Japanese Body Painting Artist

The fourth article in my series of "Cost effective ideas for artists" is all about how you can get your art online for free. 'Display your art online - for free' is now available in the May edition of The Artist. A sample of the latest article in the May edition This article looks at: how to share your art and ways to get your art seen online for free how you can improve your

Artists living in and paying tax in the UK need to stay on top of changes to tax and national insurance contributions. There is good news and not so good news. Tax Good news for amateur artists - a new Tax Allowance There's a major boost for the amateur artist! Those making up to £1,000 per annum (after expenses and before tax) from creating and selling art will no longer have to pay tax

The third article in my series of "Cost effective ideas for artists" - about How to afford to exhibit your art - is now published in the April edition of The Artist. This summarises where you can exhibit and ways to reduce costs plus how to avoid some nasty surprises when exhibiting with galleries or your own account. A sample of the latest article in the April edition The article covers:

This is the second in my series of ten articles about how to be a cost-effective artist - for "The Artist" magazine. This one is about framing.  That's because framing has the potential for eating into any profit you make in a major way. However there are a number of different ways to contain costs and this article suggests some of the ones I know about. What's your best tip or favourite tactic

It's been a while since I mentioned the topic of planning for our retirement as artists. I know a lot of people aren't thinking about retiring as artists - but there does come a time for some artists when eyesight begins to fail and arthritis sets in! Today I've published a new page about Retirement and Pensions for Artists on my Art Business Info for Artists website. It includes all the