I've been making art since I was a little girl and I still don't have it all figured out. But I love talking, sharing, and learning about the creative process, what inspires us, and how we grow as creative people. Join me, Libby Saylor, for a chat about the artist life and let's have some fun!
EPISODES
19. Talking About Your Art
April 2, 2025
Recently, I’ve had to talk about my work with a fair amount of people, in various settings, and I’ve had to share more deeply about why I make my work, what it’s all about, and what it means to me. Without fail, each time I share about my work, I can tell that people feel more interested in my work, more inspired by it, and more connected to it in general.
I’ve been working on this for a few years now and I’ve learned a lot about the process. It’s not natural and it’s not easy, especially for artists, but you can learn! And in this episode, I’m going to share with you how I did it, and how you can do it to.
April 2, 2025
Recently, I’ve had to talk about my work with a fair amount of people, in various settings, and I’ve had to share more deeply about why I make my work, what it’s all about, and what it means to me. Without fail, each time I share about my work, I can tell that people feel more interested in my work, more inspired by it, and more connected to it in general.
I’ve been working on this for a few years now and I’ve learned a lot about the process. It’s not natural and it’s not easy, especially for artists, but you can learn! And in this episode, I’m going to share with you how I did it, and how you can do it to.
18. Everything You Need To Know About Art Markets With Kate Cuthbert
March 2, 2025
In this amazing episode, I talk with collage artist and art market extraordinaire, Kate Cuthbert. Kate was recently diagnosed with MS and has shifted from her decades-long path selling her work at art markets, to teaching others how to master all there is to know about the wonderfully whacky world of art markets.
Born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, collage artist, Kate Cuthbert, studied furniture design before focusing on her life-long love of collage art. In 2014 she began sharing her work under the handle 'satin&tat' and has since exhibited across Australia, the USA, Europe, and Scandinavia. She has also been published internationally.
Kate's commissions include work for The Wall Street Journal, Ted Baker, album and book covers, as well as private pieces. In 2021, Print Mag named her one of the "Top 5 Collage Artists to Follow on Instagram." Kate has overseen Collage Expo for the past 8 years- an instagram account dedicated to sharing the art of analogue collage.
Kate sold her collage art at markets for 10 years until a recent diagnosis of MS changed her path. She is now setting out to share her wealth of market experience by teaching others through 'The Art of Markets'. (follow on Instagram @theartofmarkets)
March 2, 2025
In this amazing episode, I talk with collage artist and art market extraordinaire, Kate Cuthbert. Kate was recently diagnosed with MS and has shifted from her decades-long path selling her work at art markets, to teaching others how to master all there is to know about the wonderfully whacky world of art markets.
Born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, collage artist, Kate Cuthbert, studied furniture design before focusing on her life-long love of collage art. In 2014 she began sharing her work under the handle 'satin&tat' and has since exhibited across Australia, the USA, Europe, and Scandinavia. She has also been published internationally.
Kate's commissions include work for The Wall Street Journal, Ted Baker, album and book covers, as well as private pieces. In 2021, Print Mag named her one of the "Top 5 Collage Artists to Follow on Instagram." Kate has overseen Collage Expo for the past 8 years- an instagram account dedicated to sharing the art of analogue collage.
Kate sold her collage art at markets for 10 years until a recent diagnosis of MS changed her path. She is now setting out to share her wealth of market experience by teaching others through 'The Art of Markets'. (follow on Instagram @theartofmarkets)
17. Some Art World Boundaries I Want To Set, But Am Afraid To
February 2, 2025
In this episode I talk about boundaries and the way they can act as vehicles for self-love and great change. I'm setting some art world boundaries for myself as I move forward in my art career, even though it feels a bit scary, and I feel uncertain. Setting boundaries is an amazing way to initiate positive change, and it's our way of telling the universe that we are ready for more and better! What boundaries have you set, are thinking about setting, or are afraid to set in your art career?
February 2, 2025
In this episode I talk about boundaries and the way they can act as vehicles for self-love and great change. I'm setting some art world boundaries for myself as I move forward in my art career, even though it feels a bit scary, and I feel uncertain. Setting boundaries is an amazing way to initiate positive change, and it's our way of telling the universe that we are ready for more and better! What boundaries have you set, are thinking about setting, or are afraid to set in your art career?
