Here’s a link to the column I wrote for the art marketing blog at Fine Art Views:
I hope it helps you with your next studio housekeeping chore!
CLEANING MY DESK
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Thanks for those thoughts. It is true, if today is not what you expect, maybe tomorrow will be, or the next day. We will miss you at Sunapee. It is countdown time in my studio, the seemingly never ending finish-it-up phase. Have a good day, a great day may come tomorrow.