Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood

Money and pricing your art can feel like tricky, even uncomfortable topics, but they’re also some of the most powerful conversations we can have as artists. Why? Because our beliefs about money and pricing often run deep and show up in ways we don’t even realize. They influence how we value our art, how we show up for it, and ultimately, how we create a practice that truly supports and sustains us.In this final roundtable episode of The Savvy Painter Podcast, I’m joined by Growth Studiomembers Merrie Koehlert, Leslie Cannon, and Beverly Woodhall. We dig into how your thoughts about money and pricing impact your relationship with your art, and we get real about the hidden mindset blocks that can hold you back. Whether it’s pricing your work with confidence, valuing your time, or shifting your money beliefs, this conversation is filled with insights to help you move forward and thrive as an artist1:23 - Quick self-introductions for Merrie, Leslie, and Beverly as artists2:56 - Assumptions about money as it relates to art that the roundtable have had or heard from others8:44 - How your subconscious programming can impact the lens through which you see your art14:04 - Critical junction points in Merrie’s life that reinforced her negative assumptions about selling art18:40 - How Leslie, Merrie, and Beverly view pricing their artwork and how their thoughts about pricing have changed31:09 - Getting around the drama in your head so you can learn to get comfortable with your pricing 34:55 - How each participant has internalized what “the value of the painting” means to them43:25 - The value to the art collector and why buying a piece of art because it matches other room decor shouldn’t be considered an insult50:12 - Painting pieces you know people buy when you need to make more money versus painting what you really want and not selling as frequently57:11 - Thoughts around money or pricing that the participants now notice that they were oblivious to before and how Growth Studio has helped Support the showAnd hey - if this episode hit home, do me a favor, leave a review on Apple Podcast or come say hi on Instagram: @savvypainterpodcastI’d love to hear this episode resonated you. ❤️

Welcome to another roundtable series! This time I’m joined by Growth Studio members Louisa Jornayvaz, Braighlee Rainey, Jack Wray, and Elisabeth Svendby in a discussion about finding your voice as an artist.In this episode of The Savvy Painter Podcast, you’ll learn about what it means to find your voice and ways you can connect with it. You’ll also get personal insights into how the participants’ have connected with their voice and how it brings meaning into their artistic practice.1:37 - Braighlee, Louisa, Elisabeth, and Jack quickly introduce themselves3:27 - How they define what the artist's voice means to them8:46 - How to know when you’re connected to your voice11:00 - How your background can impact your art and the journey of finding your voice19:52 - How each roundtable participant has progressed in finding their voice26:35 - Why this journey isn’t straightforward and how it can evolve as you continue to walk the path33:59 - Advice if you’re really not sure where to look to help you discover your artistic voice42:27 - The connection between finding your voice as an artist and meditation and green lights46:46 - The importance of imperfection and challenge in bringing character and resonance to art50:10 - The impact of being taught in curiosity and sensitivity conditioning54:59 - What the roundtable participants learned within Growth Studio to help them find or connect with their voices Mentioned in How Artists Find Their Voice and Create from the HeartJoin Growth StudioGreenlights by Matthew McConaugheySupport the showAnd hey - if this episode hit home, do me a favor, leave a review on Apple Podcast or come say hi on Instagram: @savvypainterpodcastI’d love to hear this episode resonated you. ❤️

It’s one thing to have an interest in creating art or putting something on canvas. It’s another to see yourself as an artist and have an artistic practice.What’s a difference-maker between those who do and those who don’t? Creative confidence, and to talk about it, I’m joined by Growth Studio members Alyssa Marquez, Merrie Koehlert, and Andrew Rea in another roundtable series.In this episode of The Savvy Painter Podcast, you’ll learn about the concept of creative confidence, its impact on artistic practice, and how it differs from self-confidence and arrogance. You’ll get personal insights into how the participants’ confidence has evolved, whether there’s such a thing as too much confidence, and how peer support can help navigate challenges and enhance artistic expression.1:34 - Defining creative confidence and how it’s necessary for artists to create and share their work6:46 - How you’re constantly making art (even if you haven’t always been the artistic type)13:00 - How Alyssa’s creative confidence has evolved over time24:42 - How an evolution in confidence has most recently affected Merrie’s and Andrew’s art29:49 - How to distinguish between confidence, self-confidence, and arrogance33:19 - Can you have too much confidence in your painting or art practice?40:33 - How confidence has impacted Alyssa’s desire to take risks with art43:03 - Impact of the Growth Studio community on the roundtable participants’ confidenceMentioned in How Creative Confidence Impacts Your ArtworkJoin Growth StudioSupport the showAnd hey - if this episode hit home, do me a favor, leave a review on Apple Podcast or come say hi on Instagram: @savvypainterpodcastI’d love to hear this episode resonated you. ❤️

