One of the biggest challenges many creative artists have is simply finding the time to be creative. We really do enjoy creating our art (most of the time) but there never seems to be quite enough hours in the day.  We know that we just need to sit down and do it, but we always […]

These are amazing times to be an artist! Thanks to the world wide web, we now have a direct connection to a world wide audience.  We no longer need a booking agent, gallery owner, or editor to approve of our work before our customers/audience are able to see what we do. For example, if you […]

What can we possibly learn about online marketing from a rock-n-roll band that hasn’t even been around since the world wide web was an infant.  When that band is the Grateful Dead, it turns out that we can learn an awful lot. For those of you who may not be familiar with the Grateful Dead […]

  Unless you’ve been living an artistic rock for the last two years, you have probably heard about a book called “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell.  Even if you have heard about this book, chances are, you probably haven’t read it.  Why? Because let’s face it, it looks like one of those boring ass business books […]

One of the biggest myths out there in the art world seems to be that a true artist should do nothing but create their art and perfect their craft.  This is known as the “Field of Dreams” art marketing theory where if you build it, the customers and financial reward will eventually come. For whatever reason […]

However you found us, we’re glad you’re here! Skinny Artist is a website dedicated to giving struggling artists all of the tools and resources necessary to market their work successfully.  Skinny artist was created by artists for artists.  We are writers, photographers, painters, poets, graphic artists, potters, singers, composers, musicians, jewelry designers, cartoonists, entertainers, and […]