{"id":1388540,"date":"2025-01-10T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artistsnetwork.com\/?p=1388540"},"modified":"2024-12-31T16:08:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T23:08:10","slug":"how-do-you-define-success-as-an-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artistsnetwork.com\/art-inspiration\/how-do-you-define-success-as-an-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Define Success as an Artist?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Is artistic success measured out by awards? Commissions? Instagram followers? We took this question to a few well-known artists and also consulted the larger Artists Network community. The answers had very little to do with the \u201cnumbers,\u201d and much more to do with communicating a vision and connecting with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI succeed when I work every day, with purpose, and don\u2019t concern myself with what others may say or think about what I\u2019m making. That is the business of art. Everything that comes after that is the art
of business.<\/em>\u201d \u2014 W. Truman Hosner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuccess for me is being able to connect with others through my work in a unique way. I feel like God gave me this odd talent with a paintbrush, and being able to share my view of the world with others has brought me
a tremendous amount of joy and satisfaction. When I see my work click with someone else, there\u2019s nothing like it!<\/em>\u201d \u2014 Matthew Bird<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSales, shows or awards are obvious successes, but in order to create a sustainable art practice, we need to find joy and success in our day-to-day achievements. Sometimes, success just means putting paint on a canvas that day.<\/em>\u201d \u2014 Julie Beck<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuccess as an artist is a mindset, not something quantifiable. To me, it means pursuing and achieving my artistic goals, learning and growing from the failures that are inevitably part of the journey, and being authentic to myself in the process.<\/em>\u201d \u2014 Anna Rose Bain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGetting someone to see something in a new way. When a viewer indicates they\u2019ve connected with what I tried to achieve. The real sweet spot is getting an informed compliment from another artist.<\/em>\u201d \u2014 Lori Ridgeway<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I make progress with my work, no matter how small, I consider it a great personal success.<\/em>\u201d \u2014Kinga de Jongh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThink about how many great art students quit making art after high school or college, after their first job or first child. One succeeds simply by continuing to create for the duration of one\u2019s life.<\/em>\u201d \u2014 David Maxwell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you look at a work and decide you can redo it better and maybe again.<\/em>\u201d \u2014 Steve Jenkins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaking art that moves people.<\/em>\u201d \u2014 Anne Maurer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSimple. Does my work make me and others content or moved?<\/em>\u201d \u2014 Penny Gutman Link<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen people tell me that they would know my work anywhere, and that it moves them emotionally.<\/em>\u201d \u2014 Mary Lynch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI feel a sense of success when I see the emotion in a client\u2019s face as they look at their painting. Creating that emotion means a task well done.<\/em>\u201d \u2014 Estelle Laubscher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen what my mind\u2019s eye envisions finally transfers to the physical artwork.<\/em>\u201d \u2014 Donna Wallen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI personally feel that success is every time I hand over one of my paintings to be treasured by the recipient. I don\u2019t know that I will ever be able define my success in terms of monetary gain or social media following. It\u2019s much more about my story being validated by a patron.<\/em>\u201d \u2014\u00a0 Vicki Clarkson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPracticing daily. That is success.<\/em>\u201d \u2014 Marc Vincent Delaney<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuccess in art is not necessarily achieved through sales, but more in the realization that one\u2019s accomplishments were the result of hard work and many hours invested into being the best artist one can be. I continue to learn and experiment with each new work as I move forward and experience joy in doing so. As a great man once wrote,<\/em> \u2018The point of the journey, is not to arrive.\u2019 \u201d \u2014 GD Rankin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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