When I tell people I’m an artist there’s generally a picture that pops into there head, usually I hear things like it must be nice to dream and paint all day.
The reality is that the majority of my time is spent more on the business side – doing finances, marketing, networking, and weighing the ROI for different shows and gallery memberships.
One day I’ll be able to hire an accountant, graphic designer, marketer, shipping dept, business manager, etc. but until then I wear many hats and don’t live a glam life of painting all day.
If you’ll excuse me, I have to go back to getting all my finances organized for taxes 😝.