We can all have those racing thoughts and going-nowhere ideas, but when you’re a solo artist, hiding away in your studio space, who do you turn to? Who do you share and bounce ideas off? 

Sometimes it takes a friend, accountability partner or mentor to hold a mirror up to us to realise just how much we’re capable of. Are you part of a mastermind group, do you love your mentor? Who’s championing you? 

Finding someone or something that works can be as easy as asking. @karengeorgeart and @gaynorljart have experienced the different support networks and share what’s working for them right now. 

Episode Links: 

Idea bench image credit:  Nick Fewings on Unsplash

#dothe100dayproject 

https://visual-artists.org

@visualartistsassociation

@kvhs_creative Karen Van Hoey Smith

Connected Artist Club https://alicesheridan.com/artists/

Art Tribe https://www.louisefletcherart.com/art-tribe

Art2Life CVP  https://www.art2life.com

@sarahbodenart https://sarahbodenart.com 

@raemelodyart https://www.raemelodyart.com

Hidden Potential Adam Grant

Stephen Bartlett Adam Grant Diary of a CEO

@jacksons_art

@debbeckett

About the podcast

Gaynor Leverett-Jaques and Karen George are both full time artists, living and working in South West of the UK, sharing experiences and the ups and downs of living the painting life.

You can find more about them on their websites or by following them on instagram where they share their work and practice on a regular basis. 

Karen George Art https://www.karengeorgeart.co.uk/

@karengeorgeart on instagram

Gaynor Leverett-Jaques https://www.gaynorljart.com/

@gaynorljart on instagram

Thanks always to our wonderful sound editor, Ben Leverett-Jaques, who also wrote and performs the opening song 'Strangler Fig'

Ben's IMBD page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7425880/ 

Ben's Music - Low Cinnabar: https://low-cinnabar.bandcamp.com/album/four-songs-from-the-tree