One reason I know so darn much about running a business as a solopreneur is I’ve been doing it for over 20 years.

And what amazes me, what never changes, is that the learning curve is always ahead of me. I used to think there was a catch-up point, and I’d race for it. Took a while for me to notice that each time I got close, the curve simply…

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When I first heard the words “social media,” I had 3 years of the smARTist Telesummit under my belt, had sold thousands of copies of my Writing The Artist Statement book, and coached dozens of private artist clients.

I barely had time to brush my teeth, much less prance around a “social” site with old high school classmates-who never gave me the time of day, way-back-when, in the first place.

I admit to a glop of self-righteousness:  I (oh, no, not I) wasn’t going to fall for this latest Internet hula hoop. I was going to stay focused on the business of serving artists. (See me, with my nose in the air?)

Then, marketing guru Adam Urbanski held a series of…

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In Motion by Lori Wolfson

It’s been great fun being here and sharing this wonderful blog, but it’s time for me to move on.  My work here is done. The canvas calls me and I must attend.

Have a wonderful time all you artists and good luck in all you do.  Until we meet again…

And thank you, Ariane, for the opportunity to spend this valuable and rewarding time here with you.  You are one of a kind and, as an artist, I can’t tell you how much your support and work out there in the world for us all means to me!

Grace Cathedral, New York City by Lori Wolfson

I used to look at writing a blog like being one of those people who get on the subway and tell their story to their briefly held captive audience.  Like when you’re on the train in New York and it stops, and people get off and people get on, and the doors close.  And then the train starts to move again.

And sometimes an unusual-looking person emerges from the dulled anonymity and proceeds to…

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In an earlier post I talked about going back into unfinished drawings and paintings with an abstracted and loosened approach, and how that served as a good vehicle for my re-entry into the world of making pictures.  I continue to work like this on these old drawings, and in the process I am slowly and subtly becoming aware of my developing visual memory.

I remember when I was an art student my teachers would often talk about visual memory.  They told of how…

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It’s New Year’s Eve and I have a blog to write.  My New Year’s Resolution in relation to this blog is to be honest; to speak from this very moment about what it is that occupies my thoughts.  So, here’s my truth for Thursday, January 1, 2009.

I don’t feel like writing a blog today-December 31, 2008.  I feel like letting my mind fly free, unfettered by any tasks at hand.  I know, I know, I’ve been saying that a lot these past few blogs.  ‘I need a break, I need a pause,’ all that.  But the truth is…

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Lascaux - The Axial Gallery

In my last couple of posts I have written about current events because that seemed to be all that any of us could think about.  Now, after several weeks of being in extreme emergency mode, I want to escape from the world of time and circumstance and (if I may)…

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