>> A couple of important pieces of advice I would give to somebody who wanted
to be successful as an artist was besides making great art, which is ultimately what it comes
down to, if you make this art and people react to it positively, if it speaks to something
in people or touches them, that's going
to be probably the most important thing in your career as an artist.
That's hard to tell somebody how to do that.
You can't tell somebody how to do that.
But the other important thing is all those other things that go along with being in a business,
so if you tell a gallery, you know, hey I'm going to have this painting for your group show.
And the gallery says, okay, the deadline for this painting is September 25th,
and you get it there on September 25th or before,
then the next time they have a group show, they might call you and not call another artist
who got their piece of art there on September 27th,
even though they like both artists equally.
Or if they say, hey, we need photos of your art.
We need a jpeg so we can publicize the show, you know, will you get it to me by Monday next week,
and you get it to them versus not getting to them.
And those are the kind of things that a gallery owner looks towards
in an artist beyond the artwork itself.
So that'll give you a leg up.