Artist Strong Blog
Enjoy interviews and articles about creative process and our inherent creative spirit.
Photo Fiddling: An Art Activity with Artist Strong
Being creative doesn’t have to cost money. I’ve heard many people talk about obstacles to being creative and money is cited as one of those obstacles. Today’s activity is an example of how we can use the tools around us to be creative and make fun, imaginative...
Creative Spirit Andrez Bergen
Andrez Bergen is an expat Australian writer, journalist, DJ, musician, photographer and ad hoc beer and saké connoisseur who has been entrenched in Tokyo, Japan, for the past 15 years. He published noir/sci-fi novel 'Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat' in 2011, the surreal...
Are You a Highly Sensitive Creative?
About a month ago now I left Muscat to go to my first conference in Berlin, called ALIVE. So many people in the entrepreneurial community preach the benefits of conferences for connection, networking and learning experiences I wanted to experience this for myself....
Creative Spirit Monique Hohnberg
Monique Hohnberg is the founder of #RiseRegardless, a Twitter account that helps you create your best quality of life no matter the circumstances. Inspirational Leader, Photographer, Ocean Lover, Writer, Film Journalist, Teacher, Student, Wordsmith, Monique has just...
How to Listen To Your Inner Artist
Racing Through To-Dos Before leaving Muscat I was in a whirlwind of all the many “to dos” I wished to accomplish. I panicked about disconnecting from everything Artist Strong… so much to do, so little time! I am often in a perpetual state of working, or thinking about...
Creative Spirit Megan Isabella
Megan Isabella is a proud Australian artist, designer and founder of Megan Isabella Design. She lives and works in her Perth studio, producing designs for a range of lifestyle products for the home and work space. Her designs begin with hand-illustrated motifs, which...
How to Value an Artwork
There is a safety I feel in my studio. I am sheltered from the world, living in a bubble where only me and my artwork exist. I can create, I don’t have to share if I don’t want to, and I can be present and ever mindful of my moment: painting, drawing, creating. I...
Creative Spirit Sara E Lynch
Sara Lynch is a mixed media artist living and working in one of the northern most parts of New York State. From 2002 to 2006 she attended Alfred University and then returned home to Potsdam, NY to run the after school program at a daycare center. Sara has attended...
How to Discover Your Artistic Style
I have a fear that my art is without style. I’m not speaking about art in a fashion sense, either. I don't mean that my style is questionable or bad, I mean that my work exhibits an absence of style. I get the impression that many of this awesome community struggle...