6. From Closet Painter to Thriving Business Owner with Amira Rahim

Art + Magic

Instagram SUPERSTAR, Amira Rahim, pulls back the curtain on the personal trials and events that marked the beginning of her career as an artist. She provides wonderful insight into the journey and advice for others who want to sell more work and build a business from their creative pursuits.

In the second half of the conversation we get into practical tips for artists. As a long standing resource and teacher for other artists, Amira had some wonderful insights into the mistakes artists make, the power of color and what creates high value art. So many goods in this one!

In this episode we talk about...

• The personal events that led Amira build her art business
  
• Why she started focusing on color and shifted her style from realism to abstract
  
• Finding a style and subject you can study for the rest of your life
  
• Navigating divorce + being a creator, not a consumer
  
• How hardship fuels the journey + the ways that running a creative business helps us grow
  
• Merging our masculine feminine sides when it comes to being an artist in business
  
• Why Amira moved to California
  
• Amira’s experience of navigating the artist space as a WOC
  
• Advice for beginner artists who belong to a marginalized group and don’t see themselves represented
  
• The top (specific) mistakes made by artists starting out
  
• The mindset for selling high value art
  
• How to increase the value of your paintings + why your work might not be selling
  

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LINKS

Amira Rahim

https://www.instagram.com/amirarahimar

https://www.amirarahim.com/

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