Artist Strong Blog

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

Creative Spirit Maria Gil Ulldemolins

Maria is a painter in the morning and a creative innovation consultant in the afternoon. This means all day, every day Maria studies the creative process and how that can change one’s life and business. She firmly believes in fun and co-creation. Carrie: Welcome to...

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How to Travel with Your Creativity

How to Travel with Your Creativity

Much of the recent online dialogue about creativity has been about establishing patterns, routines and incorporating art into our everyday lives. What happens when our schedule and structure changes? How then do we navigate our desire to be creative? As many of you...

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Creative Spirit Jaz Higgins

Creative Spirit Jaz Higgins

Jaz Higgins is a pop surrealist artist based in Brisbane, Australia. She has worked as a full time artist for the past 7 years from her home studio, where she lives with her husband and two children. Carrie: Welcome to Artist Strong Jaz Higgins, how would you describe...

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Doodle Book Review: Playing Big by Tara Mohr

How to play big when it comes to your creativity! (Click to Tweet) TRANSCRIPT of today's video: It’s the fifth Monday of the month, which means it’s Artist Strong’s Doodle Book Review. This month we take a look at the book Playing Big by Tara Mohr. I select books I’ve...

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Creative Spirit Michele Santo

Creative Spirit Michele Santo

Michele Santo is a Copywriter for Wellness Warriors. She believes when your personality pops off the page, your work is irresistible. Her forte? Helping you find the right words to stir people to action. She co-authored the book, Empowering Transformations for Women,...

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Can Artists Have Marketing Skills?

Can Artists Have Marketing Skills?

Success. A growing movement of people wish to redefine success as measured by quality of life. Most of us, even in quality of life measures, associate money with success. Success is about achievement, recognition, and progress. Our society values wealth as part of...

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Creative Spirit Virginia Simpson-Magruder

Creative Spirit Virginia Simpson-Magruder

Virginia Simpson-Magruder (Kentucky Girl Designs) teaches creativity workshops in Marin County, CA using the visually exciting mediums of altered books, art journals, and collage. She also designs, makes, and sells hand-soldered glass pendant jewelry specializing in...

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How to Refine an Artwork

There are two camps of creatives when it comes to refining an artwork: the over-workers and the under-workers. Over-workers are typically perfectionists seeking their ever elusive “perfect.” They persist with a creation until they actively destroy the lovely,...

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Creative Spirit Erica Dornbusch

Creative Spirit Erica Dornbusch

  Despite extensive visual impairment Erica Dornbusch is an award winning, internationally published illustrator and designer with more than 25 years of experience in creative art direction, marketing and design and fine art. As a fine artist, she is an actively...

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