ABOUT MARC SCHEFF
Creative Coach.
Artist.
Gallery Founder.
Community Builder.
Hello my creative friend,
A few years ago I was in a creative executive job, a dream job, leading my vision. Friends and colleagues asked me what my secret is. My real secret is that during that particular time I was struggling like never before. Even with a successful art career and “Executive” and “Founder” in my CV, inside I felt directionless, wondering if I should just quit.
I did quit the job, but I also quit doing things the same way, hoping for a different result.
It wasn’t easy.
This low point pushed me past the edge of my own limiting beliefs. I had the chance to create a new path for myself. I saw the benefits of this journey not just for me, but for my family, kids, friends, and the clients and creatives I now support through my work.
Today, I work with mid-career creatives around the world through private coaching, immersive programs, and a global creative community. My clients and members learn tools to build their own path, with confidence, resilience, and creative clarity without burning out or abandoning who they are.
Most of my clients know what they want.
They hire me so they stop talking themselves out of it.
If you’re mid-career, you may have heard the question in your head, “Is this it?”
The answer is no.
I work with people who are willing to find out what’s next.
If you're ready to stop forcing your life to fit someone else's rules, this is where that creative shift begins.
The Artist Behind the Coaching
I’m a contemporary artist whose practice explores depth, presence, and the emotional layers beneath the surface of experience. My work often incorporates mixed media and resin, creating dimensional pieces that invite close looking and slow engagement. These pieces are about what’s felt rather than what’s said.
Founder of Every Day Original art gallery
I’m the founder and curator of Everyday Original, a contemporary art platform created to support working artists and make original work accessible to collectors. Built on the belief that artists deserve a place to create work they want to make, and make money doing it, the gallery has supported hundreds of artists and facilitated over $1M in original artwork sales. We believe in integrity, community, and the artist’s voice.
Why do I coach mid-career creatives?
Creativity is not optional.
Mid-career creatives have skills and resources to evolve their work and their practice.
Creativity is how you innovate, lead, solve problems, and build a life you’re proud of.
Pressure, comparison, burnout, and perfectionism can cause you to put creativity aside.
However, when you connect with that inner voice, you become unstoppably yourself in all you create.
And when you do this for yourself, the biggest impact is on you.
This is the foundation of how I guide creatives:
My work blends creative thinking, solutions-focused coaching, and self-leadership.
Make a Mess
Build with Confidence
Who do I work with?
Mid-life creatives are often ready to leave organizational safety or use it to build a new path forward.
They also know the confidence they need comes from deep self-understanding.
You might be:
- Expanding or moving to a new role
- Reinventing yourself with new skills or career direction
- Or even starting your own thing
If you're ready to stop talking yourself out of the thing you want to do next, we should talk.
Professional Experience
I know what it means to build a creative life from the inside out, and I’ve helped hundreds of artists do the same.
- Award-winning artist
- Certified coach (Erickson International & ICF)
- Founder & curator of Everyday Original
- 500+ creatives coached and mentored
- Host of The Art of Transformation podcast
- 15+ years exhibiting in galleries across the U.S. and abroad
- Smart School faculty (11+ years)
- Art director for major entertainment & game merchandise IPs
- Executive director of a nonprofit for inclusive artist retreats
- I’m also a parent, a partner, an artist, and a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner.
I believe your creative life should support your whole life, not compete with it.
What People Say
Let's Build Your thing
Your creative life is worth investing in.
If you’re ready to return to feel alive in your work, I’d love to meet you.
This starts with a free 15 minute call where we uncover what you want, what’s in the way, what you want to do about it, and how my work can support yours.