About this episode
June Park paints walls for a living — hotels, schools, three city blocks and counting. In this long-form interview she walks us through what a sustainable mural practice actually looks like: how she prices a wall, how she says no to bad briefs, and why her quietest habit — a Friday admin hour — is the reason the business still exists.
We also get into the trade-offs nobody posts about: turning down gallery work that pays in exposure, keeping a part-time teaching contract for stability, and designing a portfolio that attracts the clients you actually want.
"Charge for the ten years it took you to paint it in ten days."
What you will take away
- How June scopes and prices a mural from first call to final coat
- The red flags in a client brief — and the email template she uses to decline
- Why boring habits (invoicing Fridays, photo Fridays) compound faster than talent
- Building a portfolio that filters clients instead of chasing them
Chapters
From sketchbook to scaffolding 00:00
June's path from illustration graduate to full-time muralist, and the first wall that paid real money.
Pricing a wall without guessing 14:20
Square metres, lift hire, weather days and the margin that keeps the lights on — her full pricing worksheet explained.
The boring habits that make it possible 31:05
Admin Fridays, photo documentation and the teaching contract she kept on purpose.
Designer turned podcaster. Maya asks working creatives how the money, the process and the calendar really work.
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