Episode Details

Artist Tara Roma Gill shares how she transformed a creative passion into a thriving business, all while raising six children.

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Tara Roma Gill is a mixed media artist who celebrates the exploration of whimsy and playfulness in her paintings, collages, textiles, wallpaper, and tabletop products. Nan and Tara discuss how Tara started her art career later in life, after raising six children in Texas. Today, Tara splits her time between Texas and New York, all the while creating colorful and happy artwork like her original floral collages and playful patterns for her textiles and wallpaper line – even collaborating with brands like Crown Affair and Pink Chicken. 

In this episode, Nan and Tara discuss Tara’s career, how she got started with painting, and how Instagram has helped grow her career and customer base. They also dive into the non-creative elements of work and the operations that are needed behind the scenes to support a product business. Tara describes how she structures her day and her desire to protect her creativity and follow the fun. The episode closes with Tara's three noteworthy tips: how she keeps a streamlined edit on beauty products, the shipping platform UShip for furniture and auction finds, and a mantra from her sister that ‘two things can be true at once.’ This episode is great for any creative entrepreneurs or moms aiming to balance raising their children while pursuing their own career interests. 

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Website: https://www.tararomagill.com 

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Timestamps:

00:00 Meet Tara Roma Gill 

05:04 A New Career As An Artist 

08:45 Building a Business on Instagram

13:20 The Operations of a Small Business 

18:26 Tara’s Daily Routine as an Artist 

24:31 Brand Collaborations & Self-Promotion on Instagram 

33:31 Tips from a Mother of Six Kids

38:17 Tara's Three Noteworthy Tips

Credits:

Host: Nan Philip

Executive Producer: Julia Aubuchon

Technical Director: Drew Downing

Guest: Tara Roma Gill