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Professional artist Preston M. Smith of PMS Artwork shares his insights, personal experiences in the art world and humor to help dispel the myth of the starving, or tortured artist. Instead, he sets his sights on the positive, abundant and joyful side of living this creative life. Preston shares his playful rants on a wide range of creative topics as well as interviews with interesting working artists, creatives and trendsetters from around the world.
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Movement and Self Awareness - A Solosode Mash-Up
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In this episode of The Living Artist, we hold auditions?? Ahem... Stick around to find out. We do for sure however present a special Solosode Mash-Up of two segments from special solo episodes over the years. Listen in to get inspired by different insights and strategies. This one is fun and introspective, with some actionable concepts. Hopefully y…
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Mindset, Mindset, Mindset - A Solosode Mash-Up
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In this episode of The Living Artist, we present a special Solosode Mash-Up of segments from solo episodes from each year of the podcast's existence, along with a couple of visitors... Listen in to get inspired from different perspectives that Preston has gone through over the years. There is a little something for any creative in this episode. Hop…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, we present a third Mash-Up of segments from three favorite TLA interviews over the years. Listen in as Preston and his guests talk about digging deep and go deep into process. These segments highlight gems from interviews with world-famous photographer and painter Warwick Saint, the amazing and ultra successful…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, we present a second Mash-Up of segments from three favorite TLA interviews over the years. Listen in as Preston talks career pivots and risk taking with the famous Annie Morhauser of Annieglass, the phenomenal Los Angeles based artist Brent Estabrook, and a personal and ShockBoxx favorite, Theodosia Marchant (w…
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Mash-Up - Art Inspiration, Process and Origins with 4 Favs
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In this episode of The Living Artist, we present a Mash-Up of segments from four favorite TLA interviews over the years. Listen in as Preston talks art inspiration, process and origins with the one and only artist and ShockBoxx gallery owner Mike Collins, Russian-born award-winning seascape artist Eva Volf, world-famous graffiti artist and gallery …
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Back From The Dead (Oh, and Being Prepared For Anything)
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston uses his current real life experience to honor the message of The Living Artist podcast and not "wait 'til he is dead" to bring you this show. Besides, it is a perfect example of being prepared to handled our careers amidst the worst of situations. How can we be prepared for anything in our own careers?…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston uses some inspiration from a long awaited movie sequel to conjure up some thoughts for today's podcast. As visual artists, we too have the equivalent of creating a "sequel" in our own art. What is the best way to stay true to the original, while also breathing life into a new creation? Listen in to this…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, we will stay true to the message of this episode and "do less" with our description. Maybe it's just something we don't like to do? Listen in to understand this a bit more... Enjoy! For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston brings back the concept of adding mystery and intrigue to our artistic lives. This seems to be a forgotten art that once was extremely effective. Preston discusses the idea of revisiting this in our work and artistic personas. It can be difficult in a world of ever-present social media and attention, bu…
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This episode of The Living Artist needs to be heard to be believed. There's really no explanation for it... Enjoy! Or don't... It's your choice, but "we" definitely had fun with it. ;) For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on Inst…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston uses an old school expression to build a podcast for current times. It is important in a world of "specialization" and outsourcing, to develop some foundational skills of our own. This not only assures us that we will not be left in the dark if all else fails, but also builds our confidence as artists a…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston is all about hyping us up and getting us excited about our individual artistic stories. You've heard of the "Hero's Journey", well, this episode is all about getting clear on becoming the hero of your own story. Once we can all get clear on this to ourselves, the rest of the world will follow suit a bit…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston uses an unfortunate current life event to spark not only a new episode, but a framework for dealing with life and art in an honest and practical manner. Can I get a "hell yes"? Listen in to find out... Enjoy! For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston puts on his Content-Creator-Guru-Buzz-Phrase cap to expand on the whole concept of "exercise snacks". It is really an idea, or framework that has been around for many years in a variety of different forms, but it remains a powerful concept to apply to many areas of your life and art practice. Listen in …
