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Release Date: 08/22/2020

Discovering Artistic Passion Later in Life

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Bianca Lever exchanged the lowlands of The Netherlands for the rolling hills of Italy where she now lives and works as a full-time artist. In this episode, Bianca discusses her challenges transitioning from a hobby to a professional artist, her inspiration, and what she is doing to attract new audiences.

From Teacher to Professional Artist

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If you love making art and you’re secretly wanting to embrace the life of an artist. Then listen up! In this episode, I chat with UK artist Jane Beaumont. After a fulfilling career as a teacher and therapist, Jane finally took this step herself. Find out how a love note from her husband encouraged her to take the first brave steps, how she started sketching every day, soaking up inspiration on social media, and intentionally steered herself towards life as a professional artist. Mentioned in this episode: Quote: David Whyte, "Will you have confidence in what you love?" Artists: David...

Part 2 - Interview with UK Artist Mish Maudsley

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Mish Maudsley aka Mishfit's art occupies the hinterland between street art and fine art painting. An active part of UK street art for over 15 years, she has since painted internationally from the streets of Melbourne to Europe’s biggest street art festival, Upfest. Her most recent foray into the world of London art fairs follows an incredible array of live painting venues over the years. From her studio in Brighton, she is now embracing a more refined approach, combining spray paint and oil paint, to create an energetic style that captures the raw process of creativity. Clashing traditional...

Part 1 - Interview with UK Artist Mish Maudsley

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Part 2 : From Graphic Designer to Working Artist

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If you need some art fuel, listen to what South African artist Duncan Stewart says about art. I recently interviewed him for my podcast; his words are still resonating in my heart. 'Art is ingrained in our deepest being. Our collective experiences, DNA, genetic makeup, and contexts have made us all wonderfully unique. In our own right, every human being is a magnificent artwork. Art can bypass our intellect and rational thinking, and it can penetrate the soul and we can be moved. It’s a language by which we can connect on a deep level.’ Good stuff! Now that should silence those...

Part 1: From Graphic Designer to Working Artist

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From graphic designer to working artist, Duncan Stewart walks us through his journey and shares what he’s learned about living as an artist along the way. Coming from a traditional family of lawyers and bankers, Duncan never saw himself becoming an artist, even with an insatiable appetite to draw and paint. Though he studied, and later worked, as a graphic designer, he eventually gave himself the opportunity to explore the underlying desire to create. At 22 years of age, while working in an advertising firm, Duncan allowed himself to explore his artistic tendencies and attended art school in...

Bringing Unseen Art down from the Attic

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As a visual artist, you love spending time creating your art. It's fun and exciting to turn what you are passionate about into something you can share with others. However, trying to find ways to promote & sell it effectively is another story altogether. How can something you are so committed to do be so frustrating at the same time? This is a question serial entrepreneur, marketing expert & television producer Mauritz Briët asked himself. It struck him that the artists he knew were having a hard time connecting what they were creating with an audience ready...

Best Art Practises for Visual Artists in 2022

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Your journey as an artist won't always be smooth and easy. Your income will fluctuate, your energy will shift, and your focus will change as projects come and go.

Connecting with your Art Collectors

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You've carefully created your art and are ready to share it with the world. To do this effectively you need to understand who your potential art collector is! 

Turning Passion into a Profession

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From a young age Dido had 2 big passions. Music & Art!

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How do you turn your creativity into a meaningful profession?

My name is Sonja Smalheer. I am an artist, art coach and course creator and I'd love to show you how.

When I graduated from the Art Academy I learnt how to paint, and how to draw but I had no idea how to earn a living with my creativity.

I was not prepared for a life as a working artist.

This often left me quite frustrated. Sometimes on the verge of calling it quits, throwing away my brushes and giving it all up. But I am so glad I didn’t.

After many failed attempts and valuable lessons learnt, I discovered ways to turn my creative dream, of being a working artist, into a reality, now giving me the freedom to live the life I love.

I created the Help! I Am Artist Podcast, because no matter where you are on your creative journey, whether you are just starting out or maybe you have been a working artist for a while, you too can take steps to turn your creative passions into a meaningful sustainable profession.

The Help! I Am Artist Podcast is filled with fresh inspiration, step by step practical insights and interviews with artists who are experts in their field.

If you are a smart artist or one in the making, who is looking for new and exciting ways to get your art out of your studio and into the hands of an audience that's appreciative and willing to pay it’s worth, then you are in the right place.

Happy Listening!

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