The Thriving Artist Podcast

“You can’t make full time money doing part time work. I paint every day.” – Robert C. JacksonRobert C. Jackson (or Bob, as he goes by in conversation) is a painter who uses his subject matter of balloon dogs, Oreo skyscrapers, and toy dinosaurs to highlight the satirical complexities he sees in the world. He has interviewed 20 contemporary representational artists for his book Behind the Easel, around which the Delaware Museum of Art is forming an exhibition this Fall. Bob explains exactly what it means and digs into what it takes to be a five day a week working artist.This is such an amazing talk that the topics are best expressed mainly as quotations from Bob himself:Getting Started“I was surprised at how many rules people do have – I thought art was supposed to be open-ended.”“I think it’s up to other people to label you.”“Most artists never talk about business and, as a result, most artists never make a living from their art.”If art schools were judged by how many of their graduates made a