HOWELL BURNELL
Virginia, USA

When abstract painter Howell started the program, he was scared of life.

"I barely got out of the house twice a week for food and to see friends. It was bad. But it got better."

"I made a series of paintings called the Unknowable. It was deeply transformational. I went from completely controlling my process to free expression and paintings that are a joy to make by bringing more of myself into the studio, I let go of tight controlled images and started making work that feels alive and authentic."

"I've had many coaches through the years and all my coaches were excellent, but Jessica's coaching is superlative in the way she consistently asks the right questions at the right times to awaken and enable me to break through my own obstacles."

CASSIE LOZUK
Texas, USA

Before the program, Cassie knew that art was important to her and that she wanted a career in art, but she was feeling really stuck...

"Since completing the program, I feel like a completely different person.
I finished 10 large-scale paintings. I hosted an exhibit for my art. My website now has a shop where people can purchase my art, and I increased my art income by $6000 this year."

Cassie wasn't expecting the level of support and input from so many different artists and different disciplines that the Become Internationally Known community provided. "The insights that I gained from other people's questions seem to multiply any of the questions I could come up with on my own. So that was huge."

CHANELLE JEFFERSON
Nova Scotia, Canada

When Canadian artist Chanelle Jefferson arrived in the Become Internationally Known community, she struggled to believe in the value of her own work. Selling was uncharted territory...

We offered her a new intuitive approach to pricing and helped her find her Divine Right Audience.

Not only has Chanelle celebrated her first $10K month from art sales… She also opened her own gallery!

“I see myself now as someone who is confident in their work and their unique line. I now know what my work offers and how valuable it is. The biggest change I see in myself is my confidence and my money mindset.”

HILLARY JOHNSON
Chicago, USA

Hillary Johnson is a fine art photographer and interdisciplinary artist, living and working in Chicago, Illinois.

Hillary went through the Become Internationally Known program in 2020 during the pandemic, and has been using the tools and insights she gained ever since. 

"I'm someone who really believes that each of us has gifts that we're meant to bring forth into the world and that if we don't it's really problematic and quite tragic. And I don't even think that prior to working with Jessica, I fully believed it was possible to have the kind of career that I am now actually creating."

Part of Jessica's magic is that she helps you believe before you even see that, you can trust that feeling internally, that you have something to contribute and then have the energy and the focus and direction and everything else that's needed to make those things be real."

"The fact that I've been able to make more money, show more work, have more exhibitions, and to have the kind of inner determination to do all of the things that this art career demands and do it gladly easily, have fun and feel spacious and optimistic is really kind of amazing!"

CHANTELLE GOLDTHWAITE
California, USA

"It’s so amazing to look back and see where I was 5 years ago when I began this journey. The changes and shifts have been mind-blowing."

"The whole track of my career and my mindset has shifted. I am showing consistently 6-8 times a year, I am in my studio 3-6 days a week. I have founded and now co-direct an international artist collaborative as well as being part of a local art collective that I help to manage."

"The experience that has been the Becoming Artist Program has been one of the most transformational of my life."

ANNA-CHRISTINA DE LA IGLESIA
North Carolina, USA

When Anna-Christina signed up for the Become Internationally Known program in 2021 she had a beautiful studio to work in, and was producing work…

...But she didn’t want to just produce a bunch of work. She wanted to create a cohesive body of art that related to memories from her childhood.

She wanted to create a body of work that she would feel proud and confident to show... Which is exactly what she did!

“Even if you don’t know how something is going to happen, Jessica gives you the tools to ask the questions that let the hows find themselves.”

BRYANNA MILLIS
Washington DC, USA

When Byranna Millis joined the Become Internationally Known program, she had been in a near constant state of creative block since the pandemic.

She found herself changing her mind all the time. She bought new, exciting materials but didn't get around to using them. She had ideas… So many ideas! But couldn't see how to move forward with them. 

Today, Bryanna is finishing up one of the most powerful bodies of work she has ever created. She works with purpose and feels clear on the meaning behind her art, using it as a tool for healing and connection across communities. 

“I believe in myself and my work. I believe my vision is needed by the world and that I’m here with a true purpose. I feel I have arrived to myself as the artist I always wanted to be.” 

KRISTIINA LÄHDE
Finland

When Kristiina Lähde first joined the Become Internationally Known program, she immediately recognized the power that working with others offers the creative process.

Inspired by her newfound community, she decided to collaborate with other artists…

Kristiina Lähde’s recent collaborative exhibition, “Pictures of Liberation,” had well over 300 visitors, while celebrating the many forms the female body takes… And led to two exciting new exhibition opportunities in the coming year! 

Not only was this show wildly successful, but her experience working with other artists gave her the support she needed to create new promotional materials and get her work into the world. 

ISABELLE RIZO
Chicago, USA

Coming from a background in media and influencer marketing, Isabelle's journey into the art world through the Becoming Artist programs gave her permission to use her creativity as part of her entrepreneurial processes and enabled her to understand her art-making as a sacred practice.

Since working with Jessica, Isabelle has had three shows, both in Chicago and nationally, published a book of her art and set up an Artists and Mystics retreat in her home country of Romania.  

"Without the tools I gained in the program I wouldn’t have accomplished the things I wanted to create as an artist."

HELEN VAN STOLK
Cape Town, South Africa

Since first working with Jessica back in 2017, Helen has had six solo shows (most of which have been sell-outs!), and runs her own courses including an underwater snorkelling retreat. 

"My breakthroughs have been really leaning into the incredible and knowing that it is all possible." 

CHRYSTAL HARDT
North Carolina, USA

"Before becoming involved with this program, I was showing
a lot and I was fatigued, I really was running out of steam. And for the first time I thought about just not even painting anymore. During that time period it's like, "Oh my Lord, here I am in a small town, it was already hard. How will I ever get my engines revving enough to make art again?"

"Since I started doing this program,I've had five solo exhibitions and two of those have been really outside the box."

"You do the work, but the universe shows up to support you once you set the intention and get clear about what you want."

TARYN MAEIA IMRIE
Ontario, Canada

"I'm finding myself embracing ideas of what is possible in a whole new way and developing an incredible trust in my myself and my capacities that simply wasn't there before."

"Since my first encounter with this program a year ago, I have been welcomed to take on a semi-private studio in a community space, and I'm now teaching ceramics there."

"I had no idea that such enormous things could ever be possible. And I truly believe that without the work and support that we've done here in this community, I don't know if I ever would've been brave enough to even dream of trying."

YASMIN LAMBIE SIMPSON
Wales, United Kingdom

"I can't tell you how happy I was to be able to participate in a program with such a wonderful coach, that helped me really gain some confidence and a consistent practice that I am still doing today.

Jessica is so great at asking you the most amazing questions to dig really deep so that you can get there.

What I know to be true is that if you follow your desire, if you do the work, and if you have a coach as dedicated as Jessica Serran is, it's amazing how far you can go."