Art Marketing 2012

Photo credit: dave from morguefile.com

On January 26th I began the SmARTist Telesummit, put together by Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D, one of my former instructors at the Loveland Academy of Fine Arts. I knew this was going to be good, because a lot of what I do utilizes Ariane's teachings already.  But I had NO idea how much I would benefit.


I have to say, we are only 3 official days in, .and I have never been able to implement any kind of change to my thoughts about art & marketing as I have from this amazing group in such a short time!

I am so very excited how these lessons have changed my way of thinking already...can't wait to see what the full course can do. Wheeeee. It's going to be a fun ride!

Be, Be, Be Productive!

Getting the year off to a Productive Start...
with the 2012 Productivity Revolution Telesummit.


You really can not go wrong, when the line up looks like this and it was awesome! Still absorbing all the information.

January 9th  "Power Up Your Productivity for 2012 and Beyond!" with Leslie Shreve

January 10th "The Top Five Time Wasters and What to Do About Them" with Christine Louise Hohlbaum

January 11th "5 Powerful Techniques for Emptying Your Email Inbox and Keeping It Empty" with Heidi DeCoux

January 12th"Busting Free From The Time and Money Game" with Leslie Cunningham

January 13th "The Productive Business Systems that Enable Graceful Growth" with Kelly Azevedo

January 16th"Three Biggest Causes of Overwhelm for Women Solopreneurs and How to Avoid Them" with Monique Wells

January 17th "Want to get more done? Discover which foods you need to eat to speed up your energy and get more done in less time, the natural way!" with Ava Waits

January 18th  "Implement What You've Learned! Stay Focused And Motivated the Entire Year by Implementing 5 Tools For Optimal Productivity" with Araceli Gonzalez

Thank You all for helping provide some incredible tips on these subjects. It was almost overwhelming! I am still working through the ebooks. 

And We're Off...

Photo credit: pinhed from morguefile.com

And We're Off...


Another year, another game plan to try to keep on track. So time to review and revamp:


2011: If I had a game plan...can't find it. I guess I was more worried about Living another year.
1. I got rid of the wheelchair and got back into the studio
2. I rejoined Art On Mountain Gallery, and was juried in for both Acrylic & Sculpture.
3. I created a cohesive body of work  that is not only marketable, but is selling.
4. My demo of how to paint a zinnia was featured on ArtInstructionBlog
5. The "Cyd's Kids" were created thanks to my dear friend Carolyn Pearce

2012 Goals:
1. To get in 1-2 more galleries by year's end.
2. To create a minimum of 1 large work a month and 1-2 small ones
3. To continue working on the figurative collection, and begin a new series.
4. To try to pick up some marketing workshops
5. To take some lessons, to both better my paintings, and perhaps...I may relearn how to use brushes so i won't need to rely on paper towels as a painting tool. :)
6. To break even..or perhaps even to make a profit this year.

7. To have fun, keep breathing...and continue to share my joy of being alive with my friends and patrons. Life is too good to miss! ~ Cyd