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An Artist is a person involved in an activity linked to creating art, practicing the arts, or illustrating an art.  Their role is to generate and develop artistic ideas, sketch out ideas, and make models in response to a brief or commission.  Their responsibilities are to meet deadlines, work in a workshop or off-site, adhere to health and safety procedures, source materials, develop relationships with suppliers, plan projects and create publicity, write project suggestions for galleries, competitions or artist residencies, carry out financial planning, carry out self-promotion activities, apply for residencies and competitions, write funding applications, liaise with gallery owners, curators and other artists, curate individual and group shows, negotiate a sale or commission, and maintain a portfolio.

If you love art and love to create, have you considered making a living selling what you create? Paul has been a professional twig artist for over 30 years. Check out what he has to say about his career as well as some of his art pieces. 

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<h2>Why I choose this Medium</h2><p>I'm an artist. I make twig art. I loved art and I art and it really rings a bell with me and I just had to go with it. I went to art school and I saw somebody else's work and it triggered the twig idea - the using twigs as my medium. You know it's taken a long time and I've had successes and failures. I’ve been doing this for over 30 years and every step is kind of exciting even when sometimes it's more boring and drudgy. In general it's very fulfilling.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><h2>My Average Day as an Artist</h2><p>The average day depends on if I have an order and I know specifically somebody wants and then I have to build it. But if I'm just on my own and have free time I might collect twigs. I'm always kind of looking around when I drive around. So either that or being in my studio/space in the backyard and I put them together. Sometimes I'm working on the computer and trying to entice art advisors or interior designers to buy my art.</p><p><br></p><h2>How to Get Into This Field</h2><p>You need to have a body of work or something to show what you do and what you're trying to try to get out there. You can do it. You can go to school but today it's about promoting yourself.&nbsp; With the internet, it's wide open and you can do it easily. But it's a lot of work and you got to decide who you're going to write to. You still work hard at it. I would recommend you make yourself a website and send that around. I don't know what&nbsp; artsy little store you might have around you.- It could be around the country and get into ones so you could consign your art there. That's one way or work with an art advisor or work with an art gallery or anything and you can keep doing new shows and such.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><h2>Pros and Cons of being an Artist&nbsp;</h2><p>You can really get into it and love what you do then it's just a great thing. Cons are if you're not Picasso or somebody and have your name out there it could be a long road. But its still worth it. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

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