We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Emily Lozeron. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with emily below.

Hi Emily, thanks for joining us today. Earning a full time living from one’s creative career can be incredibly difficult. Have you been able to do so and if so, can you share some of the key parts of your journey and any important advice or lessons that might help creatives who haven’t been able to yet?

One of my biggest pet peeves is the term “Starving artist”. I have always wanted to be an artist, but the term starving artist almost prevented me from achieving my dream. I grew up quite poor and knew that wasn’t what I wanted as an adult. so instead of persuing art I went into nursing and dabbled in art. I could never get it out of my system. However it was a traumatic even that drew me back into art. As a way to cope with a difficult time I started painting again. And i realized “starving artist” is not a predestined thing. Yes it is not an easy path. It takes a tremendous amount of work, determination and so many “No’s”. There are a lot of easier ways to get to supporting myself financially, but none of them are as fun and rewarding.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I am an artist from northern alberta canada. I am an oil painter who paints nature and landscape in a representational but painterly way. I like to incorporate the imperfect in the painting and to create beauty out of the imperfect. I am a member of Artists for Conservation and Federation of Canadian Artists. I have been juried into national and international exhibits. Including Artists for Conservation and Birds in Art. I have been featured in magazines like arrabella magazine and Southwest Art magazine.
I have also exhibited in the calgary stampede artist studios and in Vancouver and Langley BC.

My happiest places are hiking through mountains and just being outdoors. So a lot of my subject matter is the places that I have experienced. Often I will paint Plein air on site and will hike 10km with all my painting gear in a backpack to get to some pretty spectacular places.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The most rewarding thing for me is when I can generate a reaction with my paintings. I have done several shows where I am sitting with my paintings in a booth and watching the reactions of people interacting with my paintings. I have had people burst into tears. Most times they are embarrased at the show of emotion, but it is the highest compliment that I could ever be paid as an artist. I put my heart and soul into my paintings and to connect with my audience is amazing. Whether it is a place that reminds people of something, or they can’t quite put their finger on it. It means I havve made a connection.
My goal is to bring joy to people.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

I feel that one of the most important things as an artist are the relationships that we create. And how we react to situations when they don’t start out the way that we had hoped.
In the beginning of my professional career as an artist, I was juried into an international exhibit and I was so excited. The evening gala was formal and I was dressed up in my dress with my shiny shoes and walked into the supper feeling like a huge impsoter. I was given my seating assignment for the supper and i went to sit down at the table. I couldn’t believe my luck. I was sitting beside an artist that I really admired. I started drinking the wine and eating the bread at the table. A couple minutes later there was a little confusion and some people were looking for their seats. At this point, the artist that I really admired leaned over and said “my darling, I think you are in the wrong seat”. I was horrified. I stood up, with my wine and bread plate, and turned around and sat at the table behind. There was no way of hiding it, i was totally embarassed.
At the end of the evening the fellow artist came over and appologized to me. I looked at him and said “Thats. ok, i did it on purpose so that you would remember me”
As a result of that interaction, he actually did remember me and was instrumental at getting me in other high end art shows and developed relationships with the people in the art organizations.
We dont have to be perfect, we are human. And sometimes the mistakes we make can actually lead to some great highlights in our lives. Just go with it

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