Don't Do It: Advice for Success from Painter/Muralist Hueman

“Don’t do it for the Instagram likes, don’t do it for the brownie points, do it because you literally can’t see yourself doing anything else.”

— Hueman

This is the file that was used for the Southern California @nyxcosmetics retail store murals! 💗💜💗 People have been asking for my advice lately on success and making a career out of art and getting access to certain opportunities, and it's humbling to even get asked these things when I know the struggle so so well. A few of the galleries that I've had the honor of showing with are the same folks that said "thanks but no thanks" to me for years. At almost 30 I might look young but I've spent the last 10+ years working my ass off and only now are people hearing about me. Making a living off of art is HARD work. If you want the short answer: Don't do it!!! But the real question to ask yourself is--would I still be creating even if I was broke? Would I still create even if there was no one there to see it? Don't do it for the Instagram likes, don't do it for the brownie points, do it because you literally can't see yourself doing anything else. Xo 🎨

A photo posted by Hueman (@hueman_) on Oct 2, 2015 at 2:28pm PDT

Hueman grew up drawing and painting in Northern California, and received her degree in Design | Media Arts from UCLA in 2008. Whether she is painting delicate visions on canvas, or crushing massive walls with a spray can, she often draws on the human condition to create freestyle mash-ups of the abstract and figurative, and the beautiful and grotesque. She is interested in creating ethereal motion and dimension on otherwise flat, two-dimensional surfaces. 

Hueman’s work can be seen on walls and in galleries worldwide. Her art has caught the attention of media outlets and publications such as CNN, the History Channel, Complex, Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, and last year graced the cover of LA Weekly’s 2014 People Issue.