How to Sell Your Art Online: Live a Successful Creative Life on Your Own Terms

documentary called Indie Kindred,

Andy Warhol already understood this idea of the open exchange of ideas and ubiquity. After all, Warhol coined that phrase “fifteen minutes of fame.” Warhol mass-produced his art and appropriated popular images, leveraging the attention of the art world into multiple revenue streams and increasing the value of his individual pieces.

often tell young artists that if they want longevity in the art business, they need to develop their own relationships with collectors,

Cyborg Theory states that because of the way that machines and objects have become a part of our everyday life, we are all cyborgs (part human, part machine).

that information wants to be free; that attention equals currency; that ubiquity, not rarity, defines value; and that a truly networked society had to be open and unrestricted.

a number of artists who made solid six-figure incomes for ten to twenty years or more, and when their gallery dropped them or went out of business, they were suddenly without income and had no resources to start sales because the gallery had all of the relationships with collectors.

Susan Cain’s book Quiet provides excellent guidance on how to be in the world as an introvert.

Your inspiration for making your art matters to people. They want to understand where your art came from. You don’t have to come right out and say it, but you can hint at it and lead people down the path that you want them to follow and let them discover it for themselves.

This combination of branding, personality, and association with success creates incredible results.