In this weeks podcast @kathamiltonart interviews abstract figurative artist @anahitaamouzegarart. You will love her colourful and vibrant figurative paintings. Anahita, speaks to us very openly about the struggle that she had when first arriving in Australia as a refugee from Iran. She talks about how art became part of her healing process and her dedication to her art meant that she just kept showing up and putting her work out there. You will see how in just a few short years Anahita has built a solid art business, with her work recently in @theotherartfair as well as being featured on many of the major online art galleries such at @artloversaustralia, @artfinder_com, @bluethumbart and @saatchiart. Anahita’s main tip for artist’s it to trust your own work and to let your style and confidence grow with practice. We know you will get so much out of this interview with Anahita’s inspiration for her work, but also her willingness to take step out there and show her work to the world. Don’t forget to follow us on instagram @Mycrazyartlistlife.

In this episode @Kathamiltonart interviews Tasmanian artist @fiona.francois.art.
Fiona is a realist artist who specialicialises in large scale highly detailed pencil and graphite drawings. You will love hearing her story of how she started in her art career, how she approaches art as a business as well as how offering prints in her business has been a key turning point. You will love hearing about how fiona really narrowed down her style and the inspiration behind her  popular Zodiac series.
We know you will love this episode. Don;t forget to follow us on instagram @Mycrazyartistlife

This week @kathamiltonart had the incredible privilege of interviewing the amazing @danijelakrhapurssey who is the CoFounder & Editor-in-Chief of the Australian based, international art magazine @beautifulbizarremagazine. In this episode you will get to hear how Danijela turned her incredible love of art, into a thriving art community and eventually a internationally reviewed magazine. Danijela tells us how she leveraged key social media moments in order to grow her community and then took a risk with self publishing her first issue. 

Danijela, is passionate about seeing emerging artist’s have an opportunity to be seen by the world and also founded an Australian dedicated page called @ausartcollective. We know you will get so much out of this episode.

Artist burnout is a real thing. So many artist experience it at some point in their careers and it goes beyond that physical tiredness that happens when you have a long week. We loose our energy, our mood and that passion that we used to have to art. Self made artists are particularly susceptible to Artist burnout with some sources saying that it is at least 66% for artists within their lifetime.

It probably comes down to the constant pressure to create the next masterpiece on top of recording the next class, painting the next workshop and then let's not add social media to the mix. The first casualty is our creativity.

In today's episode @kathamiltonart and @Lisamajdesigns get real and talk about artist burnout from an artist perspective. If you have experienced artist burnout before, we would love to hear your story, on our instagram page @Mycrazyartistlife.

This week @lisamajdesigns and @kathamiltonart hilariously chat about kat's recent road trip to Armidale for the @beautifulbizarremagazine exhibition at @neramuseum called “Interconnected”. If you have ever wondered what happens on an artist road trip then you will love this very funny episode. From epic travels, deserted country roads, breakdowns, weirdo taxi drivers and then meeting so many fabulous artists and meeting the editor of the Beautiful Bizarre magazine. This road trip is one that will be re-rold for years to come.
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It’s Archibald prize time! For artist’s and art lovers all over Australia it’s that special time of year, where art becomes the talking point and everybody has the chance to become an art critic.

As one of the best known (and oldest) art prizes in Australia, it has built it’s own deserving fan base and in this weeks podcast @lisamajdesings chats with Arts Writer and friend Bree Di Mattina @meandmy2guys about everything Archibald. This year @blakdouglas was announced the incredible honour of winning the @archibaldprize in 2022 with his incredible painting of Moby Dickens. You can visit @agnswmembers to see more inspiring entires.

We talk about the evolution that Archibald prize has had over the years. How current culture has had a part to play in it as well as how important contemporary art has become to society. We talk about our favourite paintings, what we love and don’t love, and some of the fun art history facts with paintings and portraiture.

If you are an art prize or art history buff, we know you are going to love this episode.

Last year @Lisamajdesigns and @Kathamiltonart managed to get a few of their favourite artists to sit down for some amazing interviews. Not only did we get to see into the lives and processes of these incredibly talented women, but we also picked up so many incredible gems along the way. We listen to @Kellienorthcreative tell us about her incredible process of being her own photography model and how her work on "the block australia" was a monumental moment in her career. 
@Adelebevacquaart shares how she created her own unique way to approach galleries and how her "learn as you go" and "never give up" mentality has helped her build an incredible artist business.
@sarahhickeyart shares with us her process and how you need to show up as yourself who you are as an artist, to show up in the world and how to ignore the critics and the rejection that happens in the art world.

We know what you are going to love listening to this incredible episode. If you want to go back and listen to the full interviews you can listen to Kellie North on Episode 25, Adele Bevacqua on Episode 23 and Sarah Hickey on Episode 26.
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If you have ever painted a painting, so proud that you have finished this magnificent artwork, only to post it online and get no response and very little likes (maybe other than your mother)
Well then we can just about guarantee that the issue is usually not your artwork, it's more a lack of your dedicated fans. This is the group of people who LOVE you online, they comment all the time, and you engage with them. When you do bring out a sale, they are so delighted that they buy it all.

In this weeks episode @Kathamiltonart and @Lisamajdesigns talk through the ways that they use to help build a community of fans, not just a big pile of followers. They talk about how to engage with followers and likes online, provide something that your fans will love, and engaging your community in groups.

Don't forget to come find us on social media and say hi @Mycrazyartistlife