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Artist Resources

Artist Resources

Advice for artists on creating and selling artwork through galleries. These blog posts give you the best hints and tips for success in creating, marketing and selling your artwork.
  • When Worlds Collide: Kendall-Leigh Nash
    28 April 2023
    Visit the studio of artist Kendall-Leigh Nash and learn more about her latest series of drawings on paper depicting animals, plants and their connection with nature.
  • Day in the Life of a Plein Air Painter: Joanna Lee Miller
    26 July 2022
    Join artist Joanna Lee Miller as she shares her process of painting "Misty Cliffs at Daybreak", a plein air painting created on location in Cape Town.
  • Top Framers in Cape Town
    7 July 2022
    A list of the Top 7 Framers in Cape Town, to have your original artwork professionally framed and ready to hang. We asked our artists to give their recommendations, so you have a wide range of options located around Cape Town - from the city centre to the south and northern suburbs!
  • Grace Kotze: Deserving of a Throne
    8 June 2022
    Learn more about Grace Kotze's latest paintings sharing the beauty of nature and the animals and birds that inspire her. Grace chats to us about her process of creating the paintings of creatures sitting on magnificent antique furniture and what she aims to achieve with her work.
  • In conversation with Shui-Lyn White
    24 February 2022
    A deep conversation and studio visit with printmaker and abstract artist Shui-Lyn White who shares her ideas on cultivating creativity, finding 'beginners mind' and using gesture to create her abstract artworks.
  • GREEN ART: An introduction | Part II
    9 August 2020
    In Part II, environmental artist Janet Botes explores 'Green Art' in the context of Found Object Assemblage, Installation Art, Land Art and New Media Art.
  • GREEN ART: An introduction | Part I
    8 August 2020
    Janet Botes is an artist who aims to inspire change and respect towards all living things and Mother Earth - preserving biodiversity and a heritage for future generations. In the first of a two-part series, Janet introduces us to environmental art and the materials used to create 'green art'.
  • Tips for writing a successful Artist Statement
    21 June 2019
    Helpful tips and things to think about when writing your Artist Statement for entry into the StateoftheART Gallery Award.
  • Advice from the JUDGES
    7 June 2019
    With just under a month left to enter the StateoftheART Gallery Award, we asked the Judges what they are looking for in this year's entries...
  • How to Photograph your Art using your Phone
    5 June 2019
    Helpful tips and things to remember when photographing your artworks for entry into the StateoftheART Gallery Award.
  • Jo Roets: Winner of the StateoftheART Gallery Award 2018
    4 April 2019
    Read Jo Roets' account of entering and winning the StateoftheART Gallery Award in 2018.
  • How to Enter the StateoftheART Gallery Award
    1 April 2019
    Find some helpful tips here to assist you when filling out your entry form to the Gallery Award.
  • How to Package Your Art with CORNÉ EKSTEEN
    23 May 2018
    StateoftheART presents 'How to Package Your Art' with CORNÉ EKSTEEN, a series of video tutorials in which Corné demonstrates every step of the packaging process.
  • How To Pick The Perfect Picture
    15 July 2010
    RETAIL therapy is all too common, but have you ever felt the same need to splash out on art? StateoftheART shares some invaluable tips on choosing your perfect artwork ....