If you’re not being rejected, you are not applying enough
Award-winning printmaker Mark Graver has four tips for any artist wanting to kickstart their practice.
22 Aug 2019 12:00
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Visual Arts
Think about your work if you want to grow, says Mark Graver; image supplied.
Recently printmaker Mark Graver was elected to The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE), arguably the highest form of global peer group recognition for printmakers. Following this accolade, we asked Mark to share some words of wisdom for emerging or mid-career artists. Here are four pieces of advice that will work for any artist, whatever their practice.
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