It never occurred to me to have an artist's blog before I read

Kristen Royce's article on "Why Every Artist Should Have A

Blog".

One of the great things about having an art blog is that you

can update it right away. It can often take days or weeks to

update an art web site. You can also edit a post and correct

it immediately. And it is also possible to go back and edit or

"tweak" a post after you have published it on your artist's

blog any time you want to.

You can do very different things with an art blog than you can

with an art website. They are a great combination.

An artist's web site is like a constant one-person show. An

artist's blog has a very different tone than an artist's web

site. An artist's blog is like having an ongoing chatty art

conversation.

The subject matter can be much more personal in an art

blog. You can talk about events and information that just

would not fit in with an artist's website.

I am in the early learning stages of art blogging and I am

finding that art blogging can be a whole lot of fun.

© Mary Baker 2005

Mary Baker is a contemporary realist painter, whose studio

is in Newburyport, Massachusetts. This New England city,

north of Boston, has been the inspiration for the artist’s

realistic oil paintings. Mary Baker is a professional artist and

has shown in New York art galleries.

You can visit Mary at her website, Mary Baker Art at http://www.marybakera

rt.com, see her beautiful paintings and read her articles

on a variety of subjects including a four part series on Art,

Artists and the Web. A list of articles can be found on her

Site Map and Mary's paintings can be seen on every page of

Mary Baker Art.

You can also visit Mary Baker's artists blog, Mary Baker

Art-Blog to find art information for artists and people

who are in the art world.