{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Professional Artist Podcast: Art Business Transformations","title":"How to Succeed As An Artist Without Compromising Your Art","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1770,"description":"Free 4-Day Challenge for artists: https://professionalartist.com/free\nJoin us live and online to make your next art show your best, design a paid workshop that's yours alone, or land your work in the right gallery. Register free.\n---\nCan you build a successful art career without letting success change the art you make?\nIn this episode of The Professional Artist Podcast, painter Loribelle Spirovski is featured by the Professional Artist Association (https://professionalartist.com/join), the world’s fastest-growing global community for committed fine artists.\nLoribelle is a Filipino-Australian figurative painter whose psychologically charged portraits have been exhibited internationally.\nShe has earned multiple selections for Australia’s prestigious Archibald Prize, including the 2025 People’s Choice Award.\nAlong the way, she learned that the job side of an art career can compromise the integrity of the work itself.\nIn this episode, Loribelle shares why trying to make the “right” art can hold you back, how to start earning from your art before a gallery represents you, and why working harder can eventually work against you.\n“I was trying to please these imagined judges instead of being true to what I actually wanted to paint..”\n—Loribelle Spirovski\nTimestamps:\n00:00 Introduction\n01:38 Lux Aeterna: Memory, Trauma, and the Body\n05:21 Growing Up Between Cultures\n08:14 The MFA Decision\n11:32 Getting Into Residencies Without a Strong CV Yet\n14:48 How Curators Actually Find Artists\n17:03 Pricing Work When You’re Still Building Confidence\n19:44 Memento Mori: When the Work Shifts Direction\n22:17 Final Advice\nConnect with Loribelle\nWebsite: https://loribellespirovski.com/\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/loribellespirovski\nLearn more about The Professional Artist Association:\nMentoring:\nApply to join 99 artists for unlimited 1:1 Coaching & Mentoring to grow your art income:\nhttps://professionalartist.com/apply\nMembership:\nJoin 1,000+ committed artists around the world...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1w06IKct0FZ59SGs6Y8H5DQOlgFvyRf7GbYr1lhEpu0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yYjgx/ZjQ3MjE4YjdhNDFi/OGE2ODg0NDY2ZDdi/ODI0MS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}