by Mindy Lighthipe | Sep 6, 2020 | Bird Art, Business Practices for Artists, Gallery, Online Art Classes, Uncategorized
I am super thrilled to be the Featured Artist on Artsy Shark! Several months ago, I found a call for artists on the Artsy Shark website. The cost was $25 to enter. It can cost a lot of money to enter a competition. I try to be careful with how many fees I send out per...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Dec 2, 2014 | Art Exhibits, Gallery
I recently decided to collect art from other artists. Why collect someone else’s art when I can make it myself? I once heard only 2% of the population buys art and of that 2%, a high percentage of them are artists! This may not make sense if the artist can...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Jan 8, 2014 | Butterfly Art, Colored Pencil, Gallery, Insect Art, Uncategorized
Buckeye Butterflies are not Blue? A few years ago when I first moved to Florida I visited Edith Smith at Shady Oaks Butterfly Farm. She and her family raise butterflies for a living. I went on her butterfly tour and she showed me all of the different species she...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Dec 24, 2013 | Animal Portraits, Art Destinations, Bird Art, Colored Pencil, Costa Rica, Digital Photography, Gallery, Photography Tips
The Aracari and Photographer Permission- I have loved the aracari ever since I saw it flying in the rainforest in Costa Rica. It is a small toucan and is not as easy to spot as a toucan because of its size. They love to eat palm nuts and this is usually where you can...
