Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
I have done them both: rented an art studio outside the home, and set up a studio in my house. There are serious PROs to both, and the decision to do either one will depend greatly on your current life circumstance, art goals, and also your personality.
Bottom line, in my opinion: your best choice would be the one most conducive to your making wonderful art! My final choice came down to that, and although it was hard to choose, I think I made the right call. What do you think is best for you and your art practice?
I have done them both: rented an art studio outside the home, and set up a studio in my house. There are serious PROs to both, and the decision to do either one will depend greatly on your current life circumstance, art goals, and also your personality.
Bottom line, in my opinion: your best choice would be the one most conducive to your making wonderful art! My final choice came down to that, and although it was hard to choose, I think I made the right call. What do you think is best for you and your art practice?




![Prepare Your Plants for Still Life - Day 16, Daily December ArtCandy
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Still Life by Balázs Boda, 2005. Oil on canvas. Author: Balázs Boda
The Olive Branch by Ernani Constantini, 1968. Oil on canvas. Author: Enani Constantini. http://www.costantini.org/pics/paint/1968/ulivo.jpg
Still Life with Aloe by Anton Faistauer, before 1930. https://www.gieseundschweiger.at/
Epipremnum aureum (Linden & André) G.S.Bunting [as Pothos aureus Linden & André]. 1871. Source: L’ Illustration horticole, vol. 27: t. 381 (1871) http://www.plantillustrations.org/ILLUSTRATIONS_full_size/113660.jpg
Michelia and Climber of Darjeeling, India by Marianne North, circa 1878. Collection Marianne North Gallery. Source Art UK. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/michelia-and-climber-of-darjeeling-india-88107
Thistles by Edouard Manet, 1858. Oil on canvas. Source/Permission: Artbook - Brigitte Buberl: Cézanne, Manet, Schuch
Still Life with Oranges and Stoneware Dog by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1906. Source:
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/still-life-with-oranges-and-stoneware-dog-paula-modersohn-becker/mQEOC8V3t9vjcA
New Years Eve Pilea by Anne Livingston, 2022. Oil on panel. I am the photographer. Prepare Your Plants for Still Life - Day 16, Daily December ArtCandy](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zxOW2ckx1uo/mqdefault.jpg)