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Does pushing harder to sell your art make buyers walk away?
In this episode of The Professional Artist Podcast, geometric painter Alejandra Sieder is featured by the Professional Artist Association (https://professionalartist.com/join), the world’s fastest-growing global community for committed fine artists.
Alejandra is a Venezuelan-born painter based in Australia, with work shown at art fairs in Berlin, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the USA. She spent decades as a graphic designer before committing fully to painting.
Instead of chasing sales, she builds her career through small decisions made consistently over time.
In this deep dive, Alejandra breaks down what to do, and what not to do, when a collector approaches your work.
She also explains why people really decide to buy, and how to know when you are ready to leave your day job.
This episode is a grounded look at selling without pressure and making the move to full-time artist at the right moment.
“If you sell from scarcity, you will not sell the painting. People know when you are pushing for a sale.”
—Alejandra Sieder
Timestamps:
00:00 Content Note and Introduction
01:52 Many Territories: Identity, Migration, and Geometry
04:39 Thirty Years Balancing Graphic Design and Painting
07:46 Using Your Day Job to Build Your Art Career
10:01 Labyrinth: A New Sense of Time
13:50 Building Income Streams as an Independent Artist
16:04 What to Do When a Collector Enters Your Booth
19:57 Selling Without Scarcity: Letting the Painting Choose
19:58 Golden Cave: A Decade in One Painting
21:23 Final Advice
Connect with Alejandra
Website: https://alejandrasieder.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alejandrasieder/
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