HOW COLLECTORS BECOME ARTISTS
Over the past decade and a half, while publishing this and other art magazines, I have discovered something I never anticipated. People who collect art often become artists, and I see a lot of artists who become collectors. At exhibition openings and other events, collectors often declare, “I wish I could do that,” then, “But I don’t have any talent.” Those are trigger words for me, so I immediately respond that art isn’t strictly about natural-born talent; rather, it is an acquired skill like cooking or typing. It takes instruction and time. As an artist myself, I started out believing that I had no talent and that I could not paint or draw. Thankfully a couple of mentors along the way gave me hope and step-by-step tools, urging me to be…