Sometimes it’s difficult not to look back and wonder where I might be now if I had found the courage to believe earlier in my life.

I’ve now read a few books on selling art. It seems to me that it boils down to this. Find your niche, write your story, find your audience,

I always see September as a time for a new start – a throwback to my school days, I guess. The nights draw in and there’s a chill in the...