This fortnight, Ros and Laura bring you an interview with Marnie McKnight who is an internationally collected abstract expressionist artist. She has been the finalist in the SBS Landscape Prize, the Online Portrait Prize and the Bluethumb Art Prize multiple times. Marines work has featured in several magazines and exhibitions, including a sell out stand at The Affordable Art Fair in Melbourne 2019 and was top seller at St Thomas’ Art Fair 2019. 

Since establishing her online art business she has remained one of Bluethumb’s top selling artists. In this conversation we get a look into how Marnie operates her successful online art business from home. Shae shares the origin story behind her entrance into the art world. Her successes and also some really practical tips on shipping and packing artworks. 

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

Please send us a DM on Instagram to tell us how you found this episode and let us know if you have any ideas for future topics for the show.

PODCAST LINKS:

Marnie’s WEBSITE: www.marniemcnight.com

Marnie’s INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/marniemcknightart/

Marnie’s BLUETHUMB: https://bluethumb.com.au/marnie-mcknight/bio

Show Notes:

Sarah Rowan - https://www.instagram.com/artistsarahrowan/

George Hall - https://www.instagram.com/george_hall_art/

Maggie McDonald - https://www.instagram.com/maggimcdonaldart/

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Laura’s Art Retreat in Vietnam 2025: https://laurajaneday.com/retreat

Ros’ Art Biz Challenge (28th July 2024 kick-off): https://www.permissiontopaint.co/artist-evolution

Follow Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurajaneday/

Follow Ros on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosgervayart

And to book a Creative business coaching session with Laura please visit: https://coaching.laurajaneday.com/

To explore Ros’ business coaching offers visit https://www.permissiontopaint.co

In this episode, Laura and Ros explore an array of options for marketing your art outside of social media. With the recurring theme of negativity toward Instagram and the algorithm, we are flipping this challenge on it’s head and focussing on what you CAN do to sell your work.

Get out your notepad and pen as this episode is jam-packed with ideas that you can put into action right now to get your work in front of more eyes and call in those sales. From outreach and collaboration to advertised opportunities and connecting with your existing audience in new ways, you will be buzzing with positivity and possibility by the end of this chat.

Laura announces her upcoming art retreat planned for March 2025 (get in touch with Laura via Instagram to enquire) and Ros shares that she will soon be hosting a FREE art biz challenge from 28th July 2024 for new and emerging artists who want to turn up the dial on their art sales! Register here  https://www.permissiontopaint.co/artist-evolution

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

Please send us a DM on Instagram to tell us how you found this episode and let us know if you have any ideas for future topics for the show.

PODCAST LINKS:

Laura’s Art Retreat (March 2025): Send Laura a DM on Insta

Ros’ Art Biz Challenge (28th July 2024 kick-off): https://www.permissiontopaint.co/artist-evolution

FIND US AND FOLLOW US ONLINE!

Follow Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurajaneday/

Follow Ros on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosgervayart

And to book a creative kick-start coaching session with Laura or to find out more about her workshops please visit: https://laurajaneday.com/

Join the WAITLIST for Laura’s new 8 week online group coaching program - Go to: https://laurajaneday.com/waitlist

To explore Ros’ business coaching offers visit https://www.permissiontopaint.co

This fortnight, Ros and Laura bring you an interview with Business & Profit Coach Lucy Starbuck. For all of you artists out there who are confused / bewildered or avoidant when it comes to business finances this episode is for YOU! 

We love the energy and enthusiasm that Lucy has when it comes to numbers. As a chartered accountant and 15 + years in the game - she knows her stuff! This episode is timed perfectly for those who are coming up to end of year tax time (as we are in Australia) so you can start thinking about what new finance strategies you are wanting to put into place for your art business over the next tax year! 

In this episode we go back to basics and we ask Lucy - How do we get started, and discover what advice she would give to someone that is new to business and managing their finances. We also touch on the money management strategy outlined in the book: “Profit First” written by Mike Michalowicz. Lucy shares her take on this book and some great practical tips that you can implement now in your business to set it up for success.

