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253. Selling $50k Originals, Featured Artist of the Kentucky Derby, Olympics, and more: Susan Sommer
This week’s episode features Missouri based artist and sculptor Susan Sommer. This was a big interview for me because I’ve been hoping to connect with Susan for years now! She’s a big time artist in my area. Like, not...
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252. Mural Money - Chapter 8. Pitching
The first mural I ever painted was for free and took me an entire summer to complete. Obviously, procrastination played a part in that, alongside using the wrong brushes, cheap paint, and having no actual idea how to...
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251. Twitch, Patreon, Email Lists, and Keeping it Real with Andrea Fairservice
This week’s episode features Pennsylvania-based artist Andrea Fairservice. What I liked most about my chat with Andrea was how relatable she is. Aside from having the same name, she reminds me a lot of myself with all...
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250. My #1 Pricing Strategy to Book New Commissions
Pricing art is a hot topic and one that I believe truly has no right or wrong answer. However, this pricing strategy is one that has helped me book more commissions and often increase the budget of my customer’s...
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249. The Greetings Tour with Victor Ving
This week’s episode features Victor Ving of the Greetings Tour. Ya know, the “Greetings from…” murals we’ve all seen in various cities around the United States. I even replicated a version of the idea to paint in my...
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248. The Biggest Obstacles I’ve Faced While Painting Murals Over the Past 10 Years
Things go wrong all the time… so let’s chat about it!I put together this list to hopefully give you a heads up on what’s to come, so that you don’t make the same mistakes as often, but also to normalize that having...
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247. Prints, Merch, and a Love of the Outdoors with Gianna Andrews
This week’s episode features Washington state-based nature artist Gianna Andrews. Gianna has figured out her niche (nature), created products and takes custom commissions surrounding said niche, and written a book on...
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246. My #1 Scheduling Tip to Avoid Overwhelm
My New Year’s resolution is to figure out how to work less and make more while sticking to a quality work/life integration schedule. Heavy on the “life” part, specifically family, specifically my new baby boy.So, how...
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245. Murals, Motherhood, Lettering, and Creating New Opportunities with Lisa Quine
This week’s episode features Cleveland, Ohio-based muralist Lisa Quine. I really enjoyed my chat with Lisa. She has this positive, honest energy that comes from someone who has just come out of the thick of building...
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244. Advice from the $100k Club
This week’s episode highlights some of the Artist Academy Advanced members who have successfully made $100,000 or more this past year. I asked them to summarize where their sales came from, how they attracted...
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243. Painting the Feminine Figure with Carmel Jenkin
This week’s episode features Australia-based artist Carmel Jenkin. Carmel has built her art business up to what most artists aspire to live up to one day: Someone who creates from the heart rather than constantly...
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242. Steps to go from Zero to $100k in 2023
If I had to do it all over again, this episode is all about how I would go from having no commissions on the books to making six figures quickly. Looking back on past years at things I’ve done right, the things that...
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