Meeting Other Artists & The Public

I met a very nice guy name Arthur Fleming last week and I stop by to say hello to him every day because he works for the public transportation I use. He's a fellow artist and for the short time I've known him he appears to be a really great person. Arthur works on watercolor portraits and plans on becoming a full-time artist in October when he retires. He paints every day and I think he's going to become a really good artist.

The reason I'm mentioning Arthur here is because I would like to stress the importance for artists to get out into public and meet the public and to meet other artists. We as artists have to become more approachable and less snobby if you will. I think the internet and social web sites are changing this attitude but we all need to make more of an effort to get out and make art more approachable and obtainable.

I believe that average person is afraid of art for the fear of looking stupid because they don't know enough about art. We as artists should educate the public and answers their questions. We need to be proactive and approach the public and ask them if they have any questions. Most people love to speak with artists and it's good the future of all artists if we can welcome them into our world and let them know it's okay to ask questions and learn about art. Everyone is a possible collector and the more education we give, the better our chances of gaining collectors.