Lucy has some great offers designed for small business owners to get the motivation and support around all things money. She has her “Magic by Numbers” 5 week course where she  shows how to unlock the mysteries of your Profit & Loss. And she also has her Fiance Fix course 

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

Please send us a DM on Instagram to tell us how you found this episode and let us know if you have any ideas for future topics for the show.

PODCAST LINKS:

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lucystarbuck.co/

Website: https://www.lucystarbuck.co/

Finance FIX: https://www.lucystarbuck.co/thefinancefix

Join the waitlist for Magic by Numbers: https://www.lucystarbuck.co/magicbynumberswaitlist

Profit First Book: https://mikemichalowicz.com/profit-first/

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Follow Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurajaneday/

Follow Ros on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosgervayart

And to book a creative kick-start coaching session with Laura or to find out more about her workshops please visit: https://laurajaneday.com/

Join the WAITLIST for Laura’s new 8 week online group coaching program - Go to: https://laurajaneday.com/waitlist

To explore Ros’ business coaching offers visit https://www.permissiontopaint.co

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Feeling overwhelmed by the chaos of running an art business? Laura and Ros are here to help! In this episode, they dive into practical organisation hacks tailored for artists, especially those juggling numerous responsibilities or dealing with neurodivergence. Discover how to reduce stress, meet deadlines, and create a balanced, productive workspace, both physical and virtual.

This episode is for:

- New and emerging artists

- Those feeling overwhelmed by the business side of art

- Artists seeking balance and calm in their workflow

We talk about how to create a dedicated workspace, set clear goals and deadlines, utilise effective tools and tap into motivation strategies that work for you as an individual.

Tune in now to join Laura and Ros as they share their tried-and-true organisation strategies to help you thrive in your art business. Listen now for actionable steps to bring more structure and peace into your creative life.

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

Please send us a DM on Instagram to tell us how you found this episode and let us know if you have any ideas for future topics for the show.

PODCAST LINKS:

Exhibition Planning Workbook https://www.laurajaneday.com/free

5-Week Artist’s Project Planner https://www.laurajaneday.com/free

Goal Setting Tutorial and Workbook https://www.permissiontopaint.co/offers/ZWCJxtNF

FIND US AND FOLLOW US ONLINE!

Follow Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurajaneday/

Follow Ros on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosgervayart

And to book a creative kick-start coaching session with Laura or to find out more about her workshops please visit: https://laurajaneday.com/

Join the WAITLIST for Laura’s new 8 week online group coaching program - Go to: https://laurajaneday.com/waitlist

To explore Ros’ business coaching offers visit https://www.permissiontopaint.co

In this episode, we are chatting with Pamela Bates who is a self described “Soul-Fueled Abstract Painter” from New Hampshire. 

We discuss how Pamela started off on the artist's path and she tells us a story about a visit to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and how that experience changed her life. Standing in front of an artwork by John Singer Sargent she knew instantly that she needed to pick up a paintbrush and make art!

This episode covers interesting conversations around listening to your intuition and giving yourself permission to play. As well as working in her own practice Pamela is also a teacher and has a range of interesting online classes that is aimed at igniting creativity and tapping into intuition. Pamela also has a YouTube channel - see the links in the show notes below. 

As a self-taught artist, she talks about letting intuition lead the way in her art career by letting it unfold and follow the next step in her art career. We discuss Pamela's collectors club and how she cultivates a sense of community and repeat collectors on Instagram. She does this by making an online event to showcase her art for sale for a limited time. 

Pamela has an in person exhibit coming up from July to August at Blue Door Gallery in Mayne. She also has work on display at Windows on Water Art Gallery in Exeter. We really enjoyed this incredibly inspiring and motivating talk with Pamela. 

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

Please send us a DM on Instagram to tell us how you found this episode and let us know if you have any ideas for future topics for the show.

