Artist Sefton Rani, with his artwork. Photo: Supplied.
After 10 years of watching paint dry full time, here are a few items – in no particular order – distilled from what has passed in front of me and through me. They may help fellow artists out there engaging in the arm wrestle that is called an art practice.
Understand where you want your art to be viewed and the lifestyle that will surround that. What you create and what is required differs between selling work in a gallery, online or a market.
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