Ep77 – Christie Owen is an abstract artist and designer from Oklahoma. Her work can be described as earthy and tranquil, with a focus on finding beauty in the imperfections. I’ve known Christie for several years, and we have experienced many of the ups and downs of being artists and entrepreneurs together. Currently recovering from burnout, Christie is switching gears and trying new things. With the goal in mind of finding her flow state once again, she is allowing herself more time to play...

Ep76 – Andrea Erhardt is a muralist and art business coach from Springfield, Missouri. Andrea had always been interested in creating art for a living, but she never really thought it was possible. After graduating with a degree in general business and painting, Andrea started a promotional business with a few friends that did very well, but her heart kept coming back to painting. She took a position as logo painter with Bass Pro Shops corporate, and traveled around the country painting logos...

Ep75 – Debbie Downey is a professional face painter and balloon twister who has recently moved into doing murals. Debbie has been creating murals for children’s spaces and small businesses, so thus far her art has been more about who she’s making it for than about the art itself. Debbie says she is still taking whatever comes her way but would love to have the financial freedom to turn jobs down if they don’t feel aligned with her vision. Right now, she is working toward making more money per...

Ep74 – Kristine Hurd is a mixed media artist from Saskatchewan who works with alcohol ink and enjoys fluid experimenting. She works full time outside of the home and paints for fun in her spare time. Kristine isn’t looking to turn her art into a full-time income, but she knows she must sell it to continue to do the thing that she loves. Being a very prolific painter, she faces the challenges of limited space and the cost of purchasing supplies. Even though Kristine has a marketing degree, as...

Ep73 – Sam Groom is a printmaker and collage artist from the UK. She creates relief prints and sculptural artworks that are bold, colorful and joyful. Sam has been successful at selling her artwork thus far, but she is trying to figure out the best way to generate more income. Most of her sales come from live events, but she also sells in local stores, through her website and on social platforms. She would like to be selling more online by increasing her presence there to draw a larger...

Ep72 – Nikkita Cohoon is a designer and multimedia artist who makes vibrant artwork with lots of mark making that feels like a chatty conversation. She started her own brand design business in 2013, which she has loved doing, but is now working full-time in a position that allows her to use more of her creative inspiration for her own work. Nikkita is passionate about creating rituals in life, not just following a routine, and through her classes and workshops she focuses on helping other...

Ep71 – Cindy Atchison is an artist and graphic designer living in Durango, Colorado. In her work she focuses on expressing the beauty of nature and our world through stylistic landscape paintings. She likes to create art freely, joyfully, and prolifically in an authentic, unique style that portrays her pursuit of beauty in a way that connects people through a shared love of nature and beauty. Cindy would like to sell more art and learn ways to make deeper connections with buyers, but she’s...

Ep70 – Gaya Shantaram is an intuitive artist for spiritual, professional women who want to capture a moment in their timeline visually. She is also an author marketing her books. Over the past year or so, she has taken a step back from her art business, not only to manage her personal life but also a transcontinental move. She is still selling, putting herself out there and painting on occasion, but at a more laid-back pace. Gaya has been questioning whether she actually is an artist and...

Ep69 – SaraMarie Bottaro is a painter from Boston. She’s an artist who is working with themes of divination in the ancient Mediterranean using mixed media and culturally relevant symbols to illustrate some of the stories and traditions of that culture. She works full time and loves her day job, but she also loves to create. Passionate about sharing stories of her culture through her art, SaraMarie knows that her work has come a long way in the past year, and she is excited to take it even...

Ep68 – LaDara McKinnon is a painter who creates vivid, abstract art with lots of movement in it. The past year has seen a lot of change in her life. She experienced the loss of her mother and the grieving process. For a while she wasn’t able to paint or go about her regular routine with her business. It’s been difficult because she’s always had a great foundation for her business and her art and thought she had everything together. Now that LaDara is in a better place, she is reintroducing...

Ep67 - Laurie Baars is an abstract, non-representational artist who works with texture, mark making, and collage. Her art captures the feeling of places that she's been and evokes a sense of calm and spaciousness. Laurie transitioned into a career as an artist after spending 30 years in a corporate career because she wanted to leave the stress and overwhelm behind, and she is very proud of all the she has accomplished in the past year. Laurie’s goals include growing her online sales and...

Ep66 - Heather Freeman is a contemporary, abstract artist from Durango, Colorado. She uses acrylics, collage, graphite and whatever tools she feels moved to explore at the time. Heather has been fully committed to being a working artist for the past two years, but she has yet to reach her goal of bringing in a healthy profit from her art business. Like many artists, her art covers a portion of the expenses, and she supplements with grants and her part-time job in public health. Over the...

