Interview with Alejandro Castañón

In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston speaks with Texas based artist Alejandro Castañón. Alejandro shares with Preston his origins of moving from Mexico to Florida as a child, before heading to Europe where he lived through high school, joining the military upon graduating, and eventually moving back to the United States to settle in San Angelo Texas. Alejandro talks about his 180 degree shift from military life to becoming an artist and opening up his own art gallery. This episode is chalked full of so much good information for artists, as Alejandro shares with Preston a strong entrepreneurial spirit and an eagerness to master the business side of the art world. Some highlighted topics include running an art gallery and art classes, discovering your own artistic talent, marketing your work, adapting to an ever-changing social media world, personalizing your art prints, personal growth and how it can positively affect your art, developing relationships with collectors, managing different Instagram accounts for separate genres of art, and giving back to the art community, just to name a few. It is a funny and engaging conversation that we hope you enjoy and get a lot out of.  You can discover and purchase Alejandro's work and find out more about him at https://www.alejandrocastanon.com or visit him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/alejandro.fine.art. You can also Google him, as he is everywhere! For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on social media @pmsartwork. You can also now subscribe to his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/pmsartwork. You can now support the Podcast with a donation! Go to https://www.pmsartwork.com/podcast to donate today. Huge thank you to Feedspot for choosing The Living Artist for their list of the Top 25 Art Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020.   It is a huge honor to have made this amazing list (coming in at #11)   with so many other wonderful podcasts. Big thank you to Feedspot! You   can check out this list and more of Feedspot at https://blog.feedspot.com/art_podcasts. Podcast theme music: "Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com"