EXHIBITION OPENINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES
You worked for months to make your artworks; pushing long hours in front of the canvas, maybe working a 9 to 5 to fund the whole thing, planing the shows’s logistics and god forbid you even had to buy plane…
FROM EXCLUSIVE TO INCLUSIVE: THE POWER OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Ever since cave painting became a thing, art has been evolving in a more or less steady, linear fashion. From the stylistic representations of the dark ages to the true to life paintings and sculptures, that dominated the renaissance. Sure,…
THE DREAM OF BEING A FULL TIME CREATIVE
Would you like to travel the world and be a free, creative spirit like a lot of the social media stars of today? To make art — be it music, painting, embroidery or even documentary YouTube films — and have…
OH LUCKY ME
You’re creativity is stuck, but after a week long hiatus, you finally manage to get yourself together again and decide to get up and paint that painting you decided you’d do long ago. And as luck would have it, you…
THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME
From makeup and clothes to drones, cameras and BBQ grills; social media sites are full of people reviewing branded products for the masses. But while you can find thousands of YouTube channels with various product unboxings and reviews, I constantly…
THE UNHARNESSED POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA
When I was a kid, we used to play outside; hide and seek was a popular choice, or we would climb trees and get our knees scuffed when riding our bikes around town. Back in the day, people still knew…
KNOWLEDGE WILL ONLY GET YOU SO FAR
Motivation is a crucial factor in our lives — especially if you’re freelancing like me — because there is no 9 to 5, no boss or superior to give you directions, and absolutely no short-term penalty for being late to…
SOME ARE GOOD AT ASKING QUESTIONS, OTHERS AT ANSWERING THEM
Staring at a blank piece of paper or canvas can be daunting. What if you start in the wrong area and end up with a bad composition? What if you’re working in aquarelle and paint a part of the paper…
IF ONLY I COULD BE AS CREATIVE AS YOU
I’m sure a lot of you are familiar with these lines: “I would totally enjoy singing, but I’m a terrible singer.” or “I’d love to act, but I just don’t have the talent for it.” and my favourite “If only…
THE PERKS OF HAVING AN AGENT THAT ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT YOU
From movie stars to singers, everybody in the industry has their own agent. And the same goes for the art world, though we mostly call them gallerists. But apart from the few reading, who have managed to get signed by…