Most artists wait for galleries to pick them. They do art shows, post on social media trying to hack the algorithm, and just hope for the best. What's the problem with galleries though? Well, zero control. They take a huge cut and most don't even share your collectors list with you. In the end your income stays unpredictable. But there's a better way. Maria and her husband Drew have sold over $10 million of art by building their own audience directly, no galleries, no middlemen. And I sold over $200K the same way before I had a following and not even a website, including a single painting for $24,000. We call it the Fan Funnel. It attracts the right buyers to YOU. People who love your work and buy from you not once, but over and over again. For life! Last week, Cassandra one of our students, sold two originals at a show using just three simple actions from our 10k artist roadmap. This works. You just have to be open to a new way. Want to know how? Comment NEW below and we'll personally reach out 👇

A few years ago, I had no idea how to sell my art. I was painting while working a full-time job just to pay my bills. My paintings were stacking up, collecting dust, and whenever someone asked for a price, they either ghosted me or tried to negotiate it down. Then I came across Maria’s book Art Money Success. That was the first time things started to click for me. I went from 0 sales to around 15K in art sales just by applying what I learned there. But I was still all over the place. In 2020, I decided to fully commit and invested into a business coach. That’s when everything changed. Within 45 days, I made 26k selling my art and quit my job shortly after. Since then, I’ve sold over $200k of my own art (without the traditional path), including a single painting for $24,000, and built my instagram to over 80M views within a few short months. And this is where it gets really powerful. Maria has been doing this for over 25 years. She’s sold more than $10 million of art, coached over 10,000 artists, owned a gallery in California for a decade, and wrote Art Money Success, which is still an Amazon bestseller. She was part of my journey early on, and today we work together. Now we’re focused on one thing: Helping 30 visual artists make $5,000–$10,000+ per month with their art. If you’re serious about making this work, comment "READY" and I'll send you details to apply for the 10k artist roadmap 🚀

I hope this post inspires you that what you want to do is possible. A few years ago I was still living with my mom trying to find my way, working a part time job at Burger King and believing there was no way for me to make money with something I love. Why? Because everyone around me told me so. And slowly I got programmed to believe that I would end up like my family where there was addiction, avoidance and a lot of pain. But then I found art. And when I did something shifted in me. I went deeper into the Law of Attraction, invested in business coaches, learned everything I could about business, sales, luxury marketing and then on one point things slowly started to click. 3 years later I made 26k in art sales in 45 days. And the crazy part is I wasn’t some insanely talented artist. I simply painted what I wanted and used the power of my mind to move towards the reality I wanted to create. I saw it happening in my imagination way before it happened physically. I actually didn’t even think it was going to happen that fast. But what blew me away the most is that even AFTER that people still kept putting limitations on me and telling me what’s possible and what’s not. My father was a very successful business owner and one day he told me: “No one is going to buy a painting from you for more than 4k.” And yes it did hit me a bit. But then I proved him wrong. Not because I wanted to prove him wrong but because I put the blinders on and focused on the reality I wanted to create. Shortly after that conversation I sold my first painting for 24k. That same collector has now purchased well over 40k worth of my art. And with that I didn’t just expand my own mind but also the minds of the people around me. That’s why I want to encourage you to keep believing in what YOU want to create and stop listening so much to the outside noise because other people’s limitations have nothing to do with your potential and what you can create in this life. You are the one who decides that.

A lot of artists tell themselves: “I just need to create a new body of work first.” And look, sometimes that’s true. Sometimes you genuinely need space to create, explore, and build something cohesive. But here’s the trap: If you’re creating a new body of work because you secretly believe it will magically sell once it exists… That’s where most artists get stuck. Because a new body of work doesn’t automatically create buyers. If you don’t know:who your ideal collector is,where to find them,how to talk about your work,how to build trust,how to start conversations,how to make offers, then the new series will probably do what the old series did: sit there. And that’s painful, because the art might actually be beautiful. The problem isn’t always the art. Sometimes the problem is that the artist keeps creating instead of learning how to sell. And I get it. Creating feels safer than selling. Creating feels familiar. Creating gives you the feeling of progress. But if the real goal is to make a living from your art, then business and marketing skills are not optional. They are part of the job. You can keep creating forever. There will always be another series.Another direction.Another idea.Another body of work. But at some point, you have to ask yourself: Am I creating this because it’s truly the next step? Or am I creating this because I’m avoiding the uncomfortable part of selling? Because if you learn how to find the right people, build relationships, and sell your work properly… then your next body of work has a real chance. Not because of luck. Because you finally have the skills to bring it to the right people.

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