Specialising in how to find your artistic style, developing your artistic practice, cultivating a positive mindset and portfolio reviews

Why chose me?
As a self-made artist I've gone from working in a corporate IT job to full-time artist. My journey to professional artist has been a winding road and I understand what it takes to create the best possible art that reflects your authenticity. With real life experience in gaining gallery representation, building a business and exhibiting worldwide I will help you unlock your potential.
I specialise in cultivating a positive mindset and tuning into your intuition to create your best possible art. Once you understand how to do this you will create authentic art that feels good and get clarity on your artistic style and career path.
Book your free, no obligation discovery call to see if I'm the right fit to accelerate your artistic journey!
Book your free consultation
This free 30 minute consultation is a chance for us to connect—no pressure, no sales pitch.
Whether you're just starting out or seeking guidance to level up your art or career, this call is designed to:
✨ Get to know you and your creative goals
🎯 Explore where you're feeling stuck or unsure
📚 Share how I work as a mentor and how I might support you
🤝 See if we’re a good match to work together
Think of it as a relaxed, honest conversation—because choosing the right mentor is personal. If it feels aligned, I’ll walk you through the next steps. If not, you'll still leave with a bit more clarity and direction.
Ready to explore your creative next chapter?
Click below to book your free call.
RuthEgon
Free Consultation Artist's Mentoring
1-2-1 Artist's Mentoring Session
Find your voice. Define your path. Reignite your creative confidence.
This 60-minute session is designed to help you reconnect with your artistic identity and gain clarity on where to go next—whether you're feeling creatively stuck, unsure of your style, or overwhelmed by too many ideas.
Together, we’ll explore:
✨ Your artistic style: what’s working, what feels off, and what lights you up
🖼️ Your niche: how to shape your creative identity in a way that feels authentic
💡 Your next steps: personalized, practical actions to move forward with confidence
🧠 Mindset blocks: we’ll gently untangle doubt, comparison, or fear that may be holding you back
You’ll leave with:
- A clear sense of direction
- Fresh inspiration and creative momentum
- A follow-up summary and suggested resources tailored to you
Perfect for: Artists in transition, creatives craving clarity, or anyone ready to move from “I don’t know what I’m doing” to “I know what’s next.”
🎯 Come as you are. Leave with a plan.
Let’s get you unstuck and reconnected to your art.
RuthEgon
One off 1-2-1 artist's mentoring session
🎯 Art Growth Journey – 3-Month Mentoring Package
Build confidence, sharpen your skills, and grow your creative identity.
This 3-session package is designed for intermediate artists who are ready to move beyond the experimental phase and step more intentionally into their creative path. Whether you're refining your technique, seeking consistency in your style, building a portfolio, or exploring how to turn your art into a brand, this mentorship gives you the focused support and structure to grow with clarity and purpose.
💬 What’s Included:
✅ 3 × 60-minute 1:1 mentoring sessions (over 3 months)
We’ll meet once a month to dive deep into your goals, challenges, and growth areas. Each session is fully tailored to where you are and where you want to go—whether that’s technical refinement, niche development, building a cohesive body of work, or preparing to share your art publicly.
✅ Personalised growth plan
After our first session, I’ll create a custom roadmap for you—covering your artistic focus, skill-building areas, business goals (if relevant), and clear next steps to keep you moving forward.
✅ Monthly accountability check-ins
Between our sessions, you’ll get an email or message check-in to keep you supported, motivated, and on track.
✅ Feedback on up to 3 artworks per month
You’ll have the chance to submit up to 3 pieces each month for thoughtful, constructive critique—focused on both technique and artistic voice.
💡 What You’ll Gain:
- Clarity around your unique style and creative direction
- A supportive structure for consistent growth
- Deeper confidence in your artistic decisions
- Tools and insight to move toward your goals—whether personal, professional, or both
💼 Price: £150
⏳ Duration: 3 months (option to renew for continued support)
This package is ideal if you’re no longer a beginner, but still feeling a bit lost in the “in-between” stage. You know there’s something more in you—you just need the right support to draw it out.
Let’s turn your creative potential into tangible progress.
Book your spot and let’s grow together.
RuthEgon
🎯 Art Growth Journey – 3-Month Mentoring Package
Where it all started, my personal story
The calling to create art started very early for me, in fact, my earliest memories I remember creating, drawing, and crafting in all forms, and I even formed my own artist community ‘Ruth’s Art Club’ at primary school. Every birthday and Christmas had a long list of crafting supplies, and I was lucky enough that my father encouraged my passions. The first artwork I saw that viscerally moved me was Van Gogh, Cafe Terrace at night (1888).
Growing up in an unconventional family, with a single-parent father raising me and my brother, I experienced feeling left out of normal family life and society’s expectations. This life experience since led me to always lean into empathy, and being comfortable with unconventional ideas and celebrate differences. But as a child it was challenging having to navigate growing up without a mother. I had to become very independent sooner than I should, and also became a people pleaser.
I was lucky enough at school to have a very supportive art teacher, and my dad always encouraged me to create. But even as I was pursuing art at college, I had a wobble. Can you believe I considered going to university to study law? I enjoyed the subject and got good grades in my final A Level exams. Looking back it was a crisis of confidence, that I couldn't possibly follow my dreams AND have that as a sustainable career.
Having been selected to a top university at Winchester School of Art I couldn't believe my luck. But I was about to be in for a big culture shock. Having grown up in Walsall, in the West Midlands, a working class town moving to Winchester surrounded by affluence, different ideals and honestly people who had no understanding of how their financial heritage gave them an unfair advantage. Whilst I was watching every penny to ensure I could do the basic things, my flatmates ate sushi and went to yoga class. This is honestly no joke! Once again I felt alienated and less than.
Once graduating in 2008, I felt lucky to have got through 3 years of university on a small budget and came away with a small group of good friends. The next step was gaining work experience in textile design, but soon found again, to be pushed out. Design houses expect you to do unpaid work experience in London, something I couldn't afford. So I worked my way up in the retail world, starting in coffee shops, and eventually becoming a shop manager. Ambition and hard work was never lacking for me, but I have faced challenges.
I spent several years trying to get into the design world, but found it to be a case of who you know rather than talent leading the way. After years of trying I became depressed, hopeless and frustrated. That's when I decided to go back to what I love, painting, and just do it for the enjoyment. I had no idea it would lead me to becoming a full-time professional artist and co-leader of an Art Community.
So looking back if I could give that insecure, passionate, talented, confused young woman some advice it would be..
- Follow your passion and heart, you don't need to have it all figured out
- Your challenges and hurts will lead to purpose
- Trust your intuition
- ‘Normal’ people are boring (lol)
- Be proud of who you are and your background
- Mindset is the most powerful tool you can leverage
It’s all too easy to think (as an artist) of all the reasons it won’t work, and label yourself as a dreamer for wanting to follow your passion as a career. Our economical system that’s driven by ‘hard work’, we are conditioned to believe as a working class adult the best we can hope for is enough money for a holiday once a year when we can finally relax and enjoy ourselves. You can however, choose to step out this paradigm like I have and follow a purpose driven by making the world a better place, through art.
I’m really passionate about inspiring and supporting other artists to unleash their creativity and believe it’s never been a better time to be an artist. I’m living proof, as a working class female, that it’s achievable and also necessary that our voices are heard more in the art world, as our experience yields important truths.