{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Professional Artist Podcast: Art Business Transformations","title":"How Artists Get High-Paying Interior Design Commissions","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1259,"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---\nWhat does it actually take to build a career creating high-paying commissions for interior designers?\nIn this episode of The Professional Artist Podcast, abstract painter Lara Scolari is featured by the Professional Artist Association (https://professionalartist.com/join), the world's fastest-growing global community for committed fine artists.\nLara is an Australian abstract artist whose nature-inspired paintings are collected internationally across Australia, Asia, Europe, and the United States.\nAlongside her exhibition career, she has built a thriving commission business working with leading interior designers and has expanded her practice through licensing partnerships, including luxury rug collections.\nIn this episode, Lara explains how artists can build relationships with interior designers, what a professional commission process looks like from inquiry to installation, and why preparation, consistency, and a polished presentation matter more than waiting for the perfect opportunity.\n\"You've gotta put yourself out there. You've gotta back yourself. You have to take the risk that may not end in anything.”\n— Lara Scolari\nTimestamps:\n00:00 Introduction\n01:38 Yellow Water Cruising\n05:00 Translating Paintings into Rugs and Licensing\n07:40 Building an International Exhibition Career\n10:16 Wendy's Bolt \n10:48 How Greg Natale Walked Through the Door\n13:40 The Interior Designer Commission Process\n16:09 Where Designers Discover New Artists\n17:48  Snorkeling With Matisse\n18:55 Final advice\nConnect with Lara\nWebsite: https://larascolari.com/\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/larascolari/\nLearn more about The Professional Artist Association:\nMentoring:\nApply to join 99 artists for unlimited 1:1 Coaching & Mentoring to grow your art...","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}