{"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 Sell Your Art (Stop Trying to Make the Sale)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1465,"description":"Free 4-Day “Gallery Ready” Challenge for artists: https://professionalartist.com/free\nAlejandra works with galleries and shows at art fairs on three continents, where she learned that collectors buy connection, not pressure.\nLearn how to present yourself and your work to galleries with that same ease.\nJoin us live online Nov 16–19 at 7PM ET to learn when you’re gallery-ready, how to price your work and how to present yourself with confidence.\nRegister free.\n---\nDoes pushing harder to sell your art make buyers walk away?\nIn this episode of The Professional Artist Podcast, geometric painter Alejandra Sieder is featured by the Professional Artist Association (https://professionalartist.com/join), the world’s fastest-growing global community for committed fine artists.\nAlejandra is a Venezuelan-born painter based in Australia, with work shown at art fairs in Berlin, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the USA. She spent decades as a graphic designer before committing fully to painting.\nInstead of chasing sales, she builds her career through small decisions made consistently over time.\nIn this deep dive, Alejandra breaks down what to do, and what not to do, when a collector approaches your work.\nShe also explains why people really decide to buy, and how to know when you are ready to leave your day job. \nThis episode is a grounded look at selling without pressure and making the move to full-time artist at the right moment.\n“If you sell from scarcity, you will not sell the painting. People know when you are pushing for a sale.”\n—Alejandra Sieder\nTimestamps:\n00:00 Content Note and Introduction\n01:52 Many Territories: Identity, Migration, and Geometry\n04:39 Thirty Years Balancing Graphic Design and Painting\n07:46 Using Your Day Job to Build Your Art Career\n10:01 Labyrinth: A New Sense of Time\n13:50 Building Income Streams as an Independent Artist\n16:04 What to Do When a Collector Enters Your Booth\n19:57 Selling Without Scarcity: Letting the Painting Choose\n19:58 Golden Cave: A...","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}