Meet Tiffany B Chanel | Visual Artist and Content Creator

We had the good fortune of connecting with Tiffany B Chanel and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Tiffany B Chanel, is there something that you feel is most responsible for your success?
Being that I am self taught, the most important factors behind my success is consistency and humility. When I realized that art was my passion, I chose to show up everyday in every way. I painted everyday and I posted my progress and finished work daily. I allowed whoever followed my page to be on this journey with me. I knew that in order to get better at my craft I had to consistently work in order to see growth. Humility also play a huge part in my success. Being humble leaves room to continuously learn and allows you to be open to being taught. I always believed that I am only as good as the day I stopped. Humility for me, is always leaving room for self improvement.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
I am known for creating pop icons and everyday people with unapologetic vibrancy, and aim to illuminate the inner beauty within each of my subjects. I am inspired by faces and I aim to make my muse come alive on canvas, conveying a degree of realism forcing the viewer to be moved by feeling. Initially, I started my artistic career in 2012 designing custom-painted sneakers. 3 years later I received a DM on instagram asking me to create a portrait of Tamara Mowry’s son Aden. I had never painted a portrait before and decided to take the challenge. When I posted the finished portrait online Tamara reposted the picture and it went viral. That’s how I started getting my clients. The harder I worked the more opportunities came in. I was able to work with brand names such as ESPN, TBS, and Amazon. My artwork has also been featured in The Guardian, Essence, Afropunk, News 12, The Epoch Times, CBS, HBO, and Madison Square Garden.

Most people always ask how I was able to work with so many brands or sell so many paintings and the honest answer is, I painted everyday. I am a firm believer that actions speak louder then words. I didn’t tell people that I wanted to be a painter everyday, I showed them. I do believe that you get what you give, so I gave everyday! It definitely wasn’t easy. Funny thin is I didn’t feel like a painter or and artist, I felt like I was just opeing up new chapters of myself that I didn’t know existed. My art journey was a self journey. The biggest challenge was dealing with fear and saying yes to things I have yet to experience. I dealt with with fear by dealing with it head on. I new that it would cause anxiety and stress me out, but I also know that when its all said and done i will have grown from the experience,

The lessons I have learned was that they say trust the process because it is not easy at all, and you must be strong in order to handle what will come your way. Also, you have to get out of your own way. No one will believe in what you are selling or promoting and you do not believe in it first. Lastly, I would say as a creative don’t ever do it for the money. If you are creating for money your direction and ideas will always change when money isn’t coming in. When that happens there is no growth it’s just quick creations for a coin. If you believe in what you do than do it because it is you passion. Stay consistent and know that they people who are suppose to see it just haven’t seen it yet. The money will come but let you focus be on the growth and consistency. People will eventually be able to identity you by your work because of the consistency and the growth over time will only add to you worth.

My goal in life is to create art that will outlive me and impact many people around the world.

I want the world to know that I will never stop creating.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
I’ve been living in Brooklyn my whole life and I still haven’t run out of fun things to do. For random fun things to do on a warm day I would take my friends to the Brooklyn Museum for 1st Saturdays, “The Greens” for a chill rooftop experience, Tompkins Ave Block part which happens every weekend in Bedstuy, or Domino Park in Williamsburg. As for eating some of my favorite places are Charm in Brooklyn, Clawdaddy for seafood, Miss Lily’s in lower Manhatten, Beauty & Essex, and Lure Fishbar in Soho.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
First and foremost I must shout out my parents! They poor into me daily and have supported me in everything I have wanted to do. What I am most thankful for is that they didn’t make things easy for me, they made me work for everything that I said I wanted. They also listened to every struggle I had along the way while supporting with words of wisdom. If it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t have the mindset and confidence that I have today. My friends also have to get a shout out. All of them inspire me just by simply being them and they have supported on this journey since day one! Lastly I would like to shout out my community in which I live which is Bed-stuy, and my Instagram community. I feel so much love online and right outside of my house. It’s really hard to have bad days when I’m surrounded by so much good energy.

As for books my favorites are “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield, “Keep Going” Austin Kleon, “You are a Badass” by Jen Sincero, and “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne.

Website: www.tiffanybchanelart.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/tiffanybchanel

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanybchanel/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/madewithswag

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tiffanybchanel

Other: TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@tiffanybchanel

Image Credits
Ceres Henry Roger Britton