If you’ve ever dreamed of turning your love for travel, culture, or storytelling into meaningful art sales, this episode is for you. Melbourne-based artist Salvatore Dibartolo joins us to share how his deep passion for Italy and his late start as a professional painter led him to art success—with his work now featured in Art Lovers Australia and even purchased by Georgia from The Block.

Watch the full interview on YouTube: How a Passion and Love for Travel Led to Art Sales – Ep 049

In this conversation, we dive into Salvatore’s artistic journey, the importance of self-taught skills, and how online learning, branding, and personal storytelling shaped his style. You'll also hear his experience launching a website, exploring dropshipping, creating prints, and building visibility through gallery representation and competitions.

Salvatore refined his painting technique learning from youtube and looking things up online. Salvatore landed on his current painting style from advice from Nancy Donaldson the CEO and founder of Art Lovers Australia. His paintings fuse his love for travel and in particular Italy as he spent 5 years in Sicily in his 20’s. When he talks about his travels and experiences in Italy you really get a sense for his passion and why he aims to bring that energy into the artworks that he produces.

In our conversation we touch on aspects of the business of art discussing Salvatores experience in setting up his own website. Which both Ros and Laura think is a great example of a website for those artists who are just starting out - go take a look! We touch on social media and branding as well as representation in Art Lovers Australia, Fenton and Fenton, Art to Art and the Rising Talent competition that he entered. As well as Georgia from the block buying an artwork from him and how that exposure assisted in getting his work recognised. We also talk about his experience producing a range of Prints and his experience with drop shipping.

Salvatore has really interesting insights to share and we hope that you enjoy this chat - We love hearing from our listeners, let us know what takeaways you have from this episode!

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Salvatore Website: https://www.salvatoredibartolo.com/

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