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Get your art noticed, priced and paid.
I’m James, a painter and the founder of Creative Flair. Every day on Instagram I share the grants, open calls and selling tactics I wish someone had told me. This is where all of it lives.
Here from Instagram? Pick what you came for.
Be seen by the people who matter
The ten things around your work that decide whether anyone sees it, and how to fix each one. Then a real shot at a London billboard.
Grants and open calls worth your time
Price it properly and find the buyers
Every reel, written up properly.
No more asking for the link. My reels become full guides here, with the names, the numbers and the sources.
Gallery Contract: 5 Things to Check Before You Sign
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How to Use Glaze to Protect Your Art From AI: A Step by Step Guide
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How to Write a Grant Application as an Artist: The Four Things Funders Check
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How to Write an Artist Bio: A Formula You Can Steal
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One home for your whole art career.
Creative Flair helps working artists get seen, get funded and get paid. It's run by me, James, a painter, and everything free here stays free.
Good work that reaches nobody is a private hobby.
VISIBLE names the ten things sitting around your work that decide whether anyone ever sees it. None of them is talent. Then it fixes them one at a time, in the order that compounds.
“VISIBLE definitely gives me a leg up into the art world by increasing my confidence and agency.”
£39 until the audiobook lands, then £49. Everyone who owns it gets the audiobook free. Also on Amazon.
Templates that save you the blank page.
The admin every artist puts off, already laid out: your CV, bio, statement, catalogue, exhibition proposal and press release. Fill them in, make them yours. Instant download.
The Art of Storytelling Ultimate Bundle
Original price was: £59.99.£19.99Current price is: £19.99.
Artist Statement Workbook
Original price was: £14.99.£9.95Current price is: £9.95.
The Business End: A Business Guide for Artists
Original price was: £29.00.£19.00Current price is: £19.00.
Artist Bio Blueprint
Original price was: £14.99.£9.95Current price is: £9.95.
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Grants and open calls closing soon.
The same kind of list as my Sunday carousel, kept up to date on Fair Signal, our free and independent guide for artists.
A new list every SundayThis Week’s Free Money goes out on Instagram each Sunday. Follow so you never miss a deadline.
Your work, on the streets of London.
Each campaign puts selected artists on large digital screens across central London, with professional photographs of the work on screen and a permanent place in the archive.
“My little boy has been telling anyone who’ll listen, I went to London to see my mammy’s artwork.”
Get an honest eye on your work.
The Inner Studio is my online community for working artists, and I run it myself. It’s the closest you can get to working with me without booking a session.
“James’ insight here alone is worth its weight in gold.”
Or £100 a year. Cancel any time, in a couple of clicks.
Trouble paying? Email [email protected] and I’ll sort it out.
An honest read on your work from me and the room, tied to what you were trying to do.
Pricing, galleries, grants, social and group crits. Every session recorded.
The ones worth your time each month, and a checklist for the ones that only want your fee.
Your artist statement and bio, made to sound like you, minus the art speak.
In their own words.
“All of your hard work helped me realize that I could keep going in art, and actually make a go of being a full-time artist potentially. … I signed with a gallery two weeks ago and I keep painting and putting my work out there every day. You’ve made a massive difference, just for me!”
“The work you do has been incredibly helpful. Your videos have helped me reshape my artist statement, reframed how I approach my own videos and how I price my work (I have a whole formula now).”
“You have helped me focusing on the right things on my web site, and helped me understand that it’s ok to keep things simple. … You do a huge difference to many artists even old ones like myself. Thank you for the work you deliver.”
“James, this community has literally kept me going.”
Run by a painter, not a platform.
I’m a figurative oil painter. I studied Fine Art and History of Art at Goldsmiths and started Creative Flair in 2019 to get emerging artists seen.
Since then it has grown into billboards across London, a book, Fair Signal and The Inner Studio. Next is Creative Flair Live, a full day of talks for working artists.
Start with chapter one. It’s free.
Read the first chapter of VISIBLE tonight. It names the ten things around your work, and lets you score yourself against them.