Free 4-Day “Gallery Ready” Challenge for artists: https://professionalartist.com/free

Glory Day earns money as an artist in many ways, including through galleries. Learn how to land your first (or next) gallery now.

Join us live online Nov 16–19 at 7PM ET to learn when you’re gallery-ready, how to price your work and how to present yourself with confidence. Register free.

Can selling your art feel natural or does it always come with a performance?

In this episode of The Professional Artist Podcast, interdisciplinary artist Glory Day McSharry is featured by the Professional Artist Association (https://professionalartist.com/join), the world’s fastest-growing global community for committed fine artists.

Glory Day is based in South Carolina and has built a thriving art business across three income streams: galleries, national art festivals, and commissions.

Each one feeds the others in ways that aren’t immediately obvious from the outside.

Rather than following a fixed formula, she has learned to spot opportunities and clear whatever is in the way of taking them, turning that instinct into a sustainable practice.

In this conversation, Glory Day breaks down how to build multiple income streams from a single art practice, where to find buyers beyond traditional galleries, and how to sell your work without feeling like a salesperson.

“Sales is a language that you learn because it has to do with helping someone give you the means to continue your practice, which happens to be money.”

—Glory Day McSharry

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:38 Fancy Pantry: Personal Narrative in the Paintings

04:04 Three Income Streams

05:57 Breaking Down the Numbers

07:34 Working in Series and Studio Output

09:11 Green Puddles: Chaos, Interior Space, and Home Renovation

11:06 The California Festival Failure

13:28 What It Takes to Show Up Well at Festivals

14:48 Selling Without Performing: The Philosophy Behind the Work

19:27 Bloodlines - Monumentalizing Female Labor

21:20 Final Advice

Connect with Glory Day

Website: https://www.glorydayloflin.com/aboutme

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glorydaystudio/

Learn more about The Professional Artist Association:

Mentoring:

Apply to join 99 artists for unlimited 1:1 Coaching & Mentoring to grow your art income:

https://professionalartist.com/apply

Membership:

Join 1,000+ committed artists around the world for less than $1, £ or € a day: https://professionalartist.com/join

Free Letter:

Join 50,000+ artists getting Free advice & inspiration every week:
https://professionalartist.com/podcast/#join-free-artist-letter

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/professionalartistaccelerator

Ready to take the next step in your art career?

We are hosting a free 4-Day Challenge online to help artists like you get back on track.

Whether that’s making your next art show your best ever, designing a paid art workshop that is uniquely yours, or getting your artwork into the next right-fit gallery…

…this live, virtual, and interactive challenge will help get you get unstuck.

Register to get a free pass here: https://professionalartist.com/free

If you enjoyed this episode, please like and subscribe, share it with another artist and leave us a review/comment. We read every single one.