Don’t you agree that writing
an Artist Statement is one of the more
intimidating tasks you’re asked to do?
Wouldn’t you rather spend your last dime on great art supplies
than try to figure out what someone wants to know about your work…
that they can’t already see?
Ah… if it was only as simple as seeing.
If we humans weren’t such complex beings with visual, auditory, kinesthetic, psychic, and linguistic sensibilities (to name just a few), surviving in a culture where overstimulation is the name of the game.
But we are, and you are, and that requires multiple levels of connection with our audience.
When I wrote Writing the Artist Statement: Revealing the True Spirit of Your Work, I took it all on.
As one art educator said to me, ”Goodness, what did you find to say for 142 pages?”
This book gives you:
- The working definition of an artist statement
- Proven writing methods
- What gallery owners really think about artist statements
- The top 7 strategies for presenting your finished statement
- Which fears will stop you cold—in writing, art, or life
- How to capture your organic “self-talk” about your work
- What makes your artist statement shine while others whine
- What helps “seal the deal” with serious collectors
Really, I leave no stone unturned. (Or… if I have, I invite you to let me know.
Could be one or two pebbles I’ve missed — and you’ll have nothing but my gratitude if you point them out.)
I understand that you don’t want to pick through a word jungle to find the gold.
So I’ve made this quick and easy reading with short and snappy chapters. No filler. No fluff.
You have plenty of wide-open, white spaces to soothe your artist’s eye.
And because I understand the importance of developmental sequence, I take you step-by-step through why, how, where, and when you need your statement.
And don’t let the naysayers fool you. Artist statements get a bad rap because they’re badly written!
And they are badly written because most artists don’t know the guiding purpose of an artist statement or where to start.
This book is for you if you:
- Need an artist statement, but don’t know where to start
- Like clean, easy-to-read, conversational writing
- Have a playful side to your personality (using your imagination is a big part of this book)
- Enjoy learning a new skill, and growing new, neural dendrites in your brain
- You’re a natural do-it-yourself-er
- Want the satisfaction of going that extra mile on your own
- Are open to expanding your own relationship to your artwork
- Realize you need to give your audience more than one way to connect
Writing the Artist Statement: Revealing the True Spirit of Your Work gives you just the right amount of hand-holding without insulting your intelligence.
And best of all, you don’t even have to like to write.
CHOOSE YOUR EDITION
WHAT YOU GET | PAPERBACK EDITION | eBOOK EDITION |
Hold-in-your-hand book | Digital version/print or read | |
52 easy-to-read chapters | ![]() |
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142 info-packed pgs | ![]() |
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Sample artist statement | ![]() |
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$19.95 (+S&H) |
$27.00 |
Writing your artist statement has never been so easy!
Isn’t it your time to shine?