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

Brent, appreciate you joining us today. Can you take us back in time to the first dollar you earned as a creative – how did it happen? What’s the story?

When I was younger I worked as a cook to fuel my snowboarding habit. It was a great opportunity for wall space to display my paintings, and while I was cooking I could watch people engage with my work. If someone was interested in a piece I would come out and talk to them about it. One day I came out and spoke with this super nice couple that wanted to buy one of my paintings, and lady told me she was the liaison to the Denver Art Museum and that I should keep painting. That was a special moment that I will never forget.\

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I’ve always been so intrigued by the arts. I grew up building things with my grandfather and drawing with my dad. Our whole family is artistic and I have wanted to be an artist for as long as I can remember. I gravitated to painting because of the versatility of the medium. It fascinates me the way a painting can take you to another world and also challenge the way you see this one. I want my work to showcase the magical world we live in and to instill a sense of wonder in the viewer. We all have so many choices to make throughout the day, and I would like to remind everyone to take a minute to look around and enjoy.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

Pushing myself to keep exploring new ideas and styles is very rewarding. It can be challenging to do something you’re not good at but if you do it long enough you eventually start to see some improvement. That feeling of growth is incredible and I can never get enough of it.

Have any books or other resources had a big impact on you?

Being an artist can be challenging at times. I always want to see huge improvements and hold myself to this super high expectation that can be unrealistic. My good friend turned me on to this book the “The Gap and the Gain” which changed my life in one page. Check it out.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.brentcollinbishop.com
• Instagram: @brentcollinbishop