We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Stanley Morrison. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Stanley below.
Stanley, appreciate you joining us today. Do you have an agent or someone (or a team) that helps you secure opportunities and compensation for your creative work? How did you meet you, why did you decide to work with them, why do you think they decided to work with you?
After getting a couple licensing contracts I started to realize that agent might be necessary. Just to keep track of royalities and contracts. Luckily I was contacted by Tate Licensing about him wanting to be my licensing agent. The first phone call went well so I decide to take him on as my agent. It has worked out good so far and he has got many other licensing work.
Stanley, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
I am a self taught fantasy artist painting creatures, mostly dragons. I have worked in many mediums but my main ones today are scratchboard and digital painting. My style today ranges from cute/whimsical to dark/creepy. I sell my art art originals, prints, and products with my art at conventions, mostly in the southeast. I also sell online stores such as Etsy and Amazon. I have art prints in a few shops including some in Universal Orlando. I have a full time artist job doing art for a wholesale art company.
I take on commission work when time allows for it.
When designing creatures for art I try not to make them look the same every time. My biggest art series now are my Drinks and Dragons( Dragons designed around what makes up the drink or something that corresponds to the drink) in a glass?mug. The other series is garden dragons( whimsical dragons that camouflage themselves as different plants of a garden). The idea is that you can not see them but they are always there.
I have won many awards but the pinnacle award was Best of Show at DragonCon in 2021.
Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?
When I first started selling at conventions I would sell only originals. This is great for collectors but not everyone is ready to by an original piece of art. It made making steady sales more difficult. My first table set up where not very professional looking either. Through trial and error I have got my sales more consistent. By adding selling prints of my art in various sizes helped my sell more. I now sell my art on as different products.
We’d love to hear your thoughts on NFTs. (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)
I have no interest in them. I have been contacted many times about them but after looking in to it more I decided it was not for me.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.stanleymorrisonart.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smorrisonart/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stanleymorrisongallery
- Other: https://www.etsy.com/shop/StanleyMorrisonArt https://artprint.stanleymorrisonshop.com/ stanley-morrison.pixels.com