A World of Possibilities

One of the greatest obstacles that a young artist like myself faces is getting started. How do I market myself? Where do I show my work? Etc? It's overwhelming and yet very limiting. And for someone like myself, who sits and waits for things to fall on my lap, it's especially stressful.

I'm inspired by artists such as J.S.G. Boggs, who makes art in the form of money and then purchases items with his own currency. That takes some serious balls because, as you can imagine, he's been in trouble with the law. I would love to witness one of these transactions to see how Boggs barters this art to an unknowing vendor. He's obviously very good at promoting himself and art in general.

Another inspiring artist is Navin Rawanchaikul, who turned his taxi cab into an art gallery. In doing this he is forcing people from all walks of life to acknowledge art.

Those are two very different and yet very successful approaches to marketing your work. I hope that one day I'll be as creative. For now, however, I'll probably stick to traditional venues like the following:

• Doyle Coffee Shop at St. Edward's University---where photos of my sculptures will be shown in the near future!
• The Starbucks Coffee Shop in Bee Cave, Texas-- conveniently located next door to my family's business
• Segner's Jewelers---conveniently owned by my family ;)
• Sophie's Garden Hair Salon--In my home town, where my best friend is employed
• Magnolia Cafe---I have no official connections here, but I'm a huge fan of their queso