WAYS I INCREASE MY INCOME TO BE A FULL TIME ABSTRACT ARTIST

You are really cool and heartful.

So this was posted two years ago. Has anyone become a full time successful artist now as ac result of the hints and tips?

The right pronunciation is Zee - Clay

As far as marketing the original to a collector and then selling prints I understand how they feel. Could you not sell the originals to collectors and then have a different body of work that you do just for the prints? Maybe make the printing originals smaller than your normal work? Shipping a print rolled up in a tube is certainly easier and cheaper and less time consuming than shipping an original.

I need to hire someone to work on the 75% so I can do the painting. I have basically zero knowledge of social media and at 70 I don’t have the confidence or the inclination to learn something new and to constantly have to keep up with posting things every day. It would be a large initial cost to pay wages with few sales but if I wasn’t spending the time on marketing I could be painting twice as much so theoretically my increased inventory would result in enough sales to pay the assistant. Am I crazy? I would love to know what all. Your artist friends and followers think.

You are inspiring me to go paint again.

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Can abstract art be made digitally?? If yes , How?? Beside traditional way, manually.

The energy u have is outstanding

Your insight into the numerous aspects of being an artist today are more than just helpful. They are downright "necessary" to have any success in this field. You are very open and honest, you absolutely have my gratitude for it. Thank You ! :)
I also was thinking of "prints", but i understand why a client of higher valued artwork (such as your caliber ) would want the original to be the only "one" of it there is.... in any form.

Wonderful information.

Hello Lori. Love your art! I’m curious, before you started your Shopify store, did you have a large inventory of paintings at the ready to sell? I’ve thought about trying to sell my art, but am not sure how many paintings I should have ready before tying it. Thank you!

This was such a helpful video for me to be watching right now! Thank you so much for sharing this advice ❤️ I’m going to check in out your artwork more closely too! It looks beautiful 🤩

Thank you for this information. I was looking into having prints made but the cost is high and I have to travel 100+ miles just to get my canvas scanned on a large scale.

Where have you gone? We haven’t seen you in while, hope all is well.

thank you for your videos ❤❤ I'm beginning my journey towards becoming a full time artist and I really value your advice

Thanks for sharing your journey! You deserve to thrive!

Your work is very good and you are such an excellent speaker and very honest so I can see why your channel is doing so well. There is no giant ego just you and information, super good work Lori, Thank you.

Hi lLori! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and vulnerability! I certainly can relate. Was laid off this year- great but yikes!
You are such an inspiration. Hug the beasties for me. ❤️

This was so inspiring Lori. Thank you!

Thank you this is really helpful and you are adorable and real and fun. I appreciate you. 🤗🙏

This is amazing information Lori, I aspire to be a full time artist also in the future. Much love 💜

Hello Lori, I'm an abstract artist from Quebec province (in the Montreal area). I started almost a year ago to post once a day on Instagram, and I'm beginning to gain confidence... Thanks for your inputs, it is very motivating! I wish you a nice day! :)

Hi. You art is beautiful. You said you’re on Shopify but I don’t see a link. Can you please provide the link? Thank you

You’re actually giving me lots of tips for my music business ! This is something everyone can benefits from, thank you so much for sharing! 💙

Always useful tips, Lori! Look forward to you offering classes in Almonte!🤞🤞🤞

Hi Lori, Thanks for your videos. They're very informative. Just a quick question. Do you stretch your own canvases or do you just work on store bought already canvas? Thanks!

Thank you for the great tips!! Do you think having a Shopfy website is better than having your own wordpress website with Woo-Commerce?

Merci you respond all of my question. A lot of respond. thank you so much. I love your art. Have a nice day.

Everything you say is what I SHOULD DO, but I don’t do anything to sell my work. I’m my own worse enemy!
I can do abstract paintings unlike you. Ceramics. Resin Jewellery. I’ve even got a Shopify website….. do nothing on it. YOU ARE HELPING ME PUSH THROUGH THE FOG IM EXPERIENCING.
So thank you
Anna Sydney Australia

Thank you so much for all your advice I’ve watched all of your videos I’m now going to post twice a day on Instagram my Instagram is terrible I have 37k followers on TikTok but only 335 on Instagram so let’s see if this works. I need to be dedicated thank u so much

Awesome Lori! 💕💕

Lori, when you set up your art store, how did you set up a payment structure for clients? Was it pay pal or credit cards?

FROM ITALY --Thank you very much Lori for your advice , love your art very much. Congratulation!

Hi Lori! Thank you so much for all of the value you add to our community! Did you ever happen to get those commissions out of the way to see what printer you used? I’m researching printers right now and I’d love to know how you felt about yours! 🙂

Great video, very useful. God bless you!!!

Thank you for this

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LOVE your realistic videos about your journey. So inspiring.

Do you mind if I ask where you buy your large canvases?

YOUR HAIR!!! I LOVE WHAT YOU DID!!!

Omg this is amazing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I aspire to be like you! Thank you!

Hi Lori, your videos are a huge inspiration for me. I wonder if maybe you could share some details about your journey before you became the successful artist that you are today?
Like, how long did it take until you were able to sell some of your pieces? Did you go to classes before, have a teacher, or are you completely self-taught? Have you always been into painting, and practising it, or did you develop the interest later in your life?
Sorry for pestering you with questions! My goal is to be a full-time artist one day, and I feel a bit daunted because I don't even have enough practical painting skills yet - I'm still in my (self-)"education". I wonder how many years I'll have to stick with it before I can expect to be able to make a living through art. I'm 40 now and there's this huge doubt that it's already too late for becoming a professional artist. I also have no chance to be accepted at art school; in Germany these's a strong age bias meaning it's virtually impossible to get into an academy at an age over 30.

Wonderful info. Thank you so much!
Id followed your large commission and would love to see how it turned out!
Learned a lot! 🤗💕

I am so glad you have a you tube channel. You're such a great inspiration and give the best down to earth advice. Thank you!

I love the amount of comments from people who have decided to become full time artists!! Yayyyy!! Congrats! You're gonna love it!