Hey my friend, I wanted to personally invite you — one last time — to join my “inner circle,” the AMS Mastermind. This is where I spend most of my time these days — connecting, brainstorming, and growing alongside a group of dedicated artists and creative professionals. Many artists come in looking for help with contracts, pricing, or sales. But what really keeps people here is the community, the accountability, and what I call our secret sauce. It’s something I don’t talk about much publicly — not because it’s a secret, but because you have to experience it to really understand it. Inside the Mastermind, we focus on how to retrain your mind for success. Our weekly Monday Mind-i-tation sessions help you align your mindset and actions so your creative goals start to feel possible — and then inevitable. You’ll also get access to THE FORMULA, a hands-on workshop that helps you map out a real plan for your art career — your personal blueprint for what’s next. We’ve just passed → 81 members (blows my mind), and there are 19 spots left at the founder’s rate before it goes up. If you’ve been thinking about joining, now’s a beautiful time: As of this moment, there's → 19 spots left! https://www.skool.com/art-money-success-mastermind-6721/about I hope I see you in the Mastermind. I spend way less time on social media, and the Mastermind platform is where I hang out most days :) Here’s what a few of our longtime members have shared: “I’m so glad to be in the Mastermind and plan to be for a LONG time. I absolutely love it!! Maria and Oliver are amazing and their knowledge and expertise are incredibly valuable.”— Silvia Klahm “When you’re ready to join, it’s totally worth the value. You’ll spend time building your business with support and encouragement.”— Lenore Ava Jaffe “If you want to start an art business or take it to the next level, I urge you to consider this Mastermind. There’s something powerful in coming together as a group and lifting each other up.”— Jill Wasey

🚨 Important Update for Everyone in the ART MONEY SUCCESS FREE Group 🚨 My dear friends: My Mastermind partner Oliver and I started this FREE space for artists 17 months ago - and it was a great place to connect and talk about art. But it has become a place full of spammers and noise, and quite frankly, I don’t want that for you or for me! We've moved our time entirely to the artists who have invested in our paid Mastermind Group, and I'd like to tell you more about that, but first.... Even though I've got 461 current members of this free group (and that's a lot!), I’ve made the very difficult decision to close it and put 100% of my focus on artists who are serious about building their careers — inside the thriving Art, Money Success MASTERMIND group. (Details here: https://www.skool.com/art-money-success-mastermind-6721/about ) I LOVE the Mastermind group, because every member is INVESTED in their art career, and it's where we have scintillating conversations about art, money, business and GROWTH. Today, ✅ we have 79 amazing members in the Mastermind✅ and if you are ready to INVEST in YOURSELF also, I'd love for YOU to join us! We cap it at 100 members at the current price - so that means there are only 21 spots left to lock in the founder’s rate — for life (after that, it jumps to $99/month). ✅ If you join in the next 48 hours, you’ll get a FREE 30-min 1:1 Game Plan Call with Coach Oliver to map out how you can sell more art and get to the next level. ⚡️ 48 hours until the bonus disappears.⚡️ 21 spots left before the price jumps forever. 👉 https://www.skool.com/art-money-success-mastermind-6721/about Drop your questions below - this free group stays alive for 48 more hours. I hope you'll join me on the "other side" in the Mastermind! 🎨✨– Maria

Hello my friends, it’s time for us to hang out again! Tomorrow (Sunday) My Mastermind partner, Oliver and I are doing a YouTube Live 🎤 pulling back the curtain on how we’ve been selling art for thousands of dollars 🎨💸 Artists always ask “how do I go from selling a $300 painting to $3,000?” We’ve got a few answers for you! 😃 If you’ve been stuck selling pieces for just hundreds… this is your chance to see how you can start making $3K–$5K (or even $30,000!) per painting. Join us LIVE 🎙️ 📅 Date: Sun, Sep 21 ⏰ Time: 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 7pm BST / 8pm CEST / 21:00 EEST 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/live/RBDiE1rcy8w?si=9Fbk1teIOsGd4BC- Bring your questions 🔥 we’ll answer them LIVE and share with you what’s been working for us. Ps: this is a NO B.S. ZONE! Straight answers, no matter what the question is 🙌 Click on the link above 👉 Hit the bell 🛎️ on YouTube to Set your reminder, don’t miss this, and tag an artist friend who needs this too!

What seems to be working better for ME is to do larger works which capture more attention. I am a representational painter and I gravitate towards fine art. Since there is a lot of art out there to compete for attention in the Western Art genre, which is now my niche, I find that rather than doing quick paintings, doing more elaborate paintings on the larger scale is getting more attention and selling. And later they can become prints to sell. This is a 72 x 28 inch painting called “Bison Stampede”

5 days to go! 🎉 Maria and I go LIVE on Sun, Sep 21 to reveal how we’ve sold art for $6K–$24K per painting. Time: 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 7pm BST / 8pm CEST / 21:00 EEST Bring your questions 🔥 and set a reminder + share with an artist friend!