Elise Rise is a visual artist based in Brooklyn, NY.
(00:00) NYC Longing & Origins
(02:10) Studio at Four
(04:20) Unicorn Hustle to Portraits
(06:25) Parents’ Support & Art History Mom
(08:40) High School Mentor; Liberal Arts vs Art School
(10:55) Choosing Princeton
(13:15) Instinct, Impulse, and Nurture
(15:35) Painting as a Way of Thinking
(18:05) Surviving NYC: Money vs Art
(20:40) Pandemic Pivot to Creative Direction
(23:15) Keeping Craft Separate from Career
(26:05) Ritual over Feast-or-Famine
(29:00) Make Art First: One Hour Daily
(33:10) Flow State, Presence, & Starter Habits
(39:00) 9 a.m. Accountability, Sobriety, Resets
(43:10) “Botany of Bodies”: Creation, AI & Meaning
(47:10) Finding Community, Crit Clubs, Getting a Show
(51:10) Success, Selling, and the Search for Meaning
