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The Artificate January issue is out

December 16th, 2016

The Artificate January issue is out

The January 2017 issue of The Artificate is out! Keep up with ReidsArt news, events, awards, workshops, art trivia, and special offers for subscribers.
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Confessions Of An Artaholic

August 5th, 2015

Confessions Of An Artaholic

My name is Chris, and I’m an artaholic. No matter how much art I do, I always want more. When I am not painting, I am thinking about it. I find myself looking at everything with an artist’s eye. Whatever I see, becomes a work of art to me. Even the books I read are about art. In my spare time, I write about art and do life drawing studies.

I have have been clean for a few hours, but soon I will have paint and pastel all over my clothes again. Being an artaholic makes it hard to find a wage-paying job and I seem to have lost my desire to get one anyway. Since I started painting I have lost my steady income and have been hanging out with other artaholics. They encourage me to continue my addiction and enable my habits. I sell my paintings to afford my paraphenalia such as paintbrushes. Then I just paint more. It is a vicious cycle.

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The Life Of An Artist

August 5th, 2015

The Life Of An Artist

“You are so lucky to be an artist!”

I can’t tell you how many times I have heard this, especially from people close to me. They think that making a living as an artist is a dream job that is all fun. I never know how to take this. Is it a compliment or condescending? It is often accompanied by an insinuation that art isn’t a real job. Some really sweet people have said this to me and I know they mean well. Most people don’t have any idea what goes into making a living as an artist. I think everyone wants to be respected for what they work really hard at, especially artists. So I want to share a bit of what being a professional artist in today’s society entails.
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