Recovering from Disaster

The following article appeared in Art Calendar
The Business Magazine for Visual Artists
July/August 2004 Vol. 18, No. 7

Art Calendar

Living the Artist's Life
by Paul Dorrell

(Introduction by Carolyn Proeber, publisher)

In March 2004, Paul Dorrell was a stranger to me. He sent me an e-mail asking if I'd be interested in seeing his book, scheduled for release in a few months. I said sure and promptly forgot about it.

When the book arrived in the mail, it sat unopened on a pile for a couple of weeks and then another kind e-mail from Paul prompted me to open it. I'm very happy I did.

Paul's book is a heartfelt, experienced walk through the art world from the point of view of a living, breathing, passionate human being who happens to be a writer and an art dealer. The book is "this-took-guts honest" and will, I believe, bring healing to many artists who make wary (or worse) assumptions about "all art dealers."

The following excerpt from the book describes events that happened several years ago: Click here for excerpt >>

This article is an excerpt from the book Living the Artist's Life, copyright 2004 by Paul Dorrell. Dorrell is the founder of Leopold Gallery in Kansas City.

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