Ep65 - Olivia Franklin is an oil painter from Marietta, Georgia. She paints anatomical self-portraits with anatomy as symbolism to evoke raw emotions.  Some of her subjects are motherhood, mental health, and postpartum anxiety. She's at a growing point in her business where she's getting into markets, her online views are going up, and she paints every day. Her business is on the way to where she wants it to be. Olivia is very active on Instagram, but she’s wondering if she needs to change...

Ep64 - Heather Kiser is a self-taught painter and mixed media artist who lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with her husband and three children.  She has a PhD in English Literature, and it was her lifelong interest in art that led her to the decision to become an artist. She began pursuing her interests as a painter after leaving the academic world following the birth of her first daughter, and she officially started her art business in November of 2023. Heather learned some valuable...

Ep63 - Grace Lane-Smith is an artist, writer, and mental health advocate. The subject of her paintings has always been water, but most recently, the Atlantic Ocean. She is finding that life is manifesting a beautiful convergence of her visual art practice, her passion for supporting positive mental health and her love of writing. Through her observance of the Atlantic Ocean, Grace has realized that the oceans go through changes, whether that be due to the the different seasons or the daily...

Ep62 - Natalie Duflos is a painter from Belgium. Nathalie worked in a corporate job for 17 years and because she was unhappy, she decided to become a painter. She has been a full-time painter for the past two years, creating figurative works based on photographs that she connects to. Her paintings tell her story of being in a life she thought others wanted her to live, not being happy, but being a people-pleaser. No longer trapped by that mindset, Nathalie is working toward a life that she...

Ep61 - Jon Brooks is married to Jessica Craddock. Jon creates sculptural fireplace logs from steel but has always sold them as a side business. Because he has always had a day job, Jon has never had a lot of time to market this side gig in a way that would help it grow. Recently, Jon decided it was time to leave his day job and commit the additional time to implementing a fresh marketing plan for his side business in hopes of catapulting his success. With more time on his hands, Jon is...

Ep60 - Tricia Caracappa is an abstract painter who looks to play and find pure joy and delight in her art. She has a background in representational work but says that the pendulum swings back and forth between the two, and they bring new gifts to each other. Right now her focus is abstract. She is not just beginning her art career, but she knows that there's so much more ahead and is excited to go on this huge, beautiful journey. About a year ago Tricia pivoted her business. She felt a pull...

Ep59 - Joanne Renner is an oil and pastel painter from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Joann’s work is largely expressionist. Joann received degrees in both studio art and art history in the 80s, a time when it was very difficult to break into the art world, especially as a female artist. Because there was no internet, making connections with other artists was very difficult. Even though she truly felt that becoming a fine artist was her calling, Joann decided to set aside her aspirations to raise...

Ep58 - Lissa Watson is a photographer from Winston-Salem, North Carolina who has recently gone from digital to film photography. She enjoys creating work from her European travels and sharing the beauty of these locations with her audience. When life gets busy, Lissa appreciates the fact that film photography forces her to slow down, and she enjoys rediscovering the awe and wonder of the world around her through the lens. Lately, Lissa has been trying to figure out where she fits in this...

Ep.57 Abby Anderbard is a painter from Wisconsin. Her work is a reflection of herself and where she’s at in her life. Currently, she illustrates this through vague flora and fauna silhouettes, such as the raven, and reflective elements such as mirrors and gemstones. Abby is in the beginning stages of creating consistency with time management by taking control of her energy levels. As far back as she can remember, Abby has struggled with varying energy levels. Her natural rhythm is to go, go,...

Ep.56 Pamela Paulenko is a conservation artist from Toronto, Canada. She uses watercolor and acrylics to paint mostly marine ecosystems, which are the main focus of her conservation interests. Combining her major interests with her art, Pam uses imagery to promote a feeling of hope in relation to conservation. Pam has been at her art business for three and a half years, and even though that feels like a long time, she continues to persevere, going through the stages and believing strongly in...

Ep.55 - Megan Spindler is a painter and collage artist from Wisconsin with a background in architecture. Megan is learning that she doesn't have to choose between a day job and art because a day job can provide structure and financial stability for her art business. While molding the two together, she is looking for that thing that she wants to create that others will want to buy. Megan has received lots of positive feedback about her creations and has gone in a lot of different directions...

Ep.54 Camilla Howalt is a fine artist living in Malmö, Sweden. She describes her work as a construction of elements based on specific art periods with tools and subjects that she has had interest in throughout her life. Most of these works tend to appear more abstract, but they cannot be read linearly.   Having moved countries a few years ago, Camilla is currently reintegrating her new studio space and routines and getting set up to restart her art practice as a financially viable business...