Blog Posts

The Athol Phillips Interview

— Hailing from South Africa, Athol Phillips (aka PhotoArt By Athol) has been producing incredible works of photo artistry from the first, even before joining the “AWAKE” group. Athol was our featured artist in September of last year, with Issue No. 19, and that cover (shown below) is still one of my favorites. It’s great […]

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The Julie Powell Interview

— With work spanning a broad range of subjects and techniques, Julie Powell continually surprises with her compositions and boasts a superb portfolio certain to inspire. Julie was our featured artist last August (in Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 18), and it’s exciting to finally be able to interview her here in Quill […]

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Forget Confidence. Focus Here Instead

— Developing confidence as an artist takes time. But that’s OK. Confidence is supposed to take time. You develop confidence as you stack up successes. As an artist, you shouldn’t be worrying about feeling “confident.” Forget all that. Because here’s the thing: Declaring yourself an artist is not about confidence at all. It’s about COURAGE. […]

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Demand More of Your Photo Artistry

— Want to see a massive leap forward in your work as a photo artist? I’ve got the prescription. And I’d just about call it sure-fire. Can’t miss. I’m convinced it works for photo artistry, works for writing, works for any kind of creative pursuit. Too often I get email from frustrated students who don’t […]

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AWAKE Artists in Somerset Digital Studio Magazine

— The latest edition of the finest digital artistry magazine in our industry recently hit bookstores around the world, and is already now available in digital format. And once again the artists of our advanced “AWAKE” group represent well over 3/4 of the art published! Somerset Digital Studio Magazine (SPRING 2017) UPDATE: The print edition […]

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