What’s the biggest risk you’d like to take — but haven’t been able to?
Wouldn’t I just!!!! I would love to resign from my day job and be a full time studio artist. I would be in the studio every day….possibly! That’s the dream and the long term aim. Right now I’m in studio during school holidays and on my day off…but how gorgeous to be in studio whenever I want to be! Not constrained by a day job….right now my day job is a lifeline….pays the studio rent….gets me art materials….helps me pay my way and not sell art for a pittance out of desperation!
It’s pretty big to become a full time artist without sufficient capital to weather financial storms….sometimes I feel I should let go of that ‘salaried’ lifeline and go all out self employed artist but…I’ve been down that road before….wasn’t fun.
It’s so hard being a struggling artist…..but it really is a leap of faith….maybe if I work as a full time studio artist I would finally start running workshops to subsidise my income…..start submitting work to exhibitions….seek out galleries…..be so much more driven….because it will pay off. But I’m taking the scenic route right now….keeping my day job and ever so slowly building a collection.
I like having a financial buffer…..not quite ready for the hustle of being a full time studio artist! But soon….
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