Posts by Roza Universe
Artist Tip #285: A Following Doesn’t Equate Success
The Illusion of a Following I never cared too much about making art to sell. I figured you had to spend a lot of time growing an audience… years and I’ve never been good at being consistent with things of that nature. I liked to paint because it helped me escape my anxiety. I always…
Read More“Fuck Your OM” Acrylic, Glitter, and Oil Paint 3×2 ft
My Painting Idea I initially had a different idea for this painting. I had a sketch I made on the windows app Sketchbook and I had planned to make it a mixed media painting similar to one I had done in the past of Shiva. I started painting although I didn’t want to paint. I’ve…
Read MoreHow to Handle Someone Stealing Your Art
Recently there’s been a load of people having their artwork stolen. While imitation is the fondest form of flattery, having your artwork stolen sucks balls. You might feel frustrated and confused not knowing what options are available to you but in the world of interweb… you have loads of options my friends. Loads. Mwahaha! Here’re…
Read MoreHow to Get Paint Off Your Paint Brushes
A few weeks ago I did a YouTube video on how to get paint off your paint brushes (below). I had the intent to make it into a blog post but I’ve been ever so slightly busy. I created this because I had dried acrylic paint on a few brushes. These steps might work for…
Read MoreWhy I Chose Etsy For Selling My Arts and Craft Projects
My Experiences With Other Selling Platforms I’ve been in eCommerce and internet marketing (particularly search engine marketing) since I was 17. This has given me the opportunity to try various selling platforms when dealing with various types of business. I also spent the year dabbling but never really launching an art shop anywhere. Initially I…
Read MoreMy First Art Showcase at Checkered Past Winery in Dallas
I previously planned to make the Dallas Pancakes and Booze Art Show (read more about my experience at The Pancake and Booze Art Show in Dallas here) the first art show I attended but in the process of going through my emails I was made aware of an art show that was happening ever so…
Read MoreThe Moon; She Pulls You Like an Ocean
Observation of beauty… Merely observing. So fragile the beautiful. But I long to posses it. Hold it in my hands. As the moon falls & sun rises over and over… It starts to seem I have to loosen the grip on that thing I love so much… So beautiful… It’s starting to hurt. The hurt.…
Read MoreYou can have my thoughts… I live in my soul.
Why… Am I so afraid to die? Why… Actually… Do I want to live so bad? What… Exactly would posses me… Would move me… To keep going? Keep trying? What, in this painful existence… Is worth all this suffering? After all, we’re born suffering. We only experience satisfaction through our suffering… Hmmm but that… That…
Read MoreMy Soul… I Live There. Embrace it.
My thoughts… Took over my dreams. I realized my decision to stop pouring my soul on that illusion I thought were deaf ears… for the moment… Hurt more than expression in that current reality. Expression creates such weightless freedom from the cage of your own suppression.
Read MoreIsaiah
When you came from my womb… Every day I’ve looked into your eyes… I realized death, life and the Universe. Your innocence. His spirit. My canvas. MY canvas! Entrusted with you. Blessed with YOU. Unconditional through you. Bite the apple. Me, bring life to THIS mentally corrupt world. I’d have mercy on your unborn soul.…
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