Self Portrait. Judith Leyster. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

As an artist, promoting your art can be THE WORST.  Don’t they know that we are introverts?!?!  Or at least, really awkward around people?

In my latest for Montclair Local, I take a lesson from history and buck up the courage to promote my own work, even at the cost of looking a little bit ridiculous….

Check it out here —> Montclair Local: The art of shameless self-promotion

P.S.  If you love historical fiction about unsung women artists (as I do), you should check out Carrie Callaghan’s A Light of Her Own about 17th Century Dutch artist Judith Leyster.