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The Artist Who Gave Away His Dream

By Crista Cloutier | May 24, 2017

“I used to have a band,” he told me. He’d played lead guitar and sang. It was the 80’s and…

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Artist Career Info

By Crista Cloutier | May 24, 2017

When it comes to representing their work, artists are often their own worst enemy. For example, when I ran an…

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Do You Believe?

By Crista Cloutier | May 24, 2017

I think it’s in an artist’s nature to have faith in the unknown, to deal with intangibles. After all, we…

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Artist Workshops

By Crista Cloutier | May 24, 2017

If you’re an artist you already know how important it is to keep learning. Curiosity is the artist’s calling card,…

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Can You Hear Me Now?

By Crista Cloutier | May 24, 2017

When I worked in the art business I talked on the telephone constantly.  So much for the glamorous life, who…

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Why Artists Are Always Right

By Crista Cloutier | May 24, 2017

Hello, my name is Crista Cloutier and I am an obsessive list-maker. To be fair, lists have gotten me pretty…

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Illustration with me written inside the head

What’s Your Story?

By Crista Cloutier | May 24, 2017

Though we’d never met before, I was just as excited as if I were meeting an old friend. She’d read…

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Don’t Wait Until You Say Goodbye

By Crista Cloutier | May 24, 2017

I’ve just returned from the funeral of my dear friend Evan. Saying good-bye has got to be one of the…

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Portrait of Artist Donna Skaropoulou

Meet Working Artist Donna Skaropoulou

By Crista Cloutier | May 24, 2017

Donna Skaropoulou is a painter.  Originally from the U.K., she traveled to Greece in her early twenties, and there fell…

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