In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston interviews Colorado based abstract artist Heather Prall. In this wide-ranging conversation, Heather shares her highly unique origin story ranging from early adoption and foster care, to over a decade working in the HR world, before making a clean break to transition into the art world. She also shares her experiences traveling around the country in an RV, being a mom and struggling with IVF, rediscovering her artistic side, developing and continuing to evolve with her paintings, how she became the Chief Curator and Co-founder of Get The Gallery, advise to her younger self, living a life that unfolds organically, and so much more. This is a deep conversation that covers facing and overcoming many obstacles before finding the freedom of pursuing an artistic career. 

You can discover and purchase Heather's work and find out more about her at https://heatherprall.com or visit her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/heatherprallart.

For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on social media @pmsartwork. You can also now subscribe to his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/pmsartwork.

You can now support the Podcast with a donation! Go to https://www.pmsartwork.com/podcast to donate today.

Huge thank you to Feedspot for choosing The Living Artist for their list of the Top 25 Art Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020.  It is a huge honor to have made this amazing list (coming in at #11)  with so many other wonderful podcasts. Big thank you to Feedspot! You  can check out this list and more of Feedspot at https://blog.feedspot.com/art_podcasts.

Podcast theme music: "Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com"

In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston interviews North Carolina based abstract artist Hilary Winfield. In this wide-ranging conversation, Hilary shares her experience of launching into the art world on her own terms, being a self-taught artist, her beginnings in the corporate world, energy balancing, moving back to North Carolina after a stint on the West Coast, her favorite online art marketplaces and origins, replenishing her creativity, coaching other artists, and much much more. Hilary exudes positivity in her life and work and has much to offer in this podcast episode. Enjoy!

You can discover and purchase Hilary's work, find out more about her or even book a coaching session at https://www.hilarywinfield.com or visit her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/hilarywinfieldfineart.

For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on social media @pmsartwork. You can also now subscribe to his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/pmsartwork.

You can now support the Podcast with a donation! Go to https://www.pmsartwork.com/podcast to donate today.

Huge thank you to Feedspot for choosing The Living Artist for their list of the Top 25 Art Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020. It is a huge honor to have made this amazing list (coming in at #11) with so many other wonderful podcasts. Big thank you to Feedspot! You can check out this list and more of Feedspot at https://blog.feedspot.com/art_podcasts.

Podcast theme music: "Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com"

In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston shares a recent experience with a returned painting from a collector. Although this can be extremely rare in an artist's career, it is something worth preparing for mentally and in your artistic practice so that when it happens, it does not derail your confidence and progress. Most times these situations are out of your control, but here are some things that you can do to examine if it is something that can be fixed, or simply needs to be moved past and forgotten. 

For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on social media @pmsartwork. You can also now subscribe to his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/pmsartwork.

You can now support the Podcast with a donation! Go to https://www.pmsartwork.com/podcast to donate today.

Huge thank you to Feedspot for choosing The Living Artist for their list of the Top 25 Art Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020.   It is a huge honor to have made this amazing list (coming in at #11)   with so many other wonderful podcasts. Big thank you to Feedspot! You   can check out this list and more of Feedspot at https://blog.feedspot.com/art_podcasts.

Podcast theme music: "Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com"

In this episode of The Living Artist, the topic is gallery readiness. Are you ready to be represented by a gallery, or showcase your work through an established gallery? Preston talks about the importance of trying and failing when approaching galleries and how it can help develop the drive to get better in your own work and approach. He also discusses other aspects such as balancing out doing the work with letting go, building your own art community, catch-22's in the art world, gallery referrals, and becoming so good that they can't ignore you. 

For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on social media @pmsartwork. You can also now subscribe to his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/pmsartwork.

You can now support the Podcast with a donation! Go to https://www.pmsartwork.com/podcast to donate today.

Huge thank you to Feedspot for choosing The Living Artist for their list of the Top 25 Art Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020.  It is a huge honor to have made this amazing list (coming in at #11)  with so many other wonderful podcasts. Big thank you to Feedspot! You  can check out this list and more of Feedspot at https://blog.feedspot.com/art_podcasts.

Podcast theme music: "Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com"

Huge thank you to Feedspot for choosing The Living Artist for their list of the Top 25 Art Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020. It is a huge honor to have made this amazing list (coming in at #11) with so many other wonderful podcasts. Big thank you to Feedspot! You can check out this list and more of Feedspot at https://blog.feedspot.com/art_podcasts.

