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    Author: Crista

    Photo featuring Jeannie Motherwell in her studio environment beside her abstract painting, representing a working artist’s daily practice and the evolution of a long-term art career shaped by discipline, identity, and creative exploration.

    What Happens When You Stop Hiding Your Story as an Artist

    There’s a moment in many art careers that doesn’t get talked about enough. Not when you begin. Not when you succeed. But when you decide…

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    Crista March 30, 2026
    An artist seated in front of a computer with another co-artist, engaged in digital work that represents the creative and business process of producing and selling art online, photo by Crista Cloutier.

    What It Really Takes to Sell Art Online

    Have you noticed how casually people talk about selling art online? Post it!  Share it!  Link it! And somehow… success just appears and money rolls…

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    Crista March 24, 2026
    Crista Cloutier holding up three fingers while speaking to camera, with on-screen text reading “Most People Forget #3,” referencing the three pillars of a sustainable creative life for artists: creation, connection, and inhalation.

    The Three Pillars of a Sustainable Working Artist Life

    I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes a fulfilling life for a working artist, and I came up with three pillars. Tell me if…

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    Crista March 19, 2026
    Crista slowly starts pushing one of the massive church doors shut while answering an artist coming toward asking about The Working Artist academy enrollment

    Crista! Are the doors closing?

    Do you ever wonder where the magic went? That spark you used to feel when you created. The magic is still there. Let me show you where to find it.
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    Crista January 27, 2026
    Crista in bed talking about Bedtime Stories for Artists, before The Working Artist Academy enrollment closes

    Bedtime Stories for Artists

    Do you ever wonder where the magic went? That spark you used to feel when you created. The magic is still there. Let me show you where to find it.
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    Crista January 27, 2026
    Crista in bathtub getting ready because in a few hours she will be hosting the Welcome Salon for the Working Artist Academy

    A Few Hours Before

    Do you ever wonder where the magic went? That spark you used to feel when you created. The magic is still there. Let me show you where to find it.
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    Crista January 20, 2026
    A young artist stopped Crista on the street to answer questions about the working artist academy

    What Young Artists Ask When No One Else Is Listening

    Do you ever wonder where the magic went? That spark you used to feel when you created. The magic is still there. Let me show you where to find it.
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    Crista January 18, 2026
    Crista sitting by the fireplace reading and responding to a hate mail about the working artist academy

    When Artists Write Me Hate Mail

    Do you ever wonder where the magic went? That spark you used to feel when you created. The magic is still there. Let me show you where to find it.
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    Crista January 16, 2026
    The Working Artist Academy: Your Questions, Answered

    The Working Artist Academy: Your Questions, Answered

    Do you ever wonder where the magic went? That spark you used to feel when you created. The magic is still there. Let me show you where to find it.
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    Crista January 16, 2026
    Photo of Crista Cloutier in blue background, sharing why she built the working artist academy

    Why I Built the Working Artist Academy

    Do you ever wonder where the magic went? That spark you used to feel when you created. The magic is still there. Let me show you where to find it.
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    Crista January 12, 2026
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