#LiesStarvingArtistsTell "I Am a Slave to _____"

When I wrote "You Are Not a Slave" as a Facebook post in the summer of 2014, I was largely encouraging and correcting myself. Then it lead to a lot of responses, some encouraging and some not. Anyways the debate over whether we are slaves to our jobs comes up a lot when among Starving Artists, so I shared it here...

Raise your kid (and yourself) to be a BOSS!


Believe it or not, choosing to be an artist means you're already an entrepreneur!  Let's embrace it...

"My Work Isn't Marketable" and other #LiesStarvingArtistsTell Themselves

Here's a picture one of my customers posted on Facebook of the living room in her new crib. The painting on the wall is Mug Shots (Jesus O' Nazereth), which she bought from me in 2011...

Starving Artists Anonymous Starts Here

I'll start this new blog by reposting from my art blog. I struck a vein with this drawing The Starving Artist Archetype is Dead, which kinda went viral. I had lots of great discussions as a result, culminating in this blog post, originally posted in 2013, and eventually leading to the website you are checking out now.