What to do when decades of work are stacked against your walls and you can't remember the last time you made a decision about any of it.You know that feeling when you walk into your studio and see paintings leaning against every wall, flat files overflowing, canvases stacked so deep you've forgotten what's in the back?And underneath it all, that low hum of dread: What's going to happen to all of this?Maybe you've been making work for decades. Grad school pieces, late-night sessions after the kids went to sleep, that stretch when you were working two jobs and still carved out time to paint. It's all still there. And now you're standing in front of it thinking: Did I just waste my best work in obscurity? What was I even making it for?This episode is about how to sort through decades of accumulated work without spiraling into paralysis, and how to turn your studio back into a place where things are happening, not just stored.In this episode:The real reason you can't throw anything away. (Your brain is still waiting to find out if that painting meant something, or if it was just a phase.)Why every painting you haven’t decided about is costing you more than shelf space.A 30-minute sorting system that makes the mess feel manageableTwo questions that actually help you decide what stays and what goes. How to tell the difference between a painting that wants to be seen and one that already did its job.The “curate your own retrospective” game, and why pretending you have a show makes you braver, faster, more ruthless (in a good way).What happens when you group your work by something other than chronology, like color, texture, feeling, or that weird leaf shape you kept doodling for three years and forgot about.This episode’s for you if:Your studio feels more like a storage unit than a sanctuary You’ve been making work for years, but the question “What if no one ever sees this?” leaves you deflatedYou don’t want to leave your kids (or your executor) shelves full of unresolved choicesYou know there’s good work in there. You just need a way to see it clearly again — and decide what it’s still here to doSupport the showAnd hey - if this episode hit home, do me a favor, leave a review on Apple Podcast or come say hi on Instagram: @savvypainterpodcastI’d love to hear this episode resonated you. ❤️

What to do when you catch yourself in “courtroom mode”You named it. You know you're doing it. You can hear yourself cross-examining every brushstroke, cataloging evidence that you're not good enough, delivering a guilty verdict before the paint dries.But what do you do when you catch yourself mid-spiral?This one's the follow-up to Your Studio Isn't a Courtroom — the practical side. Because recognition without tools leaves you stuck watching yourself repeat the same pattern. And if you've ever thought okay, I see it now, but how do I stop? — this is for you.In this episode:The simplest redirection tool (it sounds too easy, but it creates the split-second of space you need to choose differently)How to shift from prosecuting questions to investigating ones — and why "what's wrong with this?" keeps you trappedWhy experiments can't fail, but verdicts always doThe friend test: would you ever talk to another artist the way you talk to yourself in your head?What to do when you freeze — one concrete action that interrupts the spiral and starts the conversation with your painting againWhat your studio's actual job is (and why forgetting this turns every session into a trial)This episode's for you if:You can see the pattern now, but you don't know how to interrupt it once it startsYou stand there analyzing instead of painting, trying to figure out the move that won't get you criticizedYou're tired of the harsh voice winning every time — but kindness feels like giving upYou want tools that work in the moment, not theory you have to remember later—--------------------------------LINKS: https://savvypainter.com/356-your-studio-isnt-a-courtroom-make-yours-the-safest-place-to-create/Support the showAnd hey - if this episode hit home, do me a favor, leave a review on Apple Podcast or come say hi on Instagram: @savvypainterpodcastI’d love to hear this episode resonated you. ❤️