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When Will Canada Emerge As the New Frontier for Social Art?

Canada’s long history has been characterized by profound moments of historical as well as literary importance, making waves with the rest of the world while seemingly gazing from the sidelines. Despite the contributions of non-radical yet ...

Finding the Muse Within: Inspiration in Art and How to Find It

Inspiration is a strange and often elusive thing. It seems to ebb and flow; arriving in our lives at often unexpected times; then departing just as abruptly. For many, inspiration can be a fleeting experience; yet a powerful one; a mome...

There is no denying that our amazingly long or beautiful summer is over and winter is just around the corner.  If you live in or around the amazing mountains of BC you will see the snow is creeping down and preparing a nice solid base for another epic ski season... stoked for that!  the leaves are a...

The universe began from a single point over 13 billion years ago.  And it all started simply from the IDEA of existence.  The main driving force of existence is very much like binary code in the computer of ones and zeros.  There is, or there is not. Off and On.  Has, Has not.  As soon as the idea o...

A funny thing happens when you are an artist.  Even though being an artist is probably one of the hardest ways to make a living, until you get your systems dialed, you get asked ALL the time to donate art or your time for "worthy" causes.  Most of them promise good exposure, but more often than not ...

One of the big challenges of being an artist is living your existence on speculation.  You create works of art because you have the passion and desire to do so and for some of us, can't imagine doing anything else.  The problem is that even when you do the work, unlike virtually every other job on t...

This next little tidbit not only applies to the artistic world, but to life in general as well...

Be appreciative and grateful for evrything you have.  The moment you begin to take anything for granted or get into the mindset that you deserve whatever you have or that it is owed to you is when thin...

Finding your own individual and easily recognizable style is one of the hardest, yet most important tasks as an artists.  Wether it's as a painter, a sculptor, wood worker, writer or singer/songwriter, being recognizably unique is one of the most effective ways gain a fan base.  If your art looks or...

One of the biggest stereotypes of artists is that they are lazy and unreliable.  In many cases that is true.  For anyone who has ever currated a show a tried to deal with getting bios, label info and images of the pieces for the show from artists in a timely fashion I'm sure you experienced more tha...

If you are planning on a long and exciting career as an artist then having a good solid record of all your work is important not only for yourself, but also to show your clients how you have progressed over the years.  When you actually sit down and look at your entire body of work after a number of...