16. Goal and Intention Setting for the Unambitious Artist
January 2, 2025
In this episode, I'm speaking from total experience, as a recovering unambitious (aka lazy artist), sharing with you ways I've endeavored to moved past my laziness (that disguised my deep rooted fear), and into the comfortable goal and intention setting zone of art making.
January 2, 2025
In this episode, I'm speaking from total experience, as a recovering unambitious (aka lazy artist), sharing with you ways I've endeavored to moved past my laziness (that disguised my deep rooted fear), and into the comfortable goal and intention setting zone of art making.
15. Resisting the Urge to Rush-Post on Social Media
December 2, 2024
In this episode, I’m going to unpack my thoughts about the speed in which we create things, and the pressure we can come up against to have something new and fresh and amazing to post on social media, both regularly and often. It’s hard when your income is solely based on your art-making. But, for those of us who don’t have to worry about that, but still feel the pressure, I think it’s important to resist the urge to rush the creative process, which leads to rush-posting, and to instead focus on the work itself. There is SUCH a difference between cranking out rushed work to post for the sake of posting, and thoughtful work that we share when we’re ready. I’m here to validate that it’s okay to slow it down. People aren’t going anywhere, and if they do, then F ‘em!
December 2, 2024
In this episode, I’m going to unpack my thoughts about the speed in which we create things, and the pressure we can come up against to have something new and fresh and amazing to post on social media, both regularly and often. It’s hard when your income is solely based on your art-making. But, for those of us who don’t have to worry about that, but still feel the pressure, I think it’s important to resist the urge to rush the creative process, which leads to rush-posting, and to instead focus on the work itself. There is SUCH a difference between cranking out rushed work to post for the sake of posting, and thoughtful work that we share when we’re ready. I’m here to validate that it’s okay to slow it down. People aren’t going anywhere, and if they do, then F ‘em!
14. The Difference Between Making Big Wow Art and Mediocre Art
November 2, 2024
In this episode, I share ten differences between what it looks and feels like to make Big Wow Art and just Mediocre Art. Making Big Wow Art is no joke! This process can trigger endless amounts of fear and doubt and can be physically and emotionally draining. Time and again I'm reminded that being an artist and living this life is not for the weak, or for the faint of heart. But, it's so worth it in the end, once we can recognize the difference between when we're offering up our best efforts and when we're not.
November 2, 2024
In this episode, I share ten differences between what it looks and feels like to make Big Wow Art and just Mediocre Art. Making Big Wow Art is no joke! This process can trigger endless amounts of fear and doubt and can be physically and emotionally draining. Time and again I'm reminded that being an artist and living this life is not for the weak, or for the faint of heart. But, it's so worth it in the end, once we can recognize the difference between when we're offering up our best efforts and when we're not.
13. The Success Time Warp That People Don't Talk About
October 2, 2024
In this episode I try to reconcile the massive time gap between when we create things and when the world finally understands them in very tangible ways. Artists and successful people have always experienced this time warp, but it can feel really challenging to keep going if we don't realize the misalignment that is just part of the creative process and success in general. Once we understand and accept that this time warp exists, we can work with it, not against it, and find that our patience is so worth the wait!
October 2, 2024
In this episode I try to reconcile the massive time gap between when we create things and when the world finally understands them in very tangible ways. Artists and successful people have always experienced this time warp, but it can feel really challenging to keep going if we don't realize the misalignment that is just part of the creative process and success in general. Once we understand and accept that this time warp exists, we can work with it, not against it, and find that our patience is so worth the wait!
12. What Happens When You Make Lots of Art?
September 2, 2024
In this episode, I explain the benefits of making lots of art, regularly, and often. I never used to value this idea and thought it just seemed wasteful and pointless. I thought I could just make art here and there, when I felt like it, and all would be well. But my art career continued to suffer and I just never understood why. When I started a disciplined practice, making more art, more regularly, some super magical things started to happen and everything started turning around.. Today, the magic is still happening!
September 2, 2024
In this episode, I explain the benefits of making lots of art, regularly, and often. I never used to value this idea and thought it just seemed wasteful and pointless. I thought I could just make art here and there, when I felt like it, and all would be well. But my art career continued to suffer and I just never understood why. When I started a disciplined practice, making more art, more regularly, some super magical things started to happen and everything started turning around.. Today, the magic is still happening!