PODCAST LINKS:

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/pamelajbates/

Website: https://www.pamelabates.com/

Pamela’s Online Classes: https://pamelabates.heightsplatform.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pamelabatesstudio

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Follow Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurajaneday/

Follow Ros on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosgervayart

And to book a creative kick-start coaching session with Laura or to find out more about her workshops please visit: https://laurajaneday.com/

Join the WAITLIST for Laura’s new 8 week online group coaching program - Go to: https://laurajaneday.com/waitlist

To explore Ros’ business coaching offers visit https://www.permissiontopaint.co

Please help us grow our Podcast by leaving us 5 stars on Spotify or a review on Apple Podcasts. Here is how!

In this episode, Laura and Ros chat about the money side of art business. We dive into mindset aspects including the starving artist mentality and knowing your worth as well as the more practical elements of artwork pricing, profit planning and how to have rewarding sales conversations with potential buyers.

We share three important considerations when setting your art business up for success. From ensuring your confidence in your art products and services to considering how you want to position yourself in the art market, these prompts are not to be missed.

Laura shares some amazing book recommendations on the topic of money and Ros offers a free pricing guide covering 3 pricing methodologies.

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

Please send us a DM on Instagram to tell us how you found this episode and let us know if you have any ideas for future topics for the show.

PODCAST LINKS:

Laura’s Goal Setting Guide & Project Planner: https://laurajaneday.com/free

Ros’ Art Pricing Guide: https://www.permissiontopaint.co/resources

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Follow Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurajaneday/

Follow Ros on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosgervayart

And to book a creative kick-start coaching session with Laura or to find out more about her workshops please visit: https://laurajaneday.com/

Join the WAITLIST for Laura’s new 8 week online group coaching program - Go to: https://laurajaneday.com/waitlist

To explore Ros’ business coaching offers visit https://www.permissiontopaint.co

Please help us grow our Podcast by leaving us 5 stars on Spotify or a review on Apple Podcasts. Here is how!

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This fortnight, Ros and Laura bring you a really enlightening interview with Bree Morrison who is a Contemporary Landscape Painter and Human Design Reader. We start off learning a little bit about Bree’s creative practice, how she approaches her artwork through an intuitive painting process. She has spent the last 5 years pursuing her career as a professional painter and has her work displayed in a number of galleries and stockists in Australia. 

In this episode we dig a little deeper with Bree’s journey into art as a child and into adulthood. Then turn to her work in Human Design. For those new to this modality Bree describes this system in an easy to understand way. She describes it as a tool to understand yourself on a deeper level. Bree describes the benefit of knowing and working with your Human Design type  is allowing you to work in a more of an aligned way to your energetic blueprint and to live out what you came here to do. 

We dig into the different energy types and Bree describes in general terms traits of each type. She also uses both Ros and Laura and also herself as examples as we all are different and our strategy and approach to life as a creative person looks very different according to this blueprint. If this has piqued your interest as a personal development tool - we also discuss how you can get a reading done for yourself. The links are available in the show notes. 

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

Please send us a DM on Instagram to tell us how you found this episode and let us know if you have any ideas for future topics for the show.

PODCAST LINKS:

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/breemorrisonart/

Website: https://www.breemorrison.art/

Do your HD chart on Genetic Matrix: https://www.geneticmatrix.com/

BOOK a Human Design Reading with Bree here: 

https://www.breemorrison.art/shop-art/p/human-design-readings-for-artists-and-creativies

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Follow Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurajaneday/

Follow Ros on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosgervayart

And to book a creative kick-start coaching session with Laura or to find out more about her workshops please visit: https://laurajaneday.com/

Join the WAITLIST for Laura’s new 8 week online group coaching program - Go to: https://laurajaneday.com/waitlist

To explore Ros’ business coaching offers visit https://www.permissiontopaint.co

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In this episode, Laura interviews Ros on her experience at The Other Art Fair in Sydney. Ros shares where the initial interest in the fair came from and spills the beans on how the fair experience helped her to dismantle a negative internal narrative.

