Comments on: Deep Thought Thursday: Looking like an artist

By: Allison

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:57:36 +0000

Thank-you Lynn Friday, 30 May 2008 at 10:01 AM I think if you want to be taken professionally, then you must look professional. Paint in whatever you want, then dress nice (not necessarily conservative) to share your work! People do seem to take me and my work much more seriously when I’m dressed nice (and that has led to sales!).

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By: Catherine

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:56:32 +0000

Good question, Alyson! The stereotype that I’ve picked up, is all black, but how boring is that? I am a blue jeans kind of person, as well as having a low maintenance haircut! For me, I’d like to just be me; you won’t see me in a dress and nylons and pumps, that’s for darn sure. I admire artists who have flair in their wardrobe, e.g tallgirl, you go girl.

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By: tallgirl

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:33:52 +0000

I absolutely do look like an artist. Every single day I wear something hand-made by someone. I am tall and people stare, so I give them something to look at…a walking art gallery, if you will. I also have my haircut assymetrical and have artsy specs. I wear on the outside who I am on the inside. No seersucker for me!!!

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By: Amélie

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:47:48 +0000

As well as being an artist I also work in an art gallery (lucky me!) so I would usually find myself dressed pretty well with fitted clothes and jewelry often made of colourful and chunky beads. I also have a small nose piercing. Like “becky” I would usually just throw on an apron over my clothes to paint after work, but for very large paintings or “all day long” painting I could be seen with an old pair of paint covered jeans and my “crocs” going down the shop..!

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By: Casey Klahn

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:04:53 +0000

I like to think about how certain famous artists looked. Pollock in his black Levis jeans and coat, or van Gogh in his big straw hat. The only thing I do is to dress nice for my own shows (twice in tuxedo) and at art fairs I remember to wear a hat – the uniform of art fair artists!

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By: Leslie

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:56:25 +0000

I think it is more important to “walk the walk” as opposed to “talking the talk” so to speak. When I was at Old Miss, getting degrees in biology, I would see the art students wandering around campus looking like they were trying to be the epitome of “artist”, all in black. What I noticed often was that many of them could not draw, they were drawn to the idea of “artist”, as seen in popular fiction and movies. Hard drinking (oops, that may be writers). drugs, sex, and rock and roll. What I have found is that it is best to be your self and wear what you are comfortable in, whether it is bright and expressive or blue jeans, which is more my style. Pesonality does play a part in how you deal with the public but your work should be able to stand alone. Bill Beckwith is wearing jeans everytime I see him but that doesn’t seem to affect the popularity of his work or diminish his talent in the least.

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By: Jack

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:47:15 +0000

I believe, that You work has to be like artists work, not Your looks..

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By: sandy

Sat, 31 May 2008 22:09:53 +0000

Most people seem to be surprised when they learn that I am an artist. A lot of my clothes have paint on them from when I decide to paint not realizing what I am wearing. Something that often get attention is when I wear a tee shirt that I painted the words on;SUPPORT AN ARTIST!

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By: Trezora - Art Glass & Glass Jewelry

Sat, 31 May 2008 17:04:43 +0000

Clothes may make the man, but they don’t make the artist. I am a director of product marketing by day in high-tech and a glass artist on the weekends and evenings. I don’t look like an artist and am only vaguely aware of what that might look like. My vague imagery is driven by what painters may look like. What does a glass artist or composer or sculptor look like? They look like you and me.

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By: hazel

Sat, 31 May 2008 10:22:51 +0000

I have found myself in a local boutique I sell to in my jammie top! Thankfully it was cold out and my coat hid that fact from MOST of the customers!

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