Stayin' Alive: Survival Tactics for the Visual Artist

Stayin' Alive: Survival Tactics for the Visual Artist by Hopper, Robin. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780873495714.

Internationally recognized artist and author Robin Hopper details survival strategies for developing a personal lifestyle as a creative artist. The text is a combination of pragmatism, practicality, and philosophy, liberally spiced with humor and anecdotes from Hoppers 45 years of personal experience. This book also incorporates personal life stories of 19 full-time studio artists. Between them, these artists have more than 500 years of studio experience in the art of staying alive. Stayin Alive also includes, from four specialists in the field, information on legal and financial matters, how to approach magazine publishers, and tips for photographing work.