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Are You Choosing Through Fear? Or From Truth?

By crista-cloutier | April 2, 2023

An artist recently told me that for years there was a battle inside her head as both hemispheres of her…

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Portrait of an 8 year old artist

The 8-Year Old Artist’s Message

By crista-cloutier | March 19, 2023

It was Day 16 of my crowd-funding campaign and I had only cried in public once. Twice. Online crowd-funding is…

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Do You Hate Social Media?

By crista-cloutier | January 28, 2023

Do you hate social media? Do you hate self-promotion? Do you hate the competitiveness? The vacuous echo? The soul-sucking amount…

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Tattoo portrait of Crista Cloutier

The Best New Year’s Resolution for Artists

By crista-cloutier | January 4, 2023

I don’t know about you, the last years have taught me some important lessons. These lessons marked my soul so…

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Does Your Art Suck?

By crista-cloutier | December 13, 2022

Has anyone ever told you that your creative work sucks? If not, just wait. It’ll happen. And when it does,…

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neon light saying believe

Who Believes in You?

By crista-cloutier | December 12, 2022

All artists have dreams, wishes and goals. It doesn’t matter whether we keep our light hidden and never share our aspirations…

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Crista After the Dive

How Artists Achieve Breakthroughs

By crista-cloutier | December 5, 2022

This picture of me is not the most glamorous, yet it’s my favorite. Let me explain. All my life I’ve…

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Photo of a sculpture that says fine art

Who’s Your Art Hero?

By crista-cloutier | November 28, 2022

I like a hero as much as the next girl, maybe more. Probably more. But my heroes aren’t action stars,…

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printmaking studio

The Artist Who Couldn’t Be Tamed

By crista-cloutier | November 25, 2022

Artist Luis Jimenez died tragically in an accident in June of 2006. At the studio where I worked, Luis was…

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