My Crazy Artist Life

In this weeks podcast @kathamiltonart interviews abstract figurative artist @anahitaamouzegarart. You will love her colourful and vibrant figurative paintings. Anahita, speaks to us very openly about the struggle that she had when first arriving in Australia as a refugee from Iran. She talks about how art became part of her healing process and her dedication to her art meant that she just kept showing up and putting her work out there. You will see how in just a few short years Anahita has bu...

In this episode @Kathamiltonart interviews Tasmanian artist @fiona.francois.art.Fiona is a realist artist who specialicialises in large scale highly detailed pencil and graphite drawings. You will love hearing her story of how she started in her art career, how she approaches art as a business as well as how offering prints in her business has been a key turning point. You will love hearing about how fiona really narrowed down her style and the inspiration behind her popular Zodiac seri...

This week @kathamiltonart had the incredible privilege of interviewing the amazing @danijelakrhapurssey who is the CoFounder & Editor-in-Chief of the Australian based, international art magazine @beautifulbizarremagazine. In this episode you will get to hear how Danijela turned her incredible love of art, into a thriving art community and eventually a internationally reviewed magazine. Danijela tells us how she leveraged key social media moments in order to grow her community and then too...

Artist burnout is a real thing. So many artist experience it at some point in their careers and it goes beyond that physical tiredness that happens when you have a long week. We loose our energy, our mood and that passion that we used to have to art. Self made artists are particularly susceptible to Artist burnout with some sources saying that it is at least 66% for artists within their lifetime.It probably comes down to the constant pressure to create the next masterpiece on top of recording...

This week @lisamajdesigns and @kathamiltonart hilariously chat about kat's recent road trip to Armidale for the @beautifulbizarremagazine exhibition at @neramuseum called “Interconnected”. If you have ever wondered what happens on an artist road trip then you will love this very funny episode. From epic travels, deserted country roads, breakdowns, weirdo taxi drivers and then meeting so many fabulous artists and meeting the editor of the Beautiful Bizarre magazine. This road trip is one that ...

It’s Archibald prize time! For artist’s and art lovers all over Australia it’s that special time of year, where art becomes the talking point and everybody has the chance to become an art critic.As one of the best known (and oldest) art prizes in Australia, it has built it’s own deserving fan base and in this weeks podcast @lisamajdesings chats with Arts Writer and friend Bree Di Mattina @meandmy2guys about everything Archibald. This year @blakdouglas was announced the incredible honour of wi...

Last year @Lisamajdesigns and @Kathamiltonart managed to get a few of their favourite artists to sit down for some amazing interviews. Not only did we get to see into the lives and processes of these incredibly talented women, but we also picked up so many incredible gems along the way. We listen to @Kellienorthcreative tell us about her incredible process of being her own photography model and how her work on "the block australia" was a monumental moment in her career. @Adelebevacquaart...

If you have ever painted a painting, so proud that you have finished this magnificent artwork, only to post it online and get no response and very little likes (maybe other than your mother)Well then we can just about guarantee that the issue is usually not your artwork, it's more a lack of your dedicated fans. This is the group of people who LOVE you online, they comment all the time, and you engage with them. When you do bring out a sale, they are so delighted that they buy it all.In this w...

As an artist one of the biggest challenges that can happen is in the area of copyright. it is becoming more and more common to hear of artists who have had their work copied and reproduced without the artist permission. Sometimes even by other artists.As soon as you put your work out into the world you need to be aware of what your rights are when it comes to protecting your work. This is a really big subject and @kathamtilonart and @Lisamajdesigns talk about this in easy and practical terms....

In today's episode we go talk about all things websites. For most artist's the idea of having a website is intimidating and most would rather skip it al together. However in today's online marketplace, having a beautiful website is essential to communicating with your customers and sharing your story outside of the controlled algorithm of social media.@Lisamajdesign talks us through super practical tips and trick to help you get on your way to building your own website. We cover both paid for...