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source: http://www.artsyshark.com/2011/08/26/artist-statement/ 26 Tips How to Write Your Artist's Statement Writing Your Artist's Statement Step-By-Step   A few days ago I counseled an artist who had to prepare an Artist's Statement because he wanted to apply to the Bronx Museum AIM Program. This is one of many purposes for writing one and why it is crucial to spend time and effort to make sure yours stands out from the others. People who are attracted to your work will want to know more about the artist behind it. The Artist’s Statement offers you the opportunity to share your story, express your strong beliefs and artistic vision. As your viewers learn more about you and your intention they will become more engaged with your work and their desire to purchase it will grow. So, there is a very practical purpose for the Artist’s Statement. Simply stated, the artist Robert Henri said, “Your statement is the way you talk in paint.”  Your Ar...

Straight from Julie of Balzer Designs, Let go of expectations. http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/balzer_designs/2012/01/art-journal-every-day-let-go-of-expectations.html#tpe-action-posted-6a00d8341c766153ef016760da1079970b Here is one of my daily blog reads that inspires me to do a little something something every day. I don't really keep a printed journal but record my work in my blog. Anyhow here are some of Julie's tips about letting go of your expectations: Remember, it's just ten minutes of nourishing your creative self every day!  No need to finish anything or even like it. One of the most common complaints I hear from people about art journaling is that they can't get their pages to look how they envision them in their heads.  Well, I can't either.  I'm sure somebody out there gets it "just right" every single time, but it's not me.    And yet, I love my pages.   My secret?  I have learned to let go of my pre-conceptions of w...

Thanks to writter Susan Semenak in the Saturday Weekend Life section of the Gazette there was a little blurb about me and my lazy weekend gardening: Who: Barbara Pagani, weekend gardener Where: The family cottage in Labelle, near Mont Tremblant Favourite: Nasturtiums Pagani plants her seeds straight into the ground at the end of April or in early May. By the time she gets back to the cottage two weeks later, the seeds have begun to sprout, and by mid-summer the garden bed is a tangle of trailing green leaves and bright orange and red edible flowers. The best thing about nasturtiums, she says, is that they do best in poor soil, which encourages more prolific flowering. At the end of the growing season, she dries the seeds and stores them in a little cup on the windowsill.Barbara Pagani, weekend gardener Where: The family cottage in Labelle, near Mont Tremblant Favourite: Nasturtiums Pagani plants her seeds straight into the ground at the end of April or in early May. By the time she get...