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The Nine Types of Art Buyers

The Nine Types of Art Buyers

Art Buyers’ personalities determine the most appropriate art seller’s introduction, pitch and close techniques in conversation with individual art-buying prospects. A Jungian scholar, I have studied why people do the things they do and act the way they act since the early 1990s and I hold the U.S. Patent & Trademark for her personality typing [...]

Artists Painting in Public

Artists Painting in Public

Spring, Summer and Fall, you find artists outdoors and in galleries painting all over towns, cities and in the country. Don’t be afraid to speak with them. What if you feel like you would be disturbing them? Ask them if they would mind a short conversation. If they are receptive, ask your questions, make your [...]

What Art Is

What Art Is

Artist/Teacher Barbara Garro says, Seeing with an Artist’s Eyes, looks for the art beyond expectation, the invisible life in the visible. I intend to bless the world when I paint an image as well as to bring blessings to the image. Each framed painting becomes a child, a real, living breathing entity. Cézanne is quoted [...]

The Art of Psychologist C.G. Jung

The Art of Psychologist C.G. Jung

Half of this oversize red leather bound Liber Novis (New Life) is devoted almost half to C.G. Jung’s Oil and Watercolor fantasy painting out of his awake conscious explorations. Although the first half of the book with the majority of the paintings is in German, the second half of the book is in English. I [...]

Artists Who Understand People

Artists Who Understand People

Bad communications bring busy people to their knees. You’re busy, your clients, students, prospects, suppliers, vendors, lenders and everyone you deal with on a daily basis are busy.  Quickly picking up on the best way to communicate with each person can save you huge amounts of time. Garro’s  Personality Detective System (PDS) is all about [...]

2012: Keeping the Backside In the Chair

2012: Keeping the Backside In the Chair

With the burgeoning number of self-published success stories, and the discovery of new writers going full force in traditional and indy publishing, it’s clear the world is filled with people with the discipline to put in the time at the keyboard required for producing finished work. Yet “Backside in Chair” is always the challenge for [...]

Dr. Janus and Mr. Hyde?

Dr. Janus and Mr. Hyde?

With the calendar turning yet again from December to January, it is an appropriate time to consider the derivation of our word for the new month. Why January? In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Janus was the god of beginnings and transitions. He was often portrayed as a two-faced deity since he looks backward to [...]

Art Detectives

Art Detectives

Art Buyers Must Be Art Detectives to Buy Authentic - Artist/Teacher Barbara Garro says. Seeing as an Art Detective can be amazingly rewarding for perfectionists and great conversation for everyone. How many times have you looked at a painting and felt something seemed not quite right. Of course, not being an artist, you may have trouble [...]

So You Want To Be A Writer?

So You Want To Be A Writer?

Ask yourselves this; what do you want to write about? If you’re literary goal is fiction, can you exist on next to nothing in the way of money and virtually become a recluse, deliberately shutting yourself off from everything you know to achieve your goal. If you still answered yes then read on… *** Since [...]

Chantelly’s Field Guide to Zombies – Biologicals

Chantelly’s Field Guide to Zombies – Biologicals

I’m going to turn to what is currently the most predominant zombie – the one of biological origins. Be it viral or some form of parasite, the “infected” zombies come in varying types. Some have perished and risen from their graves and others have never actually died, but are merely diseased, mindlessly driven to feed [...]