We’ve all had that moment at a market when someone points to a piece and asks, “What does this mean?” They’re not just making conversation—they’re seeking connection. If someone’s going to bring your art into their home, they want to feel the same emotional pull that you felt when you created it. That’s where storytelling …
Education
Generating FOMO: How to Draw People to Your Booth
If you’re at a market or art fair, you’re not really selling if people aren’t stepping into your booth. The secret? Create FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). People are naturally drawn to energy, curiosity, and excitement. An empty booth makes them keep walking, but a booth with activity sparks interest—people want to know what’s happening …
Just Ask – Boldness as an Artist’s Superpower
In order to reach a broader audience with your art you need to successfully get it in front of people. Whether that is getting into galleries, getting your website to show up in Google searches, being a part of markets and juried shows, or getting your content featured on social media, you need to find …
The Artist and the Algorithm
Hi everyone. Brian here. Normally this blog is for people who want to learn about creating art, selling art, and doing things to thrive in the creative community. Rarely do our blog posts contain words like algorithms (That type of stuff is usually reserved for the technology blog post I run over at resurgencewebdesign.com). Alas, …
Does it Make you Nervous
Recently at an art festival in Raleigh we had an excellent time meeting some old friends and meeting plenty of new ones. As usual I was burning on site. When I burn on site I tend to get into a zone and focus without getting distracted to what’s going on around me. That is why …
Planning the Art Part 6 – Finishing
This is the sixth and final part of a series of blog posts on Planning the Art. If you want to go back and read from the beginning, start here. After all the work that goes into your art, the last thing you want is to ruin your piece by not properly protecting it. When …
Planning the Art Part 4 – Transferring patterns
This is part four of a series of blog posts on Planning the Art. We will be posting parts 5 – 6 in the coming weeks, so be sure to keep coming back. We’ll discuss in great detail some of the topics highlighted in the first week’s post. If you want to go back and …
Planning the Art – Part 3
This is part three of a series of blog posts on Planning the Art. We will be posting parts 4 – 6 in the coming weeks, so be sure to keep coming back. We’ll be discussing in great detail some of the topics highlighted in last week’s post. If you want to go back and …
Planning the Art – Part 2
This is part two of a series of blog posts on Planning the Art. We will be posting parts 3 – 6 in the coming weeks so be sure to keep coming back as we’ll be talking in great detail about some of the topic highlighted in last weeks post. If you want to go …
Planning the Art – Part 1
This is part one of a series of blog posts on Planning the Art. We will be posting parts 2 – 5 in the coming weeks so be sure to keep coming back as we’ll be talking in great detail about some of the topic highlighted in this weeks post. “Great things are done by …










