Today's post comes from guest blogger, Margaret Danielak. She offers her wisdom and insight from her second generation art pedigree and her own personal development and devotion to the arts and artists.

Danielak's wide experience includes being an art rep, a curator and the owner of DanielakArt - Art Sales & Consulting Services based in Pasadena, CA. She has also produced alternative art shows. In addition to advising artists, she is the author of A Gallery without Walls: Selling Art in...

When it comes to visual art, the finished product is all about the artist's perception. You fashion your work based on your reaction to how you see, feel and think about your subject matter. Those things mattered as much to Marcel Duchamp and his famously recycled porcelain sculpture, i.e. Toliet 'ready-made', as they did to Jackson Pollock methodically and randomly dripping and splaying paint, or Picasso rendering his exquisite Still-life with a Pitcher and Apples.

Are you an artist, or...

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end

Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes...again ~ The Doors

Just about the worst possible news for the art and picture framing industry was announced a couple of days ago. The management of the Decor Expo Atlanta show put out the official word the show was canceled for the second year in a row. A show twice...

There is undeniable demonstrable value in social media for artists and other entrepreneurs.

Social media is not some flash in the pan phenomenon that soon will be replaced by the next "Big Thing." It is a pervasive transformative form of communication that continues to take larger share of time and interest for participants.

Social media is far more than the ubiquitous Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn mentions. It includes blogging, publishing. networking, commenting, photo sharing, and...

When it comes to selling, there are basics that fit into virtually every situation. Success in selling is both psychological and tactical. And, yes it can be these things without be diabolical or deceitful. Success does require a word that does start with a "D", which is DESIRE.

It may seem rudimentary to say, because it is fundamental, but without a deep desire to succeed there will be no measurable success. The facts are those things we truly want to attain are often difficult and require a...