Learn the magic of marketing with us here at BoldBrush! https://www.boldbrushshow.com/ Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ --- On this episode we sat down with Mathieu Nozieres, a French oil painter based in the US with a passion for creating complex narrative oil paintings reminiscent of the Paris Salon painters of the 19th century. We discuss the importance of listening to your inner voice even when your teachers are telling you the ...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 48
Learn the magic of marketing with us here at BoldBrush! https://www.boldbrushshow.com/ Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ --- On today's episode we interviewed Eric Armusik, a representational painter with a passion for complex narrative paintings who is seeking to recreate and celebrate the human experience through large renaissance style works. We spoke about the challenges he faced as a budding representational artist in a time whe...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 47
Learn the magic of marketing with us here at BoldBrush! https://www.boldbrushshow.com/ Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ --- Today, we sat down with Hillary Scott, a tonalist landscape painter based in Massachusetts. Her work is all about capturing gorgeous scenes in reality that she then imbues with her inner vision to create an even more beautiful scene. We discuss how she went from illustrator to realist plein air painter, how it'...
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 46
Learn the magic of marketing with us here at BoldBrush! https://www.boldbrushshow.com/ Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ --- On this episode, we sat down with fellow podcaster and an incredible painter Andrew Tischler. Andrew is based in New Zealand and has been a professional artist for over 20 years. He focuses not only on producing the absolute best work that he can create, but also focuses on helping others learn to do the same t...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 53 min•Season 4Ep. 45
Learn the magic of marketing with us here at BoldBrush! https://www.boldbrushshow.com/ Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ --- To kick off season 4, we interviewed an incredible artist named Kai Lun Qu. Kai is a great example of someone who took a chance on the things that brought him joy during a time when he had nothing left to lose, and it truly changed his life for the better. In this episode we discuss how he found his way as an a...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 44
Learn the magic of marketing with us here at BoldBrush! https://www.boldbrushshow.com/ Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ --- This episode is different from our others in that we sat down with our friend and colleague Olya Babich Konell to discuss a topic that I believe many of us have heard: burnout. Almost everyone at this point is familiar with the word and maybe even familiar with the dreaded feeling of not being able to motivate ...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 43
Learn the magic of marketing with us here at BoldBrush! https://www.boldbrushshow.com/ Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ --- For this episode, we sat down with Tina Garrett, one of the most well recognized women artists in contemporary Western Art. Her figurative work is both beautiful and haunting and her rise to success has been inspiring and in many ways, meteoric. We discuss the key to making amazing work that moves people, overc...
Jun 13, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 3Ep. 42
Learn the magic of marketing with us here at BoldBrush! https://www.boldbrushshow.com/ Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ --- For today's episode I'm joined by our CEO Clint Watson to interview Kyle Ma, a 23 year old prodigy who began painting seriously at the age of 10 and is now a successful artist living from his work. Kyle has a deep love of nature which explains why his subject matter is primarily plein air. In this episode, we d...
Jun 06, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 41
Learn the magic of marketing with us here at BoldBrush! https://www.boldbrushshow.com/ Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ --- On this episode, we interviewed Susan Lyon, a figurative artist based in North Carolina who paints in a realist manner with a splash of impressionist colors. We discuss the importance of using references as a tool, tips on creating your own references, the reality of making money as an artist and pricing your w...
May 30, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 40
Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ Become a Sovereign Artist today and take control of your sales! https://sovereignartist.substack.com/ --- For this episode, we sat down with Debra Keirce, a realist artist who enjoys painting Trompe L'oeil miniatures and photorealism with a narrative approach. She began as a biochemical engineer but never gave up on her dream of one day becoming an artist. Since her career change, Debra has become an...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 39
Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ Become a Sovereign Artist today and take control of your sales! https://sovereignartist.substack.com/ --- Buy KK's book here: Excellent Advice For Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier This is a very special episode because we were able to interview Kevin Kelly thanks to our CEO Clint Watson, who after seeing a twitter post made by Kelly, was able to get him onto our show. Kevin Kelly is a celebrat...
