Coaching & Mentoring Archives - Vanessa Turner

The Hidden Dangers of Perfectionism

22 June 2022 Coaching & Mentoring

Let’s chat about The Artist Success Recipe. In the recipe for success, there is one ingredient which I see artists adding in repeatedly, day after day. And that ingredient is perfectionism. It can show up in many ways: Perhaps you find yourself resistant and hesitant to call an art piece finished, ...

The Tremendous Mistake Artists Make When Trying To Sell Online

11 June 2022 Coaching & Mentoring

The Marketing Mistake that’s Costing You Sales In your attempts to sell online, over months or maybe years, you may become frustrated because it feels like no one is interested in or purchasing your artwork online. And I know that frustration, I’ve been there too, we all have. You might post images ...

The Gap We Just Can’t Get Around

21 May 2022 Coaching & Mentoring

Fear & Failure - Our Two Companions Quite some time ago while reading through a forum, I came across a post entitled "Afraid of Failure". Curiosity made me click on it immediately - because fear and failure are pretty much prerequisites for success (I call them our two companions). Because if your ...

Art Collectors Don't Want Sales & Discounts

The #1 Thing Collectors Want More Of

20 February 2022 Coaching & Mentoring

The Challenge of Selling Fine Art For many artists the challenge comes not in creating art, but selling art. Many artists will note that sales remain the most challenging aspect of their business. You work hard to create beautiful portfolios and bodies of work, but securing the sale feels like throwing ...

5 Steps to Building an Art Career While Working Full-Time

6 Strategies for Growing An Art Career While Working Full-Time

20 January 2022 Coaching & Mentoring

Building an Art Career While Working Full-Time Right now working as a professional artist alongside another career may seem impossible. But I can indeed confirm it is feasible, not just for others, but for YOU as well! We often hear of artists making dramatic shifts, suddenly quitting their jobs to become ...

6 Reasons Your Artwork Isn’t Selling

07 November 2021 Coaching & Mentoring

Is Your Artwork Collecting Dust? Today I'm sharing the Top 6 reasons your artwork isn't selling so that you can stop going in circles and finally see results! You’ve spent hours putting your blood, sweat and tears into a new body of work and sharing it with the world, only for it ...

Why Artists Are Using Coaches to Get Ahead

19 September 2021 Coaching & Mentoring

I never knew how much a creativity coach could make a difference in my life and work until I had one. I went from never having time to create to making time and developing a body of work. And I went from a confused and discouraged hobbyist to a passionate ...

The Globe Magazine 0 Interview with Halla Shafey

Interview with Halla Shafey – The Globe Magazine

11 July 2021 Coaching & Mentoring, Fine Art

The Globe Magazine Spring 2021 Issue Interview with Halla Shafey I had the pleasure of conducting an interview with Halla Shafey, fellow pastellist and award winning artist for the IAPS Spring 2021 Issue of the Globe Magazine. Vincent van Gogh once quoted: “One can speak poetry just by arranging colours well”. The work of ...

Negative Self Talk

04 July 2021 Coaching & Mentoring

You’ve Got to Navigate The Storm Despite our best efforts there are times that we are our greatest hinderance. This hinderance comes from a habit that destroys sooooo many art careers before they even talk. It’s the habit of negative self-talk. When I first begin working with an artist, it often saddens ...

How Do You Create When Life Gets Too Busy?

06 June 2021 Coaching & Mentoring

How Do You Create When Life Gets Too Busy Creating routinely is not something that typically happens naturally for everyone. Many artists, like myself, are balancing another profession, family and so many of life’s responsibilities. Thus it can often leave us wondering - How do you create when life gets too ...