11. Committing To Your Art
August 2, 2024
In this episode, I expand upon the process of committing to your art. It seems like an amorphous idea, and I think the more natural talent we have, the more likely it is that we will avoid committing to our art, thinking that success will just arrive on its own. When that doesn’t happen, it can be really puzzling and very humbling! But we can turn that all around, once we commit to doing the work and standing our ground through thick and thin as an artist. This process has made me a better artist and a better person, and I’d love to share my process with you.
August 2, 2024
In this episode, I expand upon the process of committing to your art. It seems like an amorphous idea, and I think the more natural talent we have, the more likely it is that we will avoid committing to our art, thinking that success will just arrive on its own. When that doesn’t happen, it can be really puzzling and very humbling! But we can turn that all around, once we commit to doing the work and standing our ground through thick and thin as an artist. This process has made me a better artist and a better person, and I’d love to share my process with you.
10. My Creative Process
July 2, 2024
In this podcast episode I get current about what I'm working on in the studio and share a bit of background about my life, my creative work, and why I make the kind of art I make. When I first create a new body of work, I don't often talk about it because I don't always know what I'm doing, I'm just flowing with what is coming. But, I think it's really important for artists to stay in verbal and cognitive contact with their process, even if it doesn't make much sense in the beginning. I'm super excited about my current series, and I hope you enjoy hearing about it!
July 2, 2024
In this podcast episode I get current about what I'm working on in the studio and share a bit of background about my life, my creative work, and why I make the kind of art I make. When I first create a new body of work, I don't often talk about it because I don't always know what I'm doing, I'm just flowing with what is coming. But, I think it's really important for artists to stay in verbal and cognitive contact with their process, even if it doesn't make much sense in the beginning. I'm super excited about my current series, and I hope you enjoy hearing about it!
9. Five Ways To Release Creative Blocks
June 2, 2024
In this episode, I offer five tried and true methods to release creative blocks for whenever you're feeling stuck or in a creative transition. Every artist gets stuck and there's absolutely no need to panic when we're feeling like we just can't move forward with any of our creative projects. You are not alone here! And these five suggestions are methods I've used over and over again to keep me progressing through my blocks in order to make the art that needs to be made.
June 2, 2024
In this episode, I offer five tried and true methods to release creative blocks for whenever you're feeling stuck or in a creative transition. Every artist gets stuck and there's absolutely no need to panic when we're feeling like we just can't move forward with any of our creative projects. You are not alone here! And these five suggestions are methods I've used over and over again to keep me progressing through my blocks in order to make the art that needs to be made.
8. How To Handle Rejection Like A Pro
May 2, 2024
In this episode, I share about a recent rejection I experienced and how I went through the range of emotions to ultimately move forward. This episode is about the realities of being an artist and the inevitable rejection that comes with it. But in the end, it's most important to not let rejection pull you off track. You must keep going!
May 2, 2024
In this episode, I share about a recent rejection I experienced and how I went through the range of emotions to ultimately move forward. This episode is about the realities of being an artist and the inevitable rejection that comes with it. But in the end, it's most important to not let rejection pull you off track. You must keep going!
7. Obey Your Art
April 2, 2024
In this episode, I talk about the importance of letting your art take you in the direction it wants you to go, rather than forcing your art in the direction you think the both of you should go. I share about some recent pivots I’ve had to take in the name of obeying my art, and how those detours came about. I discuss the importance of trust and surrender when obeying your art. And finally, I talk about how obeying your art often requires you to change your plans completely. But through all of these challenges, you must still obey!
April 2, 2024
In this episode, I talk about the importance of letting your art take you in the direction it wants you to go, rather than forcing your art in the direction you think the both of you should go. I share about some recent pivots I’ve had to take in the name of obeying my art, and how those detours came about. I discuss the importance of trust and surrender when obeying your art. And finally, I talk about how obeying your art often requires you to change your plans completely. But through all of these challenges, you must still obey!
6. Taking Risks in the Studio
March 2, 2024
In this episode, I go deep and try to uncover what really holds us back from taking chances in our studio. Ultimately, I think it comes down to getting comfortable with our imperfections, as well as getting comfortable with taking risks outside of the studio. I also share with you a super vulnerable whoops moment that I experienced from taking a chance, and how it's all part of the beautiful process of learning how to be braver, so we can show up as the courageous artists this world so desperately needs.
