On February 27th I went to the Holland Project for Lisa Congdon's Roundtable Discussion.

It was a really interesting discussion, we talked about her life as an artist (which was mostly her complaining about how she's too busy and doesn't really like the compromises she has to make as an illustrator). We talked about how she has gotten to the point shes at today in her career, and how she started out as an artist. She's only been painting or drawing for about ten years or so. She took her first painting class ever in her thirties and just continued with it, and really found a passion there.

It was really quite fascinating listening to her speak about the art world, and a little scary as well. She was found through posting her stuff online, and she gets lots of commissions through that. She seems like shes at a point where she wants to take a different direction with her work. She's started trying out doing abstract paintings.

I really liked her work, and I can see why she does well. Its amazing that she was able to discover this talent so much later in life.

One of the things we talked about was pricing your work. This was the one thing that really garnered a lot of discussion. While Lisa Congdon seemed to advocate using a lower price structure and gradually raising the price as things sell, other voices seemed to suggest very different things. This seems to be a really controversial topic for people.