your unique artist voice.   This...

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Why Artists Work in Series

A lot of art marketing advice tells artists to have a singular style or approach to their art because this can help build trust and maintain collectors. Yet, this advice can feel really limiting as an artist.   Thankfully, there is another way to develop your...

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How to Be an Artist: Linda Ursin

Linda Ursin is a wildly creative, intuitive, artist & creative consultant providing creative kicks in the pants when you need it. She mainly gets her artistic inspiration from mythology & the local landscapes & wildlife.   She lets her intuition guide...

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