May 16, 2023•57 min•Season 3Ep. 38
Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ Become a Sovereign Artist today and take control of your sales! https://sovereignartist.substack.com/ --- On this episode we sat down with Catherine Bobkoski, an American figurative and still life painter who focuses on the poetic and quiet beauty of ordinary things, specifically flowers and floral arrangements. We talk about her background and what led her to specialize in florals and teaching, why ...
May 09, 2023•57 min•Season 3Ep. 37
Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ Become a Sovereign Artist today and take control of your sales! https://sovereignartist.substack.com/ --- On this episode we interviewed Shawn Krueger, a contemporary landscape painter who blends the American tonalist and arts & crafts traditions. While he currently lives in Grand Rapids, MI, it has been the mountains of Western North Carolina, the Lake Huron shoreline, or the woods (anywhere) th...
May 02, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 36
Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ Become a Sovereign Artist today and take control of your sales! https://sovereignartist.substack.com/ --- In this episode, we interviewed Derek Harrison, a figurative artist based in Santa Barbara, California, who specializes in dramatic figurative and landscape paintings. We discussed how he went from tattoo artist to figurative painter, as well as his transition from student to working artist. And ...
Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 35
Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ Become a Sovereign Artist today and take control of your sales! https://sovereignartist.substack.com/ Check out Clint's article: https://sovereignartist.substack.com/p/let-there-be-light --- Today's episode is all about the battle against entropy featuring Christopher Remmers, who is an imaginative realist artist who is based in the Pacific Northwest, and our CEO Clint Watson, who is the founder of b...
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Season 3Ep. 34
Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ Become a Sovereign Artist today and take control of your sales! https://sovereignartist.substack.com/ --- Diego Glazer is an American born Mexican-Swiss artist who specializes in the human figure. On this episode we discuss how he found his calling, what inspires him, great advice for artists who are finding their voice, and how he approaches prospective collectors in order to establish a connection ...
Apr 11, 2023•57 min•Season 3Ep. 33
Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ Become a Sovereign Artist today and take control of your sales! https://sovereignartist.substack.com/ --- For today's episode BoldBrush interviewed Jason Polins, a realist painter with a great sense of humor, who lives and works in the Boston area. We sat down to talk about his inspiration, his wild experiences with galleries, his Atelier, and advice for any artist who wants to start taking on commis...
Mar 24, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ Become a Sovereign Artist today and take control of your sales! https://sovereignartist.substack.com/ -- For this special episode, we sat down with Olya Babich Konell an autodidactic, holistic, homesteading artist who is insanely tech savvy and the best brainstorming buddy anyone could wish for. Her if-there's-a-will-there's-a-way attitude is one of the things that helped lead the team at FASO into c...
Mar 03, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO: https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ Become a Sovereign Artist today and take control of your sales! https://sovereignartist.substack.com/ -- Our guest today is not only a talented painter and a humanitarian with a deep love for our planet and her cat, but also a time management guru who makes me wonder if we have the same 24 hour limit in our day. Lisa Lebofsky is an environmental landscape artist and plein air painter who specializes ...
Mar 01, 2023•47 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Sign up for FASO and get over 50% off your first year and access to the Art Marketing Calendar using our special link! https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ Become a Sovereign Artist today and take control of your sales! https://sovereignartist.substack.com/ -- For today’s episode, BoldBrush interviewed Daniel Gerhartz, a figurative pastoral painter from Wisconsin to talk about his inspiration, his painting process, and advice for any artist who needs help finding their authentic “style”. We also discus...
Jan 24, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Sign up for FASO and get over 50% off your first year using our special link! https://www.FASO.com/podcast/ Become a Sovereign Artist today and take control of your sales! https://sovereignartist.substack.com/ -- On this episode of the BoldBrush Podcast, we sat down with Jessica Oliveras to hear about her upcoming series Identity as well as how she finds inspiration both in her past career and in the faces of the people she cares for the most. We also hear some wise words about marketing yoursel...