In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston shares his daily routines as well as the importance of having a gratitude practice. These routines were developed over years of trial and error and discovering what worked best for Preston in his own life to optimize his day and art practice. He shares how he treats his art like going to a standard job (a very fun standard job) and how many of the habits, diet and routines keep him balanced and operating like a well oiled machine.

You can now support the Podcast with a donation! Go to https://www.pmsartwork.com/podcast to donate today.

For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on social media @pmsartwork. You can also now subscribe to his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/pmsartwork.

Podcast theme music: "Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com"

In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston covers how to (or how not to) behave at an art opening. He talks about three common artist archetypes to avoid being during an opening and then provides a trick to help generate some confidence in these settings. 

For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on social media @pmsartwork. You can also now subscribe to his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/pmsartwork.

You can now support the Podcast with a donation! Go to https://www.pmsartwork.com/podcast to donate today.

Huge thank you to Feedspot for choosing The Living Artist for their list of the Top 25 Art Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020. It is a huge honor to have made this amazing list (coming in at #11) with so many other wonderful podcasts. Big thank you to Feedspot! You can check out this list and more of Feedspot at https://blog.feedspot.com/art_podcasts.

Podcast theme music: "Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com"

In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston talks about the importance of presence and stillness in your life and art practice. He illustrates his belief that solid decision making and powerful art come from this place and how getting better at developing presence equals getting better at life.

For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on social media @pmsartwork. You can also now subscribe to his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/pmsartwork.

You can now support the Podcast with a donation! Go to https://www.pmsartwork.com/podcast to donate today.

Huge thank you to Feedspot for choosing The Living Artist for their list of the Top 25 Art Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020. It is a huge honor to have made this amazing list (coming in at #11) with so many other wonderful podcasts. Big thank you to Feedspot! You can check out this list and more of Feedspot at https://blog.feedspot.com/art_podcasts.

Podcast theme music: "Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com"

In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston interviews Los Angeles artist Theodosia Marchant. In this conversation, Theodosia shares with Preston her journey from Greece to London, then finally to working in Los Angeles as a full-time artist. She shares her decision to trade in her successful law practice for a rewarding career as an artist, developing her unique and beautiful artistic style, balancing motherhood with her artistic practice, the importance of discipline and showing up, her new series of work entitled "Cyclone", and much much more. 

You can discover more of her work or find out more about Theodosia at https://theodosia-marchant.com or visit her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/theodosia_marchant. 

For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on social media @pmsartwork. You can also now subscribe to his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/pmsartwork.

You can now support the Podcast with a donation! Go to https://www.pmsartwork.com/podcast to donate today.

Podcast theme music: "Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com"

In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston answers some popular questions that he has received on Instagram and then delves into the topic of Instagram etiquette. He provides little tweaks and a small mindset shift that just might help you get some traction on this favorite social media giant that is a must for artists. 

Preston also mentions a couple of exciting events/releases in the intro portion of the show. He was recently interviewed by writer and musician Lee Hudspeth for his wonderful blog. To read this in depth interview, go to leehudspeth.com. Also, check out "Swordfight", a brand new ShockBoxx exhibition that Preston's work will be featured in. See more info at shockboxxproject.com.

For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on social media @pmsartwork. You can also now subscribe to his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/pmsartwork.

You can now support the Podcast with a donation! Go to https://www.pmsartwork.com/podcast to donate today.

Podcast theme music: "Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com"

In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston interviews Joe Clark, Founder and CEO of Get The Gallery. Joe shares with Preston the almost two decade origin story and the evolution of the Get The Gallery concept as well as his experience in the Startup and Fortune 500 world. During this broad conversation, they discuss Joe's childhood experience with his family renting art from the local museum, scaling a business during the pandemic, the "farm to table" art rental business model, failures and routines, the importance of timing, and much more. This is a fun conversation that not only shares the opportunity of getting involved with this wonderful online art rental service, but also some parallels between being an artist and a startup/entrepreneur. 

Get The Gallery is a cutting edge online original fine art rental service based out of Denver Colorado. To find out more about the company or to rent or submit artwork, visit https://getthegallery.com, or follow them on Instagram @getthegallery (https://www.instagram.com/getthegallery).

For more information on Preston M. Smith (PMS Artwork) and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on social media @pmsartwork. You can also now subscribe to his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/pmsartwork.

The Living Artist is supported by Filling the Well a new podcast from Arts Midwest. Check it out here: https://www.artsmidwest.org/resources/podcasts/filling-the-well

You can now support the Podcast with a donation! Go to https://www.pmsartwork.com/podcast to donate today.

Podcast theme music: "Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com"