Grant Writing is a Chore (but like laundry, it sometimes must be done)
Some artists, like myself, choose to pursue grants as a main revenue stream. I highly recommend it.
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Chrystal
- Feb 10
- 2 min
NFTs Not For Me
The idea of art as a financial vehicle has become so normalized that it seems natural. But it’s not natural.
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Chrystal
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
No more sexy babies: painting realistic eyes for a society that is slightly recalibrating its gaze
Nothing gives me the piss shivers more than seeing portrait paintings where the eyes are so hyper detailed that every subject who bears...
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Chrystal
- Nov 8, 2021
- 3 min
Success as an artist is merely being one step ahead of complete financial ruin
Being an artist is a great privilege. Success shouldn’t be defined by income (and I don’t mean income alone, I mean income at all).
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Chrystal
- Nov 6, 2021
- 4 min
How to Photograph Shiny Paintings
For a year I tried every online tip on how to photograph paintings but found that nothing really worked for paintings that were varnished...
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