An artist statement is a must for any serious artist. An artist uses the artist statement to communicate their ideas and intentions of their artwork to the public, collector, buyer, gallery and anyone interested in your artwork. It is important to take care in writing your artist statement. It will take time and rewrites this is not something that you write in five minutes. You want your artwork to be taken seriously - you want your artwork to be included in exhibitions - you want your artwork to be bought by buyers -- so take the time to write a good artist statement. ...