Wild Ozark™

~ Nature Artist in Kingston, Arkansas ~ Sharing my experience with Nature through art & writing about my life in the Ozarks

Category: Art Biz

Art Themed Stationery Sets

I’ve been making some art themed stationery sets from my paintings. For the first sets, I had to outsource the boxes, printed envelopes and stickers. I made the tablets, notecards, and gift tags.

Now that I have a template … Read the rest “Art Themed Stationery Sets”

16 August 2025
Licensing my Nature Art

Last year the Hospitality department of a significant online art company contacted me. They work with new construction or renovations for businesses and asked about licensing my nature art. I don’t know if I’m at liberty to say who … Read the rest “Licensing my Nature Art”

19 May 2025
Differentiate and Stand Out

Some of the agents in my brokerage are taking a 3-day workshop on becoming better at marketing our businesses. It’s geared for real estate agents, but everything I’ve heard so far is good for any business owner to learn, and … Read the rest “Differentiate and Stand Out”

18 February 2025
Finding the Balance Between my Creative Life and Business Goals

When it comes to multi-tasking my life, work, and creativity demands, finding balance is my goal for 2025. When I wrote out my goals for 2024, there was a lot more on my list and I didn’t even touch … Read the rest “Finding the Balance Between my Creative Life and Business Goals”

31 December 2024
What Makes the Art My Own?

I’ve been struggling with a decision about whether to purchase blue pigment or continue using the indigo. While I can source local indigo or grow my own, it isn’t a permanent pigment. Does it matter if I use outsourced pigments? … Read the rest “What Makes the Art My Own?”

31 May 2024
2024 Art & Life Plans

Sometimes art & life plans work in synchronistic harmony here at Wild Ozark, just because everything here acts as inspiration for my art. But, it always feels like I’m flying by the seat of my pants. No routine, just trying … Read the rest “2024 Art & Life Plans”

1 December 2023
Periodic Clearing

Every so often over the years I’ve written about the times when I’ve had to do a sort of mental housecleaning… a periodic clearing of the metaphorical clutter in my life. Sometimes that also involves clearing out a bunch of … Read the rest “Periodic Clearing”

7 August 2023
When I’m not Painting, and Something Woo-Woo About Me

There are days when I’m not painting, usually when I’m between paintings or stepping back from one in progress. On Saturdays when I’m at the studio in Alpena, I always like to at least get something small done or … Read the rest “When I’m not Painting, and Something Woo-Woo About Me”

24 April 2023
Today’s Art-Biz Task List

Photographing Artwork

The first thing on the Art-Biz task list for today was to get some good photos of the Raven. I took it outside for some photos in natural light. Here’s the final ‘done’ image. I’ll use this photo … Read the rest “Today’s Art-Biz Task List”

17 April 2023