Anna F Macdonald
In this second episode I chat with Anna Macdonald. Anna is a minimalist contemporary artist, teacher, and brilliant mentor. We chat about her journey with art as a way to help her cope with depression, plus we discuss anxiety and the inner critic, making bad work, having good strategies, all while juggling teaching, an art business and family.
A few years ago I found Anna on Instagram and related to her because she’s honest and real about the highs and lows of running an art business. She’s also extremely practical about what it takes to juggle creative time with a job as well as the business side of being an artist.
After following her for a while I contacted her to be my mentor. It was the first time I’d ever gone with someone I hadn’t met in real life, but the risk paid off! Anna has been a wonderful mentor - one of the most organised and logical - with wonderful worksheets to work through. And although this episode isn’t about mentoring I just wanted to put it out there about how we met and how my own journey has been shaped by meeting Anna.
Find out more about Anna’s beautiful artwork, her courses, and mentoring:
Website:
On Insta:
Mentioned in this episode:
Connected Artist Club - Alice Sheridan
Also with big thanks:
This episode has been made possible with funding from the Arts Council England as part of a DYCP grant I received.