As an artist who is determined to make a living by making art, I took a path that took me away from my true calling. I decided to hop into the Pet Portrait niche. I thought of the pet portraits more as making a product rather than as making "art". When I awakened to this realization, I immediately knew I needed to stop calling myself a pet portrait artist, and go back to "artist". Because the truth is, that although I draw and paint well, there is more to me than being a port