Laura asks all the right questions and Ros talks about the top three reasons for applying to the fair along with an unexpected and exciting outcome.

Together Laura and Ros talk about the personalities which are more suited to the art fair and market model and we workshop ideas for adjusting fair experiences to cater for those with limited energetic capacities.

If you are even considering taking part in an art market or fair, you will discover a number of helpful pointers in this episode on the practical, strategic and mindset fronts.

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

Please send us a DM on Instagram to tell us how you found this episode and let us know if you have any ideas for future topics for the show.

PODCAST LINKS:

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theotherartfair/

Website: https://www.theotherartfair.com/

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Follow Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurajaneday/

Follow Ros on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosgervayart

And to book a creative kick-start coaching session with Laura or to find out more about her workshops please visit: https://laurajaneday.com/

Join the WAITLIST for Laura’s new 8 week online group coaching program - Go to: https://laurajaneday.com/waitlist

To explore Ros’ business coaching offers visit https://www.permissiontopaint.co

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This fortnight, Ros and Laura bring you an info packed episode with Fair Director for the Australian branch of: The Other Art Fair Luke Potkin. We know many of our listeners are keen to get their work out there and have possibly thought about doing an art fair or a design market / events so we thought it would be a great idea to get Luke on the show to have a chat about what the fair experience is like for Artists. 

Coming from a background in events and interior design Luke talks about the environment of support that the fair aims to create in welcoming both its attendees and featured artists alike. He also shares tips on how best to set up your stall, what to bring along and how to maximise your experience as a stallholder. Luke touches on why artists might consider applying for a fair like The Other Art Fair and describes the benefits to artists careers if they choose to follow this particular opportunity. 

We discuss how to put your best foot forward when attending events like this and how you can maximise art sales. Hopefully by the end of listening to this episode you are convinced to take the next step and apply to showcase your work at the next event. Or at least pick up some valuable tips that you can keep in your back pocket for when you are having sales conversations with potential art buyers. 

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

Please send us a DM on Instagram to tell us how you found this episode and let us know if you have any ideas for future topics for the show.

PODCAST LINKS:

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theotherartfair/

Website: https://www.theotherartfair.com/

FIND US AND FOLLOW US ONLINE!

Follow Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurajaneday/

Follow Ros on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosgervayart

And to book a creative kick-start coaching session with Laura or to find out more about her workshops please visit: https://laurajaneday.com/

Join the WAITLIST for Laura’s new 8 week online group coaching program - Go to: https://laurajaneday.com/waitlist

To explore Ros’ business coaching offers visit https://www.permissiontopaint.co

Please help us grow our Podcast by leaving us 5 stars on Spotify or a review on Apple Podcasts. Here is how!

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In this episode of the Paint Rest Repeat podcast, Laura and Ros redefine and simplify the idea of ‘marketing’ and talk about the benefits and how to promote your art business in a way that aligns with your personality and your art goals.

We share that we are both introverts by nature yet have found a way to share our art with the wider world and to increase our visibility and business growth.

Maybe you’re shy? Maybe you haven't got any experience in sales or you worry that the art market is too flooded? In this episode, we pose questions to help you consider whether self-sabotage or other mindset challenges are causing havoc for you. We also share practical tips for working through those!

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

Please send us a DM on Instagram to tell us how you found this episode and let us know if you have any ideas for future topics for the show.

FIND US AND FOLLOW US ONLINE!

Follow Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurajaneday/

Follow Ros on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosgervayart

And to book a creative kick-start coaching session with Laura or to find out more about her workshops please visit: https://laurajaneday.com/

Join the WAITLIST for Laura’s new 8 week online group coaching program - Go to: https://laurajaneday.com/waitlist

To explore Ros’ business coaching offers visit https://www.permissiontopaint.co

Please help us grow our Podcast by leaving us 5 stars on Spotify or a review on Apple Podcasts. Here is how!

Catch you in the next episode!