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Have You Ever Felt Lost?
It’s been nearly 20 years since I first spent time in France. Nearly 20 years since I met a beautifully talented artist from Hawaii named Maria Lee. Maria was teaching at a small art school for

Meet Working Artist Tsvetomir lliev
I learned to do the work without expecting anything in return, and to concentrate on the things that I can do now and in the near future. This is how I made the “Jump” with The

How To Live Like A Wild Artist
My heart stopped when I saw it. How could I have lived in this house for the past five months and never known it was even there? But sure enough, it was. Tucked under the shelf.

Meet Working Artist David Foster
Artist David Foster has had a passion for nature photography for nearly fifty years. He focused heavily on photography during his twenties. Then life carried David through cross-country moves, marriage, kids and thirty years of employment

Meet Working Artist Tom Waters
In a world that often thinks being an artist is not a responsible thing to do, The Working Artist course gave me the ‘permission’ and the confidence to pursue being a full time artist. – Tom

How To Be The Greatest
I imagine that you’ve heard of the boxer named Mohammad Ali. When he passed away a few months ago, the whole world mourned. But Crista, you’re probably asking, what does a boxer have to do with

How Artists Achieve Breakthroughs
This picture of me is not the most glamorous, yet it’s my favorite. Let me explain. All my life I’ve been terrified of sharks. Truly terrified. My fears grew so big that I became unable to

Meet Working Artist Jeannie Motherwell
Jeannie Motherwell is an artist whose career has seen a solid, multi-layered path within the art field, in spite of the fact that she spent years hiding her true identity. Jeannie studied painting at Bard College,

My Secret Remedy For Being Stuck
There I was, up the Petrohué River. Luckily I had a paddle, however much good it did me. You see, last week found me white-water rafting in Chile. Am I a white-water rafting kind of girl?

Selling Your Art Online
Have you ever noticed how people talk about selling art online as if it’s easy? Post it, pin it, tweet it or link it and VOILA! The sales! The acclaim! The thousands of followers! But it’s

Meet Artist Jane Gray
Jane Gray’s story is a fascinating one. Not only is she an incredibly inspiring artist whose paintings look to energies beyond her vision, but she is a teacher herself too. Jane teaches the art of active