Mati Rose McDonough joins the Windowsill to talk all about her journey from legal assistant, to artist, to teaching art, and mentoring. Mati (pronounced Matey, like Ahoy!) is an artist and daring adventurer. After wanting to be an artist for many years, but feeling like it was “impractical,” at 29 years Mati took the leap and went back to art school at the California College of the Arts. Now over ten years later, she is still excited and terrified every time she sees a blank canvas, but embraces the adventure of life as an artist— penning her first book with this philosophy called “Daring Adventures in Paint”. She has had dozens of art shows, taught painting classes internationally in Italy, Morocco, Costa Rica and more to come!
Mati shares:
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How a divorce and grief opened up new doors for her career
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How her career has evolved many times over
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What keeps her grounded
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Trusting your intuition and that the next step will present itself
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Ways we can get better at trusting our intuition
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Allowing ourselves to have confidence in the things we are good at and enjoy rather than disowning what we are good out
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Why it’s never too late to show the world your magic
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And more!
Mati’s illustrations grace all sorts of products from camera cases to giant elephant billboards as well as her own home decor line and dress line too— dreams come true! She is pinching herself after all those years that she is making her living as an artist. Mati has illustrated four children’s books and through her workshops, books, and popular online course, she spreads a warm message of creative courage.
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