Your artist statement should compel people to quit reading and return immediately to your artwork.
Does it?
Does the thought of writing about your art strike fear in your soul?
Do you tremble at the thought of talking to someone about your art? Do you have a new body of work that you have yet to articulate? Or do you just want to be able to do these things better than you have in the past? Stop putting off your statement.
Clear, meaningful language can help you connect with viewers and sell your work.
Your statement is an opportunity to define yourself before someone else does it for you. It is a chance to assert, with facts and with clarity, the current direction of your work.
I want to help you talk, write, and think more clearly about your work so that you can make it meaningful to gallery dealers, curators, arts writers, and collectors, as well as to people who may not know anything about art. Your statement is for a greater purpose than just words on a piece of paper. You will develop a method of putting your thoughts together in language you can use again and again throughout your career . . . .