Artist Strong Blog
Enjoy interviews and articles about creative process and our inherent creative spirit.To Print or Not To Print
What benefits will you enjoy if you create prints of your artwork? On the other hand, why wouldn’t you want to create prints? As artists and sometimes also entrepreneurs, we can often agonize over our art. Should I explore this theme? How much practice do I need with...
Creative Spirit Riccardo Mantero
Riccardo Mantero is an award-winning and published photographer based in Italy. He learned photography through several courses, training and workshops and through the avid study of the most famous classics. He works with two Nikon D800 and D810 DSLRs and several...
Tell the Story of Your Art
How exactly do you tell a story about your art? What should we talk about? How do we start? If you want people to connect with your work, tell stories. I’ve been writing in journals since I was in kindergarten. It’s blessed me with my distinct voice that shows in my...
Tips & Tricks: Unlimited versus Limited Edition Prints
In today's Tips & Tricks with Artist Strong I talk about how I use both unlimited and limited edition prints to offer value to collectors. Learn about the difference between each kind of print, what questions you should be asking about ink, and some places to...
Creative Spirit Frida Kahlo
The Creative Spirit spans time. Periodically on Artist Strong I will showcase a creative from history. Working from the same kinds of questions, I will research and share how these creatives across history and geography may have answered our questions about creative...
Art and the role of Dreams
Art often comes to me in my dreams. I still remember the moment I realized I had to keep a journal by my bedside. I was young, maybe pre-teen, obsessed with poetry. I had woken up with a poem in my head. A fully formed poem. No edits needed. I felt like I woke up to...
Creative Spirit Diana Baumbauer
Diana Baumbauer has spent many years developing her unique approach to artistic expression through doll making. She is self-taught by her own admission and has found when she is in the creative process, she is in her element. Diana’s work evokes a sense of play and...
Hardship and Your Art
We don’t ever really know how long we have with people we love. And while we know this, somehow illness or loss can throw it violently in our faces. Recently a loved one came sick. And while none of us ever know how long we have with people in our lives, this kind of...
Creative Spirit Jam Art Factory
Rooted in a desire to showcase the abundant and talented artists emerging in Ireland today, Jam Art Factory first opened it's doors on Patrick Street, in the heart of Dublin's historic Liberties in 2011. Since then, this independent gallery and design shop has...