17: Flower Power: the art of creative business juggling with Lucy Innes Williams

Lucy Innes Williams runs not one, but two creative businesses - her fine art practice and her printed goods and stationery business, Floradore. In our really interesting chat Lucy reveals how she manages to balance the two separate entities, both linked by her love of capturing all things floral. We also discuss the journey Lucy has taken: a graduate in Fine Art from Central St Martins College in London, after leaving college Lucy didn't feel either inspired or ready to begin a career as an artist. Spending some time interning in the USA after graduation encouraged her to pursue further studies - this time at University College London - to take a Masters in Museum Studies. After that she held several posts in cataloguing and exhibition management including with the Arts Council of England and the National Portrait Gallery, before joining Bridgeman Images www.bridgemanimages.com to work in artist management. Liaising with artists and their work re-awakened her desire to start painting again, and she was able to use her valuable experience of image licensing when she launched Floredore.  In our chat Lucy reveals her techniques for keeping the two businesses separate, and how having a studio away from home - where she also has to factor in the demands of her young family - has given her a much needed space to explore her creative practice. You can see Lucy's work on instagram @lucyinneswilliams and her website is lucyinneswilliams.com where you can find links to all her upcoming exhibitions and ways to buy her gorgeous work, and for all her floral inspired printed goods, please visit floradore.co.uk

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