107. Keeping Focused on the joy of Painting with Marnie McKnight

In today’s interview, I’m chatting with Irish-born, Sydney-based artist Marnie McKnight.  I first fell in love with Marnie’s beautiful abstract expressionist artwork over on Blue Thumb.

Since getting to know more about her, I’ve marveled at how she moves through different styles of painting and mediums in her practice with ease.  We had a great conversation about how Marnie keeps focused on the joy of the painting and how this focus has shaped her thriving art business.

We chat through how she approaches selling artwork without a huge social media following and how she has gained clarity on her client base who have become extremely loyal collectors.

In this episode, we talked about:

• Marnie’s early life in Ireland and what brought her to live in Australia and shared her life as a painter


• What inspires Marnie’s art style -  sweeping blue expressionist paintings with touches of gold


• Marnie’s “Challenge Tuesday”


• Marnie’s approach to selling her arts successfully


• Tips for selling successfully “Blue Thumb”


• The process of using home interiors to display art


• Marnie on entering art prizes


• And MUCH MORE!

Links:

PAINTING AS A PRACTICE CHAPTER 2 (USE COUPON CODE: PP2)

https://susan-nethercote-studio.teachable.com/p/painting-as-a-practice-chapter-2

PAINTING AS A PRACTICE CHAPTER 3 (USE COUPON CODE: PP3)

https://susan-nethercote-studio.teachable.com/p/painting-as-a-practice-chapter-3

PAINTING AS A PRACTICE THE COMPLETE TRILOGY

https://susan-nethercote-studio.teachable.com/p/painting-as-a-practice-the-complete-trilogy

Marnie McKnight:

https://marniemcknight.com/

https://www.instagram.com/marniemcknightart/

Tiktok: marniemcknight.artist

Susan Nethercote:

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Suse's education website

Suse's art website