The Truth About Being a Full-Time Artist
What I’ve learned after fourteen years of showing up to paint every single day
People imagine the artist’s life as free-spirited and full of inspiration. Waking late, coffee in hand, waiting for the muse to arrive. Then maybe, when the light hits just right, creating something brilliant in a single sitting.
It sounds effortless. Beautiful, even.
But for the past 14 years, I’ve shown up to the canvas almost every day, not when I felt like it, not when I was inspired, but because the work needed doing. Over time, that discipline became something much more than habit.
This isn’t a story about chasing creativity. It’s about what happens when you build your life around it…
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