Entries by Studio Damoah

IT…My friend, my foe, my muse.

Art and randomness right… I say in my own words at the top of this blog that art is about life. My art is supposed to reflect my life. This blog is supposed to reflect my art, which reflects my life. Yet, I always struggle with revealing my life through text. I have no problem […]

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School of Saatchi

Did anyone watch episode 1 of the School of Saatchi on BBC2 last night? I read an article about it in Art Review magazine a few months ago that did not exactly entice me to watch, however, watch I did. I actually rather enjoyed it, but then, one could argue that I am a bit […]

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Gimmick or style?

I was inspired to write this by the Style vs Gimmick post on the Art Biz blog… It is a very interesting question that provoked lots of interesting responses. So here is my contribution, let me know what you think… From the point of view of art work/artists: When an artist produces work specifically to […]

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The case of John T. Unger and the unscrupulous commercial imitator

I felt moved to attempt to do something to help the cause of John T. Unger, for him and for the sake of all artists. Imagine you spend 20 years of your life learning and perfecting your craft only to have some rich wannabe commercial imitator bastard attempt to rip off your lifetime of work […]

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Why have a manager? A managers perspective…

This was a comment posted on my blog post “Why have a manager/agent?” by my very own manager! I felt it was so challenging that I simply had to post it as a blog post in its own right for you all to see. Get involved in the debate, comment below! Best, Adelaide  Why have […]

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Why have a manager/agent?

For some reason, I keep bumping into this question today. For example, on the Art Biz blog, the following questions were  asked of the art readership: Is there such a thing as a fine art representative or agent (not gallerist) that can do all the work for you? How are they paid? How do you […]

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What are your experiences of selling art prints? To print or not to print

I recently had an online conversation in one of my social networks about fine art prints. I put a request to the network for help with promoting my prints. I want to reach a wider audience than my 5000 or so opt in subscribers… the response I got back from one gentleman was to be […]

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How to get lots of traffic to your blog/website and make lots of money online selling art prints

Made you look! Gosh, the internet is an amazing, overwhelming and inspiring place to be. Not to mention addictive. I am supposed to be spending most of my time creating art, but instead, today I am becoming a slave to the internet in an attempt to drive traffic to my website and increase sales of […]

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Christmas special offer to you from me :)

My website is now finally completed in the foundation format! You can now buy from any one of my major collections, which in total now comprise of 49 prints! If you have been following my progress since the early days (2006), you will remember when the Black Brits exhibition was first aired on national television. […]

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Why do you write a blog?

This is rather embarrassing, I have not posted anything in this blog in over a year, and as you can see, I have deleted all previous posts. Why, I hear you ask… I am not sure, I found them to be boring and they were just copies of my regular newsletter which is hardly the […]

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