About this episode

Rich Nelson discusses his journey from music to fine art and shares insights on marketing.

Join our next FASO Show Live! https://artists.boldbrush.com/p/the-faso-show Learn the magic of marketing with us here at BoldBrush! boldbrushshow.com -- For today's episode we sat down with Rich Nelson, a signature member of both the Portrait Society of America and Oil Painters of America, with a career that grew out of an unlikely start playing in a rock band before formal illustration training pulled him toward fine art. In this episode, he breaks down Sargent's blunt advice that you...

People in this episode

Guest: Rich Nelson

Topics covered

• marketing
• fine art
• illustration
• career development
• art community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America, BoldBrush

Books & works: Sargent

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