Your Creative Push

Piper Talladay is a contemporary realist painter currently residing in Tacoma, Washington, but working with clients across the United States. Her work is centered around equine portraiture, rendered in oil. In addition to her own work, Piper is head instructor at Evolve Artist, an online academy that trains students around the world in traditional oil painting. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/355 In this episode, Piper discusses: -The limiting belief that she could not grow up to be a working artist. -The differences between The Evolve Artist Program and traditional art schools. -How the technical mastery is missing from most art colleges and schools. -The foundational artistic skills (and portfolio) that you need to have before applying to an art school as opposed to needing no foundational skills to start The Evolve Artist Program. -Why she honed in on equine portraiture. -How her art business began to grow organically. -Her resistance of not making her personal work a priority. -What a typical