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Sue Smith: "That safety net - the idea that not everything is riding on what you produce, right now, could be exactly what you need to take the risk out of creating. Or it could just as easily be keeping you safe in your comfy spot where you don't think you need to take a risk." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: What do you need to do to let yourself take creative risks?

Sue Smith: "How do you know if what you are doing is part of your creative process or a habit you need to break? As I see it, there has to be some critical thinking here - an attempt to mentor yourself when you don't have a mentor - or an imaginary Bongart - to offer a critique. You need to ask yourself a lot of questions." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: Thoughts on habits, mistakes and bad paintings.

Sue Smith: "There are artists who become successful because they are able to "get their work out there." There are probably just as many, if not more, who become successful because they don't. Instead of working on the external, they turn their attention to the internal - improving their skill at producing work people want. " Visit this link >>

Clint Watson: Sometimes, if you want success, you need to look inward

Sue Smith: "Spending money is fine, if it's spent wisely. But the number of entries in the ego section of your vita - where things like Recent Exhibitions is listed, is not an accurate measure of success. I would place that measurement on number of entries in the bottom section of your vita, where "In The Collection Of" is listed." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: How much money do you spend on opportunities that only feed your ego?

Sue Smith: "Learning in the face of imminent failure, where there seems to be little purpose in what you are doing other than your deep need and love for the action - this is what the recession has to offer. Suddenly you must reexamine why you are doing this - becoming an artist." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: Some great thoughts on continuing to learn inspired by Clint Watson.

Sue Smith: "You see, expectations are never a reflection of reality. They are either a wish or a fear. And either I am wishing that I can learn a new skill without risking miserable failure, or I am afraid that in failing I will negate everything I have already learned." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: Sue talks about plein air painting, expectations and learning.

Sue Smith: "Take time to think about the context of your current body of work. It might be time well spent when it comes to generating gallery contacts and sales." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: The context of your art helps viewers to connect with it.

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Sue Smith: "The artist must learn how to live in the space between his personal creative identity and popular commercial style, to blend the inner world of imagination with the outer world of reality." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: How do you balance your creativity & market demand?

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Sue Smith: "This is something in your soul, that you have to do, no matter the consequences. Sales are nice, money's nice - we all need that - but even if the sales weren't there I couldn't stop what I'm doing. It's like breathing." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: Sue Smith talks about the importance of supporting fellow artists.

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Sue Smith: "I wonder how much the idea - needing to immediately understand what you are looking at -- actually influences whether or not someone "likes" a painting. " Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: Interesting thoughts on how obscure subject matter affects the viewer's opinion.

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Sue Smith: "They buy with gusto. It's pure joy to see. Because art has a deeper meaning. Maybe they know something important." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: Some thoughts on appreciating and buying art.

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Sue Smith: "...we automatically make judgments based upon an incorrect understanding of relativity: is it better than Sorolla, instead of is it better than paintings I did last week, which is also the only real measure that matters." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: As artists, we compare our work to masters instead of our own progress.

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Sue Smith: "Artists do not work in a vacuum. We have an artistic heritage, a visual language that continues a conversation started centuries ago. And like children learning to talk, we start to communicate through a limited means, slowing gaining the ability to understand nuance and personal expression." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: What influences your artistic philosophies?

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Sue Smith: "I have decided that the function of the artist is not to satisfy the masses but to speak passionately to the few." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: Who are you painting for?

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Sue Smith: "Don't price your work so low you can't even cover your expenses, because you're desperate for sales. The sales won't come because of price. They come because of the art. " Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: The economy may be scary right now, but Sue Smith has some advice.

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Sue Smith: "Trust in your talent and ability to create even in the face of the unknown." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: Some life advice from artist Sue Smith

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Sue Smith: "In the blog world, in our local artist communities - there's overwhelm in the information available, telling us how to do everything except maintain balance and create in the face of the unknown. " Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: Sue Smith wants to know how you deal with creative overwhelm.

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Sue Smith: "the Internet can provide access to up-to-date advice by industry professionals on how to develop our careers. Over time I've come to think of these coaching sites as event planners..But, over time, I've also discovered a problem with this approach...the narrow focus upon preparing portfolios, or writing artist statements, or approaching galleries emphasizes The Event instead of the non-eventfulness of everything else." Visit this link >>

Clint Watson: This is why I prefer to develop habits and directions rather than specific goals

Sue Smith: "It became a question of demanding poetry instead of competent description." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: It's not just about reproducing what's in front of you - it's about painting with feeling.

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Sue Smith: "Just as the richest color lives in that space between the light and the shadow, so do we find the richest experiences in living the art." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: Learn to live in the present instead of running around focusing on "the next big thing".

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Sue Smith: "But it was enough that he found something private and meaningful in what was basically an arrangement of shapes and colors and brush marks. " Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: A beautifully written story about others connecting to your art.

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Sue Smith: "Some are paintings I've held on to for years - the Linus blankets that really need to go. Some are just really bad paintings." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: Sue Smith describes the liberation that comes from ripping up unsatisfying paintings.

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Sue Smith: "The median price point of the items in a gallery space significantly influences the potential price points of your work - or - controls to some extent whether or not your work will sell." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: Where you show your work has a direct effect on what kind of art will sell and for how much.

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Sue Smith: "I think about all the Impressionist painters who could see the colors of the rainbow in their shadows. They must not have been sitting in the Starbucks drive thru." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy: Anyone who has studied the effects of light in art can appreciate this post by Sue Smith.

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Sue Smith: "None of us get where we're going without the help of others." Visit this link >>

Sarah Lacy:

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Woodward Simons: Sue Smith - things you should know before putting work in a gallery

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Sue Smith: "the most effective bios came from artists who focused only on the pertinent points" Visit this link >>

Clint Watson: Good advice on revamping your artist bio

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Sue Smith: "One of the most frustrating tasks an artist faces is how to effectively photograph their art...But there are tricks you can use that work in different circumstances." Visit this link >>

Clint Watson: Tips for photographing your paintings

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Sue Smith: "Take a look at your own website. Does it need a curating makeover?" Visit this link >>

Clint Watson: Sue Smith looks at her website as if she was curating an exhibit

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