Open Letter for All Artists by Joe Paquet

Perspectives from The Artist's Road

Morning on the Mississippi, St. Paul 28 x 40” Oil © Joe Paquet

Many of the professional artists we know or discover in the course of our constant research for The Artist’s Road have solid ideas and philosophies about making art and the artist’s life. Being a teacher and mentor as well as a successful painter, Joe Paquet is one of those artists who have developed a philosophy which inspires and elucidates the challenges inherent in the artistic life. Members can find out more about this renowned Midwestern artist and see his beautiful work in our “Voices of Experience” in-depth interview. Here is his “Open Letter for All Artists”:

Almost every artist I speak to these days has a profound tale of woe to spin. The common complaint: bad economy = lack of sales = “Whaa happened?” For those of us who make our living and put food on our family table, it doesn’t really matter what happened so much as what we can do to adjust. In our moments of panic, rash and destructive cho…