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston revisits our good old friend, Fame. Try as we might to get away from it, fame is extremely alluring and enticing, especially in our contemporary society. Listen in to this episode and get some clarity on what you are actually striving to achieve in your art practice. That might end up being fame, but mo…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston talks about mindsets and strategies to adopt for you art career. He breaks these down into four major strategy archetypes (with some bonus thoughts and ideas). When deciding on pursuing a career-or getting better at your career-in the art world, in can be helpful to have an idea of which category you mi…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston talks about using our personal struggles and experiences as fodder for our creative process. When we shift our focus to transmuting our own individual life experiences into our work, we realize that there is no end to what we can share and express. Not only that, this type of strategy has mental and emo…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston leads us in an invigorating and unique box breathing session. Shhhhh... Quiet your mind and simply surrender to the process. There is nothing more to be said or done. Except maybe, gagunga-gulunga... For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsart…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston quiets us down a bit with some ASMR. Well, sort of... But also, stick around for some random art thoughts, as well as some insights into shows over this past weekend and much more. There are some good nuggets in there. You just have to quiet your mind and then find them... Enjoy! Here is the link to the…
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In a world riddled with toxicity, The Living Artist podcast emerges to teach us all how to become "antifragile", or at least how to build up our resilience to whatever life and art throws at us. Listen in and learn how to spot your own obstacles and discover what might be holding you back from taking your art career to the next level. Will you beco…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston gets us all "fired up" about standing up for ourselves as artists. Coming off of a fiery situation himself the night before, Preston shares a personal anecdote and then broadens the topic to the art world in general. If you are allowing yourself to be taken advantage of, or robbed of your creativity in …
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In this special "Same Day" delivered episode of The Living Artist, Preston talks about, well, same day delivery... With an Amazon-dominated, ultra-fast shipping world that we currently live in, do we as artists need to up our delivery game? Do we need to get our artworks out to collectors lickety-split? Listen to this episode and decide for yoursel…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston dives into the topic of criticism. Unfortunately, criticism comes with the territory as artists. Therefore, we might as well learn how to deal with it. What is the right setting for criticism when it comes to your work? What is unwanted criticism? How can you learn to be a good critic yourself? These ar…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston gives us his perspective on Art Fairs. Are they worth it for us to focus on as artists? Well, of course the answer is much more nuanced and subjective than a simple "yes" or "no". You will have to tune in to find out. At very least, we hope that you come away from this episode with a good framework, and…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston talks about manifestation. Like it or not, or label it the same way or not, manifestation is definitely a part of our art careers and businesses. By getting clear on your "why" and elevating your state to the level that you want to achieve right now, you can set yourself up for more success. Listen in a…
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If you are hoping for an episode about going to Jury Duty, we are sorry to disappoint you... This episode of The Living Artist is actually all about the do's and don'ts of submitting your work to exhibitions, juried shows, and galleries in general. What is the best way to behave when submitting your work? How should you prepare for the process? Wha…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston cranks up the volume to talk about following our intuition and authentic paths as artists. This episode is all about using our inner "antennas" to filter out all the meaningless noise and get to the good stuff. More importantly, to get to the essence of what is correct for us individually. It's okay to …
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston invites us all to take part in a game of imitation. After all, we as humans have always learned to do, by first learning to imitate. This episode explores the exercise of trying on another artist's style and perspective as a means to stretch ourselves as artists. This is an exercise, we repeat, this is …
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston joins us live from the total solar eclipse! Well, not really... But he does use the eclipse as fodder to create a new episode for the pod. Are you feeling a bit "eclipsed" in your art and career right now? If so, listen in to this week's episode to get some tips and tweaks that can potentially help tigh…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston pulls himself together to give us an episode about what to do when we are "temporarily grounded". This is a personal episode that is ripped directly from the headlines and speaks to the numerous strategies, self-care techniques, energy work, and so on, that we have at our fingertips when we are in this …
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston talks about the antidote (or at least one of the antidotes) for creative blockage. What is it might you ask? Well, if we told you right here, you might not listen... Check it out and get inspired to power through any blocks that you might encounter as an artist. Does this just mean, you're interesting? …
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston takes us on a walk through a day in his life. If you have ever wondered what his daily routines look like, then this is the podcast for you. This episode is chalked full of tips on creativity, online art marketplaces, administrative work, breath-work, self-care, biohacking, supplementation, strength tra…