Dec 21, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 28
On this episode, BoldBrush talked to Mike Adams, a tattoo artist turned plein air painter who runs his own business and manages his time in such a way that he can do the two things he loves most: tattooing and painting outdoors. He gives us some excellent tips on branding and finding your personal voice and using it to put out the work you wish you would see out in the world. Follow Mike on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikeadams.fineart/ https://www.instagram.com/mikeadamstt/ Mike’s Webs...
Nov 25, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 27
This BoldBrush Podcast episode is about an exciting event happening this very moment at the Salmagundi Club. It's called “Lineage” and it's an exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptures. Lineage illuminates how The Salmagundi Club has encouraged generations of artists — and stewarded the well of creative practices from which we all draw. BoldBrush was joined by Patricia Watwood, first Vice-President and member of the board, and Bill Indursky, curator and executive director of the Salmagund...
Nov 24, 2022•34 min•Season 2Ep. 26
For this episode BoldBrush interviewed Kelly Eden, an inspiring artist who lives, breathes, and exists within her alternative pastel dollhouse aesthetic. Now she’s focusing full time on her artwork and sat down with us to talk about her work and style as well as some great advice about using social media as a marketing tool to sell your work. Follow Kelly on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellyeden/ Check out Kelly’s website: https://www.kellyeden.com/ Get a pet portrait painted by Kelly! ...
Nov 03, 2022•39 min•Season 2Ep. 24
On this episode BoldBrush interviewed Sarah, director of customer success at FASO and BoldBrush. This is an exciting episode because she tells us about FASO's features and how the most underutilized ones are actually the ones that will help artists the most. We also talk about ways that FASO helps their artists whenever they run into any problems on their sites. And we also talk about some of the behind the scenes of how FASO and BoldBrush actually work. Basically, this episode is all about unde...
Nov 03, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 25
On this episode, BoldBrush sat down with the inspiring Shana Levenson to discuss her tactical approach to time management, selling her work, and self-promotion all while looking like an absolute goddess. She gives us some great tips on how to market yourself, how to properly reach out to collectors, and she tells us how she tackles her day to day life in order to get her work done as well as have time left over to spend it with her family. Finally, we talk about her upcoming workshops and Rome s...
Oct 21, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 23
On this episode, BoldBrush interviewed Mark Thompson, a British artist living and working in Newfoundland, Canada who paints landscapes that exist within collective memory rather than the real world. We discuss his mentorship on Mastrius.com, how tirelessly applying social media tips from the BoldBrush podcast have helped him and even led to upcoming shows in various countries, and how a proper balance between work and business are fundamental to being an artist who can live from their work. Fin...
Oct 18, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 22
For this episode, Boldbrush interviewed Luis Colan, an oil painter, plein air artist, monotypist and avid sketchbook user. Originally from Peru, Luis settled in New York City to follow his dream of becoming an artist. We talked about his masterfully curated instagram, his job as a graphic designer, and his sketchbook process which began as an attempt to work whenever he could and then later became one of the integral parts of his monotyping planning process. We also discuss his monotypes, pricin...
Oct 14, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 21
For this episode, we sat down with Nic Thurman, a Kitsch painter who is very well known at this point on the BoldBrush page as having gone viral with his exquisite explanations on how to paint, how to do portraiture and how to do composition. On this episode we interview him all about his philosophy, we talk about how he teaches, his Patreon, as well as his really exciting upcoming workshop with a very great discount for BoldBrush listeners. And also, his amazing amount of content and he gives u...
Sep 27, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 20
In this episode, I sat down to talk to founder of The Master's Academy of Art and BoldBrush Master Signature artist Ryan S. Brown. We discuss getting your priorities straight not only as a business, but also as an artist; finding your voice and your inspiration. We also talk about some advice to go from academic art student to full fledged artist. And finally, we talk about Ryan's upcoming Zion Painting Retreat featuring a star lineup of great artists to learn from. Sign up for the Zion Painting...
Sep 23, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 19