Comments on: Useful Tips For Thriving As A Happy Self-Representing Artist

By: Barney Davey

Barney Davey

In reply to harry michael. Hi Harry, Thanks for your candid thoughts about my post. Written words are not unlike paintings. That is, every person reading or viewing them will have a different response. Whether my suggestions and ideas are totally original or not, even for established artists like you, my aim is to introduce, remind, and encourage healthy, profitable habits like taking time for self-care or digging into less competitive but profitable niches. I'm sorry this one missed making a difference to you. Nevertheless, I'll keep plugging away at helping artists in the hopes that I hit more than miss with my content. All the best!

By: harry michael

harry michael

Sorry Barney, I just wore myself out reading 2000 words and learning NOTHING new! Maybe this would be informative, [ or confusing] to some 20 year old kid who fancies the ”art life”, but it didn’t point ME in any paricular direction. By that, I mean; ”Do I live and breathe modernism or stick with conventional realism, surreal or impressionistic,Basquait or Warhol?? I have been a painter my entire life, [since 7 years old] and have created thousands of works.I was lucky enough once to have worked for 8 years with the world’s biggest and best art themeing company[ for Universal,Disney.Sun International,AnheiserBusch ,DeBeers, etc] building ,painting and installing large monuments and applications.Later, creating the ”Manimals” cartoon series as well as ”Flights of Fantasy”aviation art prints. All before the internet. All I have learned the entire time, [ now 70 years] is that absolutely NOBODY is coming to help you! They may be amused by your antics, envious of your talent, or jealous of your successes, but they really only care about what serves THEM! Can they market YOUR product? Milk your ideas? Get YOU to create an image for THEIR purposes?And then pay as little as they have to;…Just look at the Nike logo! since rectified] I spend many days wondering IF or WHEN any honest,rich, philanthropist could take me under their wing and go forward into a union where it is beneficial to BOTH! I cannot be the printer, salesman,copy writer, photo editor,and website designer,as well as the guy stuffing prints in tubes and mailing them;…but I am! NOW,if I can do THAT, others can too. Help me with useful info and guidance, not old advice…even Dr.Phil had to out –
do Dale Carnegie with a new book on how to get by in TODAY’S world!

By: Barney Davey

Barney Davey

In reply to Judith Peck. Thanks for your comment and observation. I agree. No one is ready to take all those steps at once. A quote from the post says, "Do what you can with what you've got where you are."