053: Paige Poppe, Artist and Architect

Paige Poppe is a 22-year-old freelance artist living + creating in Arizona. She work in acrylic + watercolor, and also creates hand painted skateboard addicts. This past Spring she graduated from architecture school at Cal Poly, and is continuing to pursue her architecture career alongside my passion for art. Besides being a painter, Paige is a dreamer, a maker, and coffee addict. You'll never find her sitting still, she's constantly creating! Paige is passionate about pursuing your dreams + bringing creativity to life! I strives to inspire others to do the same, by spreading positive + creative vibes.

We had such a great time chatting with Paige! Girlfriend is another one of our amazing dual professional guests! She has a creative business she owns and runs and is also pursuing a career in architecture. We chat with Paige about how much we love Periscope, how living in Copenhagen was a real eye opening experience for her and what she wanted to do with you art.

As we do with each interview we start out by asking Paige what her definition of success is.

"For me at this time {at 22} it is very fluid. I feel like I a can have success at multiple points despite if i"m doing exactly the things that I want to be doing."
"What I've learned doing my art and my art business is it really makes me happy despite maybe the place I'm in...as long as I can come home and work on it, it really brings me a lot of joy."

This is such a great perspective and a great outlook to have especially during a time of transition! While Paige is transitioning from college life to finding a full time job and still pursuing her art business, this perspective applies to all of us who are in the middle of transition from one season of life to another!

"For long term success would mean continuing to be creative and collaborative...I think ultimate success for me in the future will really be merging architecture and art together."

Paige also shares with us how things shifted for her when she realized that because she wants to pursue a career in architecture and continue her art business she doesn't need to rely on only her art to support her financially. This meant a big shift in the commissions she takes on, the art that she creates and her overall outlook with her business.

"I'm in a unique situation where my art does not need to support me fully because I am pursuing my architecture career as well."