“I think that one thing artists can do is you can still have art that your audience likes that sells and you can kinda tweak it and evolve it and at the same time, say, hey, I have this other body of art that’s very experimental that I’m developing”. This quote came from episode 18 as Nancy Hillis explained that you don’t have to conform your art to what galleries wanted while trying to evolve it. Nancy is an abstract artist, author and a Stanford trained existential psychiatrist that runs a program counseling artists with psychotherapy to overcome creative blocks. Revisit the podcast episode as we touched on topics that include finding freedom in constraint and structure, embracing ugly paintings, significance of working consistently on your craft, creating a safe and vulnerable space for ideas to flow and more.
Click to listen to the full podcast episode here : Finding Freedom In Constraint, Embracing Vulnerability, and Trusting Yourself To Create Innovative Artwork Through Ugly Paintings