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Does the right gallery partner exist for your art, and how do you know when you have found it?

In this episode of The Professional Artist Podcast, New York-based painter Isca Greenfield-Sanders is featured by the Professional Artist Association (https://professionalartist.com/join), the world’s fastest-growing global community for committed fine artists.

Isca’s work is held in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. In over 25 years, she has learned to treat her galleries as business partners.

In this conversation, Isca breaks down how to tell if a gallery is the right fit, how to build relationships with new galleries, and why a bigger, more prestigious name is not always the better partner.

This episode is an honest look at being upfront in a business relationship and recognizing when it is time to move on.

“I view my galleries as my business partners. They are the public face of my work”

— Isca Greenfield-Sanders

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:41 Lake Beach: Photography, Painting, and the Process

05:06 A Senior Show in Italy

07:41 Building Gallery Relationships That Last for Decades

11:36 Pink Wildflowers: A New Way of Seeing

13:17 How to Choose the Right Gallery

16:13 Getting Into a New Gallery Through Other Artists

17:13 Becoming a Beginner Again: Salt Beach Woodblock Print

18:41 Final Advice

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Alejandra works with galleries and shows at art fairs on three continents, where she learned that collectors buy connection, not pressure.

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Does pushing harder to sell your art make buyers walk away?

In this episode of The Professional Artist Podcast, geometric painter Alejandra Sieder is featured by the Professional Artist Association (https://professionalartist.com/join), the world’s fastest-growing global community for committed fine artists.

Alejandra is a Venezuelan-born painter based in Australia, with work shown at art fairs in Berlin, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the USA. She spent decades as a graphic designer before committing fully to painting.

Instead of chasing sales, she builds her career through small decisions made consistently over time.

In this deep dive, Alejandra breaks down what to do, and what not to do, when a collector approaches your work.
She also explains why people really decide to buy, and how to know when you are ready to leave your day job.

This episode is a grounded look at selling without pressure and making the move to full-time artist at the right moment.

“If you sell from scarcity, you will not sell the painting. People know when you are pushing for a sale.”

—Alejandra Sieder

Timestamps:

00:00 Content Note and Introduction

01:52 Many Territories: Identity, Migration, and Geometry

04:39 Thirty Years Balancing Graphic Design and Painting

07:46 Using Your Day Job to Build Your Art Career

10:01 Labyrinth: A New Sense of Time

13:50 Building Income Streams as an Independent Artist

16:04 What to Do When a Collector Enters Your Booth

19:57 Selling Without Scarcity: Letting the Painting Choose

19:58 Golden Cave: A Decade in One Painting

21:23 Final Advice

Connect with Alejandra

Website: https://alejandrasieder.com/

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

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

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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/

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Can you build a successful art career without letting success change the art you make?

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

Loribelle is a Filipino-Australian figurative painter whose psychologically charged portraits have been exhibited internationally.

She has earned multiple selections for Australia’s prestigious Archibald Prize, including the 2025 People’s Choice Award.

Along the way, she learned that the job side of an art career can compromise the integrity of the work itself.

In this episode, Loribelle shares why trying to make the “right” art can hold you back, how to start earning from your art before a gallery represents you, and why working harder can eventually work against you.

“I was trying to please these imagined judges instead of being true to what I actually wanted to paint..”

—Loribelle Spirovski

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:38 Lux Aeterna: Memory, Trauma, and the Body

05:21 Growing Up Between Cultures

08:14 The MFA Decision

11:32 Getting Into Residencies Without a Strong CV Yet

14:48 How Curators Actually Find Artists

17:03 Pricing Work When You’re Still Building Confidence

19:44 Memento Mori: When the Work Shifts Direction

22:17 Final Advice

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Website: https://loribellespirovski.com/

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

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How does an artist actually get their work into a museum?

In this episode of The Professional Artist Podcast, painter Elizabeth Barlow is featured by the Professional Artist Association (https://professionalartist.com/join), the world's fastest-growing global community for committed fine artists.

Based in California, Elizabeth has built a career that has taken her work into museums, hospitals, churches, corporate collections, and the San Francisco Opera.

Along the way, she has learned that museum opportunities often begin long before an artist ever asks a curator to consider their work.

In this episode, Elizabeth shares how artists can build genuine relationships with museums and curators, what to do when you don't already have a connection inside an institution, and why supporting museums can be an investment in your own career.

She also explores a less obvious route into museum collections and why some opportunities need to be created rather than waited for.

“I view it as an investment in my art to get to know people, to support them and to support the museum.”

