Cherish Flieder is a business owner, CEO, licensed Artist, and an educator. Cherish has found her niche in watercolor work. She has transformed her watercolors and applied them to products such as handbags, scarfs, etc. this heartful artist joins Erin Sparler this week to help inform and inspire listeners. A terrific feature of Cherish being this week’s host is, not only does she have informative tips and resources to give listeners access too, she truly has a passion for creating community, educating and helping others.  

Cherish always felt destined with art, she took her destiny and achieved an impressive education background with a triple major in illustration, fine art and graphic design. Cherish has pursued her art skills, obtained experience with fashion apparel, graphic design, technology, publishers, and even built her company from the ground up. This gifted artist has mastered success with her passion of inspiring customer’s through artwork and creating various platforms for artist to not only connect but to also help educate each other. Cherish shares much of her gained knowledge with Erin, while also covering the necessary platforms of appeals for Artists to understand and utilize on their path to reach success. Tune in to discover some helpful tips and steps Cherish used to reach her success by continuing to exploit her passion to inspire others with her art.  

In this episode you’ll hear: 

[2:35] About Cherish Artwork and Company 

[5:30] Process of Cherish Developing her Voice  

[8:50] Desire to Develop own Artwork 

[10:48] Copywriting VS. Trademark 

[12:48] Discovering all About Domains 

[16:58] Transitioning Artwork to Products to Obtain Revenue Streams 

[18:20] Maintaining Control of Copyright to Utilize Artwork on Various Platforms  

[20:20] Being Versatile with Artwork Revenue   

[22:17] Connecting with Customer Base  

[23:48] Creating Art Therapy for Different Environments  

[27:17] Finding Your Style and Story While Balancing Customers 

[30:23] Stunts on Presentation Spots 

[36:40] Organizing Applications and Artwork 

[44:50] File Naming Convention  

[46:44] Brand marking Your Piece, Product or Art (In person and Online) 

[52:34] Licensing and Various Ranges of pay 

[56:30] Success is Not Achieved Overnight, Persistence is Necessary  

[57:38] Define Your Own Success, Avoid Pressure, Embrace Community and Connections  

[59:48] Adopt Aspects You Can Control  

Links Mentioned: 

LinkedIn – Cherish Flieder 

Facebook – Cherish Flieder 

Something to Cherish -Cherish Flieder’s Product Site 

Wesbite – Cherish Flieder’s Helpful Site 

Copyright – Site to Obtain a Copyright 

Zentangle – Meditation Series 

MailChimp – Marketing Platform 

Licensing Group – Cherish’s Art Licensing Group 

Shopify  

Etsy 

Author’s Mentioned: 

 Jen Zen – Zentangle Series 

Apps Mentioned: 

Notion 

Evernote 

Books Mentioned: 

The Graphic Artist Handbook