What if your dream job didn’t exist… until you created it?

In this episode of Learned Too Late, Allyn sits down with professional speed painter Annika Wooton, an artist who has built a career performing live paintings in front of thousands of people—from sports arenas to corporate stages.

Annika’s career didn’t follow a traditional path. After discovering speed painting in high school and refining her talent through pageantry—including performing at Miss America—she eventually took the leap to pursue it full-time. Today she travels the country creating massive paintings live on stage in as little as 30 seconds to a few minutes, blending art, performance, entrepreneurship, and a little bit of “delusional optimism.”

In this conversation, Allyn and Annika dive into what i ...