In this episode of The Artist Business Plan we sit down with artist Elisa Valenti. She paints beautiful full figured female bodies. The varying flesh tones used in her signature variation on cubism make her women come to life on canvas; each figure seem as if it could be any woman and indeed many of her viewers see themselves in her work. We were having such a great conversation we made her episode two parts!
In part one we discuss how doing creative things has always been part of her personality and we dive deep into her career path that led her to be an artist. She reminds us, sometimes you can forget about your plan when all the pieces line up for you. Your career doesn't need to happen a perfect way, there are so many paths, all valid. Elisa, a huge proponent of unapologetic self love, tells us about her radical self worthiness in her art and her art business. "Be the person you are because people want YOU."
Guest: Elisa Valenti is an unapologetically body-positive and contemporary figurative artist living and working in Queens, New York. Elisa is a self-taught painter. She studied fine arts and art history at the High School of Art & Design and holds her Doctorate of Pharmacy from St. John's University. She has been featured by Create! Magazine, Canvas and Crumpets, and OprahComplex and she previously exhibited with Superfine Art Fair in New York.
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Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander Mitow
Executive Producer/Producer : Kelsey Susino
Written by: Kelsey Susino, Alexander Mitow, and James Miille
Audio Edited by: Federico Soler Fernandez