Private Artist Mentorship
Private Studio Mentorship for Fine Artists
The most important work you will ever do as an artist happens before you pick up the brush.
Every artist I have ever spoken to wants the same things. More time in the studio. A body of work they are proud of. A practice that feels sustainable. Sales that flow. Recognition that feels rewarding.
The symptom is rarely the real problem.
When you feel blocked - in the studio or in your business - the block is rarely about technique or your Instagram reels. When sales feel hard, the problem is rarely your pricing. When you cannot seem to finish a body of work, it is rarely about time (I am self-employed and I still experience time scarcity. I know this from the inside).
The root lives deeper. In the stories you inherited about what it means to be an artist. In the beliefs you carry about money, visibility, and worth. In the relationship you have with your own creative voice.
This is where we work. And this is where everything changes.
What becomes possible
When the foundation is in place, everything shifts. Artists I work with launch collections with clarity and confidence, build bodies of work that feel deeply personal and cohesive, develop a recognizable style that is unmistakably theirs, and create studio practices that sustain them for the long term.
They stop waiting for permission and start building a creative life on their own terms - attracting sales and opportunities as a byproduct.
Not by force, but by natural magnetism.
Client Love
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Working with Kat totally cracked me open in ways I wasn't expecting. She meets you with unending resources and dialed in strategies for your craft that are practical, specific, and immediately usable. Then she takes you deeper. Kat creates a sacred, steady container where what is blocking you becomes impossible to ignore - not only in your work but in the core beliefs underneath, which is where real, sustained change happens. With Kat as a guiding light, you rise to a higher level of excellence. She held me and my vision with unwavering presence through many personal, unexpected twists and turns, helping me anchor in the vision and life I am called to create.
Tracy von Ahsen
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Working with Katerina as my coach has been a life-changing experience and truly a game-changer for my art career. I was recently paid the highest amount I have ever been paid for a large painting - and I couldn't have done this without Kat's encouragement and guidance. She helped me overcome fears and doubts, showed me how to honor my creative worth, and helped me develop a pricing system that is sustainable and supports me and my family. She also helped me heal inner wounds, make major mindset shifts, and helped me create my podcast. The love, guidance, and support I received continues to take my art career to new heights. I am so thankful I listened to my heart and made this investment.
Sara Glupker
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I first connected with Ekaterina through the Create! community, where I found support, friendship, and the encouragement I needed to rebuild my confidence as an artist. After taking a long break from exhibiting and creating seriously, I felt lost and unsure of my next steps. Ekaterina became the guide I needed - helping me clarify my vision, strengthen my mindset, and take meaningful steps to build my practice and exposure. Looking back three years later, the dreams I set with her guidance have truly come to life. I've grown my body of work, shared it with the world, and stepped fully into my voice as an artist. I am deeply grateful for her ongoing support and proud to call her not only a mentor but a friend.
Camille Myles
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Working with Kat was a transformative experience. Through 1:1 coaching, Kat guided me in reaching my full potential as both an artist and entrepreneur. She shared her expertise as I launched my own art platform and provided me with an abundance of knowledge, thoughtful advice, and helpful suggestions as I worked to step into my full potential. Through daily check-ins and virtual meetups, we delved deep into my art practice and worked to establish both short and long term goals. I left her coaching program with the most powerful tool of all: self-confidence. Through our work together I was able to remove blocks that had been holding me back for years and move forward in my career. Kat cares deeply about her clients and goes above and beyond to help them reach their goals.
Victoria Fry
What We Work On
Building a cohesive, intentional body of work
Finding and deepening your personal style and voice
Creating sustainable studio habits rooted in your real life
Money mindset and your relationship to selling your work
Identity, worth, and what you truly believe is possible for you
The inner work that makes the outer work sustainable
Ekaterina Popova — Certified Master Coach, Working Artist, and Founder of Create! Magazine
It's nice to meet you!About Kat
I am a contemporary oil painter and working artist. My work explores intimate interiors and nature, drawing from my Russian heritage and my love of Impressionism, Fauvism, mysticism, and the magic hiding in daily moments. I have exhibited internationally in Paris, Philadelphia, London, and New York, and my paintings are held in private collections around the world.
Alongside my studio practice I support artists through private mentorship and my platform, Create! Magazine - built from the ground up and now reaching artists in over 100 countries. I host a podcast that has crossed one million downloads, co-authored two books on creative entrepreneurship, and built a six figure business entirely rooted in art and the people who make it.
I am still painting. Still learning. Still evolving. Fifteen years in and I show up to the canvas with the same devotion and doubt I did at the beginning. That never goes away and I would not want it to.
What I have learned in all of it is that the external milestones - the exhibitions, the sales, the recognition - are always the result of the internal work.
That is why I became a certified Master Coach and NLP Practitioner through The Yes Supply Method, a certified Money Mindset Coach, and trained in reiki and hypnosis. So I could help artists go where the real work happens.
When you work with me you get the artist and the coach. The practitioner and the human. The person who has navigated every part of this path and is still on it.
Apply to work together
Spots are limited and each client is thoughtfully chosen to make sure Kat’s mentorship is a good fit for you.
Please take your time with this application - your answers help me understand where you are, what you need, and whether this is the right fit for both of us.
A Calendly link for a complimentary discovery call will be provided once we have reviewed your application.