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...

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...