Your Artist Dream Is Still Waiting, with Jacqueline Bermudez

If you've put your artist dream on the back burner and it's time to come back, this episode is for you.

Painter Jacqueline Bermudez joins Kat to share how she returned to oil painting after 17 years in the corporate world, how she protects her vision from outside opinions, and the weekly art sessions she leads with children at a Miami hospital.

In this episode:

How a childhood love of coloring and one high school painting class led Jacqueline back to oil painting in 2016 Why portraits are her way of exploring the human mind and the inner world Her ongoing series, her own interpretation of the chakras, with animals and plants as symbols How to protect your inner voice while a new creative direction is still fragile What changed when she began treating her painting practice like a job How she painted her solo show in about 35 days, and why planning made it possible Her weekly art sessions with children going through bone marrow transplants About Jacqueline Bermudez:

Jacqueline is a self-taught portrait painter and photographer based in Miami. Born in Orlando and raised in Caracas, she returned to oil painting in 2016. Her work has been accepted into exhibitions including Woman Made Gallery in Chicago and the Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition at Blue Line Arts, and she is a resident artist at Miami International Fine Arts. Her paintings use vibrant color, bold patterns, and animals and plants to symbolize personal growth.

See Jacqueline's work: https://www.jacquelinebermudez.com

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