Welcome to the Artist Mindset Blog

Lessons for the heart-expanding Artist.

September 22, 2019

Are You Living in Your Joyful, Creative Place?

 This video is taken from my facebook group, Transform Your Art from Dabbling to Professional Quality I was just talking with a woman who had not painted in six years. She had breast cancer, and had gone through a few tough years. Her energy had been zapped, and although […]
September 7, 2019

Painting with Wild Abandon

 This video is taken from my facebook group, Transform Your Art from Dabbling to Professional Quality If you’re not painting with wild abandon, what are you waiting for? Is it calling you? Do you have that nagging voice that you could be making amazing, gorgeous, sought-after paintings that move […]
August 15, 2019

Why Asking for Advice is Not Advancing Your Art

 This video is taken from my facebook group, Transform Your Art from Dabbling to Professional Quality Women love to ask others for advice on their paintings … “What should I do next?” “Is it finished?” “Do you think anyone will buy it?” I’m seeing a lot of this in […]
July 20, 2019

How to Know if You’re an Artist

 I talk with a lot of my students who finally start making the most beautiful art of their life, and one of the things that makes them happiest is to finally be able to say, “I’m an Artist.” This is huge for women who’ve been waiting their whole life […]
July 11, 2019

Overcoming Negative Voices & Why the Perfect Time is Always Now to Do Your Art

 This video is taken from my Transform Your Art Facebook Group for women who want to go from Dabbling in art, to creating Professional Quality Paintings Despite a tumultuous time of going through a divorce, Michele decided to choose her art, and take immediate action to start living her life as […]
July 5, 2019

The Journey of this Artful Life – an Interview with Cristin Johnson

 This video is taken from my Transform Your Art Facebook Group for women who want to go from Dabbling in art, to creating Professional Quality Paintings As a lifelong creative spirit, Cristin has gone from years of being stuck in perfectionism and not painting, to discovering her voice as an artist […]
June 25, 2019

The Biggest Gift Your Can Give Yourself in Art

 Today I wanted to share with you some very inspiring words from one of my students, on the Biggest Gift You Can Give Yourself in Art. Read about how committing to your art with both feet, and refusing to keep dabbling, is how you find your greatest abilities, and […]
June 23, 2019

Are you stuck in your day job, dreaming of your art?

 Did you choose a career path over your art? Maybe everyone told you it wasn’t possible to make money with art. And now, decades later you’ve found success at work, and maybe raised a beautiful family, but are you longing for this one piece of yourself that was set […]
June 2, 2019

New Telluride Show with Songbirds, Fish & Colorado Mountains

Here are some photos from my NEW show in Telluride Colorado Stop by La Cocina de Luz if you’re in the area during the month of June. Or contact me here if you’d like to purchase a painting and have it shipped. Mention this post for FREE SHIPPING during the […]
May 31, 2019

3 Key Shifts to Move out of Fear & Start Living Your Dream as an Artist

 This video is taken from my Transform Your Art Facebook Group for women who want to go from Dabbling in art, to creating Professional Quality Paintings This week in my facebook group, we did a poll on FEAR, and here’s how fear is affecting women  with their art in my group: […]
May 25, 2019

Overcoming Fear with Your Art, an Interview with Kellie Day & Lee Bauman

 This video is taken from my Transform Your Art Facebook Group for women who want to go from Dabbling in art, to creating Professional Quality Paintings Have you noticed how the universe lines up to give you the exact thing you need at the exact time you need it most? … […]
May 10, 2019

Interview with Harriet Morton and Kellie Day

 This video is taken from my Transform Your Art Facebook Group for women who want to go from Dabbling in art, to creating Professional Quality Paintings Hear the story of how my recent grad, Harriet went from being away from her art for DECADES, to finding her art passion, creating a […]
April 21, 2019

What Makes Your Art Unique

 This video is taken from my Transform Your Art Facebook Group for women who want to go from Dabbling in art, to creating Professional Quality Paintings Do you feel like you have something special to share with the world, but you’re not sure what it is? If you’re timid […]
April 13, 2019

5 Shifts My Students are Using to go from Dreaming about their Art, to Showing & Selling

 This video is taken from my Transform Your Art Facebook Group If you’re you stuck with your art, and not making progress, or feel like you’re spinning around trying things, but you don’t have a plan for starting to show and sell, you can come to a plateau with your […]
April 5, 2019

The Most Powerful Shift for Making Time to Paint in Your Life

 This video is taken from my facebook group, for women who want to Transform Your Art from Dabbling to Professional Quality. If you aren’t making art, you’re not an artist. It’s pretty simple. If you want to finally change this, read on for this powerful shift that can finally […]
March 24, 2019

Live Mountain Painting with Kellie Day

This video is taken from my facebook group, for women who want to Transform Your Art from Dabbling to Professional Quality. This week I thought it would be fun to do a quick LIVE painting video in my facebook group. Each week I do a LIVE video with tips and […]
March 10, 2019

Eight Habits of Being a Thriving Artist

 If you’re having trouble keeping your art going consistently, feeling frozen part way through the process from fear, or struggling with the negative voices in your head – you’re going to want to tune in on the underlying “big stuff” it takes to thrive as an artist. This week […]
February 21, 2019

How to Get in Your Studio When You Don’t Have Any Time

 So often women tell me they are not getting into their studio because they are too busy. Life is too full. The kids need them. The dog has to go to the vet. And all these things are REAL, yet if we let them take the upper hand we […]
February 14, 2019

Heart Opening to Build Your Confidence and Self Love

 It doesn’t matter how many people tell you your art is good, you will never believe it if you don’t truly feel confident about your own art, from INSIDE. So often women do not share their art and their greatest gifts due to lack of belief in themselves, their […]
February 9, 2019

How to Paint More & Get the World to Value Your Art

 This video is taken from my facebook group , Transform Your Art from Dabbling to Professional Quality. As artists, our emotions, and our highly developed senses are what allow us to create art. They are what form our ability to notice things more deeply. They are our beauty and […]