Michael Harrison

Visual artist exploring the world of figurative art and expressing himself creatively

[Michael Harrison @mikeoneharrison]

@mikebattleborn @shpillo_ Exactly. Played for and lead some very successful franchises, made it to the NBA finals, made a lot of money, played a really long career. This is a moment but he’s had a lot of really great moments as well. Hall of fame career imo

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

A monk climbing with bare feet on the cliff that tourists climb on with the help of a rope ...

[Praneet Samaiya @praneetsamaiya]

@TheRock @WWE Best Bray Wyatt promo...
RIP Bray Wyatt #BrayWyatt
One of the best creative minds in WWE was Windham Rotunda
#WWE #RIPBRAYWYATT #RIPWindhamRotunda #WindhamRotunda

[joeyL.eth @joeyldotcom]

Panoramic format

[joeyL.eth @joeyldotcom]

My dad taught me the art of cherishing the past and how to transmit it into the future. Happy Father's Day.

[alejandro cartagena @halecar2]

The long path of being a selling artist.

In 2005-2006 I started attending portfolio reviews to present my work and I always asked to be reviewed by gallerists. I thought that my work was good enough to be picked up by a gallery to sell.

Sadly I was delusional as I did not have a developed artistic practice (conceptually and aesthetically) nor the professionalism to be a selling artist. How do I know this? Because now after 20 years, I live of selling my art to collectors and museums and I would have never been able to run my art practice the right way at the beginning of my career

I met my now print art dealer in 2005 and they didn’t give me the time of day. They saw right through me and understood I was not ready to be selling art. I was crushed and I called them out as gatekeepers and was angry they didn’t give me an opportunity.

Then 3 years later I kept at it and reached out to them again and they said I could go to their gallery and present my portfolio once more. The results were the same. They said, no thank you, and after spending a couple of thousands of dollars to print everything and travel internationally to show them my work, I was crushed. But this was a story I had heard of other artists and I was not detoured on my path to be an artist. I kept going.

Then 6 years after the first encounter with them, with a finished project I had been developing for 5 years and with experience in writing about my work and of others, the same gallery reached out to ask me to curate a show of Mexican artists for them. They had seen my development in the understanding of art and the development of my own work. They opened the door for me to have a solo exhibition at the gallery. The results were sales of my work and of the other artists I curated for them.

Now after more than 12 years of working together, they have helped position my works in collections like the MFAH in Houston, the 21C collection, the JP Morgan collection and many other private collections.

Being a selling artist takes time. Sales should be the results of a developed vision. Sales are the reward of hundreds of hours of work on your voice and ideas. Sales should reflect your investment in your understanding of art and how you as an artist are part of a continuum that you can either reject or add to it.

If you are in the NFT space, you are in the art world and you are not isolated. Your art is competing with all the artists out there and in that sense you should be doing art that would be able to hold itself in the art world at large and that takes time.

There are many examples of star struck artists rising rapidly and crashing at the same pace in the art-world. Most art that we consider the best art in the world developed over time. Why? Because art is not easy. It’s one of the hardest careers ever.

If you want to be an artist be prepared for rejections, no sales, harsh criticism, failures, stress, anxiety, uncertainty. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Do NFTs, do books, lecture, give workshops, sell prints. Grow your audience in many realms of the art-world. When one place fails, the other will thrive and this will help you keep going.

Protect your vision this way. If your an artist, you need to protect your voice and become self sufficient in order to continue exploring your ideas.

No sales does not mean you failed. No sales might mean you and your art are not ready. And that is fine!

[Michael Harrison @mikeoneharrison]

@HoodiAm @sirjonlee Someone I know said he wants the title for himself. Then Solo’s gonna want it. And everybody wants the title separately. But who knows 🤷🏿‍♂️

[Michael Harrison @mikeoneharrison]

@HoodiAm @sirjonlee Yeah it’s a lil confusing

[Michael Harrison @mikeoneharrison]

@sirjonlee Yessir. That’s the definition of a heel lol

[Michael Harrison @mikeoneharrison]

@NikonUSA

[joeyL.eth @joeyldotcom]

Addis Ababa

[Michael Harrison @mikeoneharrison]

@VisualsbySauter

[Michael Harrison @mikeoneharrison]

@coolstorygio

[Michael Harrison @mikeoneharrison]

Floyd Mayweather Speed Painting https://t.co/qJwewz8LWa via @YouTube

[joeyL.eth @joeyldotcom]

Farmhands.
📸 California

[Michael Harrison @mikeoneharrison]

@joeyldotcom one of my favorites!

[joeyL.eth @joeyldotcom]

10 years of revolution

📷 #Rojava

[Michael Harrison @mikeoneharrison]

@Ripdolph318 @ShannonSharpe @KDTrey5 @KingJames Lebron's teams: Cavs 7 years, miami four, cavs (2nd time) four and lakers four. Four years is the typical full length of a contract. What do you mean every summer? KD isn't every summer either but LBJ met the length of each of his contracts and moved on.

[Michael Harrison @mikeoneharrison]

@DurgoatsOG You doggone right. We are happily delusional!