There Are No Art Police—So Why Are You Following Their Rules?

Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood

Antrese Wood

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4.8 • 891 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Do you believe that if you think outside of the box and actually apply that thinking to your work that the art police will come to arrest you or take away your brushes? As absurd as that seems, refusing to follow your instincts as an artist because of your fear of negative nancy voices still has the same effect on you. You’re so worried about doing everything “by the book” that it causes you to question your decisions and your work, to the point where you stop yourself from doing it. So in th...

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Antrice and welcome to another episode of the Savvy Painter podcast.
0:08.8	If you have been listening for a while, welcome back.
0:11.9	And if you're new here, I'm so glad you found me.
0:15.4	Savvy Painter is the podcast for artists who want practical tactical tactical tips
0:18.9	to create a meaningful art practice that is both
0:21.7	fulfilling and supports you.
0:24.6	So let's play for a second.
0:27.2	Imagine that you are standing at your easel, mixing a slightly unconventional shade of turquoise or something,
0:35.6	when all of a sudden, sirens, Blair, spotlights flash and the SWAT team
0:39.2	of beret wearing art police burst through your studio door saying, step away from the brushes.
0:44.8	Is that the most absurd thing you can imagine?
0:46.9	It is to me.
0:48.0	But I swear, I think a lot of artists really believe that there are some sort of art police that will come and take away their brushes
0:55.9	if they are not doing things, quote unquote, correctly. So in today's episode, we're going to
1:02.2	dismantle the myth that there is a right way to create, show or sell your art, and that some
1:07.9	invisible authority is just waiting to catch you in the act of artistic imperfection.
1:15.1	I know it sounds crazy, but I have been in that crazy land where I'm just like, oh my God, I'm doing it
1:22.4	wrong.
1:22.8	Oh my God, can I do this?
1:24.4	I don't know.
1:25.2	I don't know.
1:26.2	So let's talk about this because this comes up so often in my conversations with artists in the savvy painter community and just seriously all over the place. I see it everywhere.
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