March 2, 2024
In this episode, I go deep and try to uncover what really holds us back from taking chances in our studio. Ultimately, I think it comes down to getting comfortable with our imperfections, as well as getting comfortable with taking risks outside of the studio. I also share with you a super vulnerable whoops moment that I experienced from taking a chance, and how it's all part of the beautiful process of learning how to be braver, so we can show up as the courageous artists this world so desperately needs.
5. Conversation with Elyse' Jokinen of Wilder Collage
February 2, 2024
In this episode, I chat with Elyse' Jokinen, collage artist and founder of Wilder Collage. Elyse' is on a mission to share the magic of collage art through connection, education, inspiration and visibility. She's the warmest, friendliest, most supportive person I know in the art community and her positivity is truly infectious! I'm so happy to know Elyse' and to be a member of the Wilder community.
Artists can often feel so isolated and out-of-touch with one another, and must dig deep on a daily basis to find the encouragement to keep going. Being a part of this community has done so much for my motivation and discipline as an artist and has bumped up my overall dedication to my own art practice in so many ways. I have Elyse' to thank for this and I so admire the work she's doing!
February 2, 2024
In this episode, I chat with Elyse' Jokinen, collage artist and founder of Wilder Collage. Elyse' is on a mission to share the magic of collage art through connection, education, inspiration and visibility. She's the warmest, friendliest, most supportive person I know in the art community and her positivity is truly infectious! I'm so happy to know Elyse' and to be a member of the Wilder community.
Artists can often feel so isolated and out-of-touch with one another, and must dig deep on a daily basis to find the encouragement to keep going. Being a part of this community has done so much for my motivation and discipline as an artist and has bumped up my overall dedication to my own art practice in so many ways. I have Elyse' to thank for this and I so admire the work she's doing!
4. It Only Takes One
January 2, 2024
In this impromptu episode, I share my trepidation about creating my first Shopify store and sweating it out, waiting for that first sale. I also give myself (and you!) a pep talk as I remember times in my past when I've created something, put it out there, and then just waited, until that fateful day when something DID come back. From there, you're safe, and it really only takes one to start a cascading effect of success, if you can hang in there until it happens. And it WILL happen!
January 2, 2024
In this impromptu episode, I share my trepidation about creating my first Shopify store and sweating it out, waiting for that first sale. I also give myself (and you!) a pep talk as I remember times in my past when I've created something, put it out there, and then just waited, until that fateful day when something DID come back. From there, you're safe, and it really only takes one to start a cascading effect of success, if you can hang in there until it happens. And it WILL happen!
3. Don't Stop, Just Slow Down
December 2, 2023
In this episode, I share with you what happens when you make deliberate choices about your creative career. Things take off and get exciting! But at some point, it's also natural to hit a wall. And when this happens, we don't want to stop all together (something I'm notorious for doing!). But instead, we just wanna just slow down. I make the case for tenacity, endurance, and discipline in the face of creative blocks and confusion, even though I've always been the quitter when it comes to this kind of thing.
December 2, 2023
In this episode, I share with you what happens when you make deliberate choices about your creative career. Things take off and get exciting! But at some point, it's also natural to hit a wall. And when this happens, we don't want to stop all together (something I'm notorious for doing!). But instead, we just wanna just slow down. I make the case for tenacity, endurance, and discipline in the face of creative blocks and confusion, even though I've always been the quitter when it comes to this kind of thing.
2. Grit or Quit
November 2, 2023
In this episode, I make the case for both gritting and quitting when it comes to achieving success in your creative endeavors. Ultimately, I think that once you decide to grit, you also need to do a few things in order to keep yourself afloat, and most of us don't really want to do this, myself included! But that won't stop me from trying :)
November 2, 2023
In this episode, I make the case for both gritting and quitting when it comes to achieving success in your creative endeavors. Ultimately, I think that once you decide to grit, you also need to do a few things in order to keep yourself afloat, and most of us don't really want to do this, myself included! But that won't stop me from trying :)
1. Writing An Artist Statement
October 2, 2023
In this episode, I talk about how writing an artist statement is WAY harder than it seems, and I share with you the steps I followed to create an artist statement I feel proud to share with professionals, online, and with you!
October 2, 2023
In this episode, I talk about how writing an artist statement is WAY harder than it seems, and I share with you the steps I followed to create an artist statement I feel proud to share with professionals, online, and with you!