The Live Painter Podcast

Apr 19 2024
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The Live Painter Podcast is the first podcast entirely dedicated to professional live event painters!  On this show, we explore the mysterious and magical world of live event painting through our interviews with experienced fine art live painters from around the world.  We'll also share insights from live painting clients and the event professionals who work alongside live painters to make special events come to life.  

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Season 2.5 Chit Chat! (part two)

Apr 19 2024 95 mins  
Communication, communication, communication: that's the theme of today's episode! In this chatty episode, we discuss some positive updates we've seen in 2024 along with a deep dive into several tough situations we've dealt with this year and how we handled each one a little differently while still holding firm to our policies (and personal boundaries). The theme

Welcome to The Live Painter Rewatch Pod!

Apr 01 2024 18 mins  
We are so excited for this BRAND NEW podcast! We have so many fans asking us to discuss our old podcast from way back when, and we just couldn't say no to our fans. On this show, we will go episode by episode and discuss behind the scenes fun facts and reminisce about our original podcast, a little show you may remember as The Live Painter Podcast. Make sure you follow along f

Season 2.5 Chit Chat! (part one)

Mar 25 2024 96 mins  
Join us for a chatty episode as we gear up for Season 3 of LPP! We discuss guest portraits, wedding inquiry scams, burnout and even touch on a few of our favorite reality shows!The Live Painter Podcast is hosted by Jamie Pogue and Amanda Rainear of Event Painting by Jamie, a live painting business based in Orlando, FL and Philadelphia, PA. For more information on Jamie and Amanda,

Season 2 Finale

Jan 09 2024 129 mins  
Surprise! We decided to wrap up Season 2 of The Live Painter Podcast with this very candid and frank chat about some current buzzy topics in both the live wedding painting world and the events industry as a whole. We share some cautionary words about education courses and expert speaker events aimed at live painters, offer our unsolicited opinions about guest portraits, discuss whe

"What is the next step for your LWP business?"

Dec 27 2023 66 mins  
In today's episode, we chat about your answers to the question "What do you think is the next step for your live wedding painting business?" We chat about virtual assistants, working as a full-time LWP, finishing paintings on site and, finally, traveling for events. We finish up with the craziest travel experience we have ever had (it's a doozy!). Thank you to e

Let's chat!

Dec 20 2023 62 mins  
We're getting back into the swing of things today with this rambly impromptu chat. We discuss quite a bit about mental health challenges unique to small business owners as well as what to expect from the rest of Season 2 (plus plans for Season 3). We'll return to discussing our Season 2 survey topics in the next episode- stay tuned!The Live Painter Podcast is hosted by Ja

Working with wedding planners and other event vendors as a LWP (Part Two)

Nov 22 2023 55 mins  
In today's episode, we finish up our chat all about wedding planners and other event vendors! We'll share some silly anecdotes about planners we've worked with, go over some survey results about planner referrals, and end the episode with an important chat about tipping and gratuities.The Live Painter Podcast is hosted by Jamie Pogue and Amanda Rainear of Event Paint

Working with wedding planners and other event vendors as a LWP (Part One)

Nov 15 2023 55 mins  
It's time to get a little spicy! In today's episode, we begin a two part chat about what it's like working with wedding planners (and other event vendors) as a live wedding painter. Spoiler alert: the experience is sometimes not great. Amanda shares her insights as a former wedding planner herself, and we also share several comments about planners/vendors that were s

Live Wedding Painters: Artists or event professionals?

Nov 08 2023 78 mins  
Are Live Wedding Painters primarily artists, or does their participation in special events make them event service providers first and foremost? Can both options be true at the same time? We dive into this important duality of a live wedding painter's role through discussion of some poll questions posed on our Instagram page along with responses we received from fellow live pa

Answering Listener Questions!

Nov 01 2023 56 mins  
Today we're chatting all about questions we've received about the show! We'll talk about LPP's future as well as continue our discussion regarding contracts and boundaries. Artists whose questions were featured in this episode include Katherine Gressel (www.eventpaintingbykatherine.com), Amanda Hawthorne (www.livewellpaintoften.com), Virginia Brown (www.beretand