—Elizabeth Barlow

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:38 Empress - From Portraits in Absentia to Flower Portraits

05:13 Getting Into Museum Collections - The Long Game of Showing Up

08:28 The San Francisco Opera Donation - A Gift That Led to a Commission

09:47 The Phoenix Rose - What Survived the Fire

12:20 When Donating Work Makes Strategic Sense

13:52 Approaching Institutions Cold

15:18 Transfiguration - The Church Commission

18:17 Final Advice

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Website: https://www.elizabethbarlowart.com/

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

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What if getting your art discovered has less to do with chasing galleries and more to do with putting your work where people can find it?

In this episode of The Professional Artist Podcast, landscape painter Thomas Sarrantonio is featured by the Professional Artist Association (https://professionalartist.com/join), the world's fastest-growing global community for committed fine artists.

Based in New York, Thomas has been exhibiting since the 1980s and has spent decades building his career around painting, teaching, and his local artistic community.

His work has earned a Pollock-Krasner grant and gallery representation, but many of those opportunities came to him rather than through actively pursuing galleries.

In this episode, Thomas shares how showing his work in libraries, bakeries, and other community spaces helped create unexpected opportunities, how relationships with other artists contributed to his career, and what he has learned from working with multiple commercial galleries.

“Galleries have found me. I never really was good at selling myself, and I didn't feel comfortable doing that, so I usually just gave up on that.”

— Thomas Sarrantonio

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
01:38 Field Painting : Plein Air at First Light
04:43 Showing Up Without Selling Yourself - Libraries, Bakeries, and Community
08:26 Practical Tips for Showing Outside Commercial Galleries
10:55 Sunset With Storm Offshore: A Labor of Love
15:49 Never Give Up Creative Freedom to a Gallery
18:21 Visibility
20:33 Final Advice

Connect with Thomas

Website: https://www.thomassarrantonio.com/

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

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What if keeping your day job could actually help you build a stronger art career?

In this episode of The Professional Artist Podcast, ceramic artist Oami Powers is featured by the Professional Artist Association (https://professionalartist.com/join), the world's fastest-growing global community for committed fine artists.

Based in North Carolina, Oami spent nearly two decades working in clothing and product design before finding her way to ceramics.

She has since built a nationally exhibited studio practice while continuing to work a day job four days a week.

In this episode, Oami shares why financial stability can give artists the freedom to develop their work without rushing the process, what moved her career forward without a single defining "big break," and why taking longer to find your voice can ultimately be an advantage.

“It takes you a while to figure out who you are as an artist, even if you're starting in your 40s like me… and having a day job allows you to do that.”

— Oami Powers

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:38 Tender Tangle - A Pile of Ceramic Objects

04:04 From Clothing Design to Clay - Finding the Right Medium

06:51 The First Residency While Keeping the Day Job

09:15 Working at the Museum - Learning the Art Ecosystem

11:05 Adrift - Building a Visual Vocabulary from Memory

13:06 Why Quitting the Day Job Too Soon Can Cost You

16:05 What a Serious Art Career Looks Like Alongside a Day Job

18:06 Ghost - A Piece Made from Grief

20:38 Final Advice

Connect with Oami

Website: https://www.oamipowers.com/

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

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In this episode of The Professional Artist Podcast, artist and muralist Pepa Ivanoff is featured by the Professional Artist Association (https://professionalartist.com/join), the world's fastest-growing global community for committed fine artists.

Originally from Australia and now based in Costa Rica, Pepa has built an international career completing 343 murals around the world in just nine years.

Along the way, she learned that treating art like a profession also means understanding exactly what your work costs to create and being willing to charge accordingly.

In this episode, Pepa shares how undercharging led her to resent projects she should have enjoyed, what changed when she calculated the true costs behind her work, and why knowing your value helps you identify which clients and opportunities are actually worth pursuing.

“If you're serious about being an artist, being compensated financially for that is something that you need to get really comfortable with.”

— Pepa Ivanoff

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:38 Entre Palmeras - A Studio Canvas

03:17 From Surfboards to Murals - How It All Started

04:48 Questioning the Myth That Art Isn't a Real Career

07:25 Financial Freedom on Your Own Terms

09:15 Saying No More Than Yes - Evolving the Commission Practice

11:15 The Bird of Paradise Mural - A Repeat Client

12:09 Having the Money Conversation Early

15:25 Getting Comfortable with the Money Conversation

16:47 How She Discovered She Was Undercharging

18:39 The Pilates Studio Mural - A Client Who Became a Friend

19:29 The Starving Artist Myth

20:36 Final Advice

Connect with Pepa

Website: https://pepallama.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pepallama/

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