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Come with me, and you'll be, in another episode of The Living Artist! Preston will admit that times are tough right now in the art world, but just like Willy Wonka, we can all employ a new perspective to make the "real" world more like the world we see in our imaginations. If you are feeling a bit down, hopefully this episode will pick you up and s…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston interviews Los Angeles artist Daniel Hustwit, with a special guest appearance from Miss X. Daniel is an extremely talented painter and is currently in the middle of a fantastic and thought-provoking Solo Show at ShockBoxx gallery entitled "Diarealism: An Unbearable Art Movement", which is up until the 2…
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For Those About To Rock with Special Guest Ariel Cohen
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston gets a visit from special guest Ariel Cohen. Ariel stops by to share his experience and perspective on being an artist who thrives, while also having a "day job" that he values and thoroughly enjoys. In fact, the theme for this episode came from a discussion with Ariel on the importance of having a full…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston "phones a friend" or two for this discussion on relationships. Relationships can be interpersonal, of a business nature, and even can turn out to be one of the healthiest things we can focus on for our own longevity and general well-being. This topic is more relevant than ever in this era of isolation a…
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This episode of The Living Artist podcast is all about testing. How do we know what we are truly capable of accomplishing as artists without pushing our boundaries a bit? This can be achieved in the form of testing. Testing out ideas, techniques, tactics, new media, etc. The beginning of this episode even starts out with a test that Preston himself…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston delves into the oh so "sexy" topic of protecting your artwork/inventory. This episode was inspired by the latest atmospheric river dumping almost a foot of rain onto California in a very short period of time. What are you doing to protect your precious artwork/inventory? Listen in to this episode to get…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston shares a personal story about witnessing the sometimes unbelievable power of another person's (or peoples') perspective. Hopefully you will find this both entertaining and even something that could spark a perspective shift in your own life and art career. Learn about the RAS and the power it can have i…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston takes us "straight to the top" by redefining what that even means. As artists, it is our job to have lofty goals, but also to not make one of them be the end all be all for our careers. This latter mindset will only set you up for a major comedown that can be hard to recover from. Listen to this episode…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston gives a crash course in believing your own hype. This is a fun and energetic episode meant to root us in our own creative spirit and confidence. We are here on this planet to share our work with the world. We need to first believe in ourselves before we can then get the world to believe also. Listen in …
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In this episode of The Living Artist, what the hell is going on? Is it a hostile takeover, or just a sign of the times? Tune in to find out. Do it for "the greater good"... For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pmsartwo…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston kicks off the New Year with some thoughts and inspiration for a creative and proactive 2024! Have a Happy New Year and enjoy! For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pmsartwork…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston sneaks in one more quick "Holiday" episode before the new year! Listen in to hear some good cheer, a few thoughts on 2024, and yes, some finger-wagging! To whom was the finger being wagged? You will have to listen in to find out... With much love and holiday cheer, The Living Artist bids adieu to anothe…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston breaks down what we should do when we have been approached online or through social media by a "gallery" that wants to show our work for a substantial fee. This could be nationally or internationally, and could be an exhibition, art fair, or other type of situation. Are these scenarios and relationships…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston offers some tips and hacks to elevate our state. So much of what we do as artist (and entrepreneurs) is predicated on us being in the right emotional and mental state. Whether you want to create better, feel better, or make better career moves, this episode has some techniques that can help enhance all …
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston says farewell to the late great Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues. In this homage episode, Preston talks about the qualities that made Shane a true legend, and how we can learn from some of his traits to become more impactful artists in our own lives. Maybe even, dare we say, reach "legendary" s…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston delves deeper into the topic of gratitude and even flips it on its head. He challenges us to see gratitude as a tool that makes us more resilient and "dangerous", in the best of ways. Gratitude can not only make us happier and appreciative of the things that we already have, but it can also be the antid…
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With love and gratitude, we bring you the 200th Episode of The Living Artist! It's exciting! It's momentous! It's a big deal? Decide for yourself while Preston shares a handful of things he has learned over the years doing the podcast, navigating the art world, and making a living doing this thing called art. We hope you like the episode and we app…
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In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston talks about the importance of having pattern recognition in our lives and art careers. It might seem to be a simple skill, but when honed, it can turn into a superpower. Preston talks about pattern recognition in terms of using it as a framework to spot consistencies and inconsistencies in our lives and…
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