Straight Talk on the Business of Being an Artist, with Shirley Williams | CI#22
Creative Insurgents: Living a Creative Life by Your Own Rules10/01/14 • 37 min
0:36 - Cory shares that living in France is not paradise, and sees it as a metaphor for everyone. "Embrace the chaos."
1:09 - Melissa's Great ClutterBust program is still open throughout October. Sign up at http://melissadinwiddie.com/great-clutterbust.
1:53 - Due to the lack of a good internet connection in France, Cory was unable to be present for the interview portion.
2:29 - Introducing Shirley Williams, abstract expressionist painter based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
3:37 - Pricing: the surprising Catch-22 of commanding high prices. "It wasn't paying my bills!" (Tip: "When you end up having less work than what you're selling, that's when you raise your prices.")
6:55 - "I don't know if I want to be famous; I want to make my living from this!"
9:08 - How Shirley prices her work: Lineal inch pricing (tip: this is how professional galleries do it).
10:37 - The importance of getting clear on what you really want for yourself, and why it doesn't work to be a museum artist and a self-represented artist. "There's one thing that's constant as a professional artist, and that's change."
10/01/14 • 37 min
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