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HOW TO USE THESE NOTES: These notes are dynamic.  I’ll post a note and return later to add an additional sketch or a link to another post, as they are completed.  It’s almost more of a bulletin board in that regard. 

Building An Art Career “Backwards”

I’m doing it backwards, but it’s working! Instead of getting an Art degree and them starting my professional art career, I’ve done it the other way around. In 2025 I applied to art school as a 55 year old CPA (Chartered Professional Accountant) who had no formal art...

An Artist’s First: What Just Happened To Me

This was a first for me!  I have a great urban sketch in my collection titled Sourdough Bakery.  It's an adorable little bakery with the best sourdough cinnamon buns you have ever had in your life.  The building itself is charming and rustic.  My sketchy side-kick and...

Art Storefronts Review Of First Month (I Sold Art!!)

I will lead with what you all want to know…did I sell any art? The answer is YES!! The original above is gone from my inventory AND I have had a collector (who is well aware that prints are available) ask if I would create another original of the same building for...

Why I Chose Art Storefronts (For Better or For Worse)

For better or for worse, artists need to be online these days and that's why I was looking at Art Storefronts.  I am probably the most left-brained artist you've ever met.  I've spent many more years running businesses as a Chartered Professional Accountant (with a...
Permission Granted (To Redefine Success)

Permission Granted (To Redefine Success)

I’ve wanted to start a blog for a very long time. I’ve purchased no less than 5 URL’s and began a blogging project only to shut it down. Why? I was listening to the “experts” who told me to niche down. From among my interests, I chose a niche and began. The next thing...

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Freedom

Freedom

Knowing that you have no debt, that you can pay your bills, and that you have money in the bank to spend...but you won't...is a special kind of freedom. It comes from downgrading your life, instead of upgrading it. It is about sorting and sifting through all the...

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Just Begin

Just Begin

I found it very difficult to post this first blog post. It makes me feel vulnerable and exposed. I knew that if I was going to do this, I had to just begin.

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