Why do artists struggle to make money? Today we remind each other of why we make our art and how many varied ways there are to make money from it. We end with a list of inspiring artists to follow that are "making it" on their own terms.

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Rachael Shores is a travel and visionary artist. She works mostly in watercolor,   painting favorite travel scenes or people's visions from dreams and   meditations. She currently lives in Germany with her husband and  working  in an  Irish pub. Her next big life goal is writing her travel  stories  from  all 7 continents which will be illustrated by her travel   sketchbooks.

Laumee Fries loves to create art that is both fragile and bold. She paints abtract   and figurative paintings with natural pigments, makes drawings   inspired  by myths, fairy tales and life itself - and illustrates her  own  stories. She lives in Germany with her husband and her cat and  currently   works on new paintings and a graphic novel.

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