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Art Dealer Diaries Podcast

422 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 60 ratings

See the art world through my eyes as an art dealer with thirty years in the business. Interviews of unique and interesting individuals that collect, deal and find art as compelling as I do. Learn the pitfalls of the art world and the interesting cast of characters that are a constant thread of entertaining commentary. Pull up a chair with me, Mark Sublette and the Art Dealer Diaries.

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Andy & Amy Krane: Publishers, Art of the West Magazine - Epi. 288, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

March 27, 2024 10:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MB

I had Amy and Andy Krane on today, and they own the magazine Art of the West. It's a longstanding magazine that has been around more than 36 years. The Krane's bought it in 2019. Since then, I have seen them at almost every show that I've gone to, and I've been at a lot of shows the last couple of years.  I was really glad to see them in Tucson and to get a chance to speak with them about what they do. It was interesting to hear about the magazine business and some of the hurdles that they ...

Howard Post: Western Artist & Rodeo Champion - Epi. 287, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

March 20, 2024 11:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB

Recently I've been interviewing artists at various shows in front of various paintings for use on my podcast and for social media videos as well. I must admit, the information that flows from these creative minds while in front of their respective works is really amazing and different from what you'd hear from a normal podcast of mine. This episode follows this format and then some. With that in mind, I highly encourage you to watch the YouTube version if you can. You see, the first half fo...

Douglas Leen: Historic Art Hunter & Author - Epi. 286, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

March 13, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MB

I had "Ranger of the Lost Art" Doug Leen on today. Very interesting, man, not only for what he's done for the arts, but just as much for what he's done for American history. He starts out as a park ranger, and even before that, he's in Vietnam Ultimately he gets involved in Kent State after he gets back from the war and meets with Nixon and talked to him about the his opposition for the war. It's also a story of discovery. You see, Doug finds this poster when he's in his mid-twenties, work...

William Matthews: Western Artist - Epi. 285, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

March 06, 2024 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MB

I love my job because it allows me to interact with artists in a way that other people don’t get to. And in this case, it was with William Matthews at his show, which is called Decades, and it’s at the Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West. It’s running through the fall of 2024. It’s all there on the walls, no matter what part of his life you’re going to see, Williams is there to talk about it. We walk through his show and discuss it. This podcast really is one that would be best ...

Ed Mell (1942 - 2024): Celebrated Western Artist - Epi. 284, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

February 28, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 75.5 MB

When I decided to do this podcast seven years ago, one of the main reasons for doing it was to capture the voices of artists, dealers, collectors, art curators, all of the components that make up my world as an art dealer and how they affect me. That's why the project is called the Art Dealer Diaries.  One of the biggest personalities to impact my life was a man named Ed Mell. He was a good friend and such an important artist. It was interesting to listen to and watch this podcast. I know h...

Tim Peterson: Curator & Collector, Western Spirit Museum - Epi. 283, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

February 21, 2024 21:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MB

This podcast is different than most because it's really a visual podcast. So I highly recommend watching the YouTube version so you can see the imagery that we're talking about. Not that it isn't interesting to listen to, but the imagery will really add to the experience. I had the opportunity to go and spend the afternoon with Tim Peterson, who curated the Tom Gilleon Retrospective at the Western Spirit: Scottdale's Museum of the West, as well as Courage and Crossroads, an exhibit of Peter...

Alvin Yellowhorse: Navajo Silversmith - Epi. 282, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

February 14, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MB

The different voices I get to hear on the podcast keeps it fresh and interesting for me and make me want to continue doing it. This is my seventh year and doing the Art Dealer Diaries and I'm always amazed that there's still something that I haven't heard / some person that I haven't met that fills in the gaps. So today I had Alvin Yellowhorse and he's a silversmith. I like to think of him not only as a silversmith but also as a very creative artist who works in metal. He not only produces g...

Scott Burdick: Fine Artist (Part 2) - Epi. 281, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

February 07, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.6 MB

I  ad Scott Burdick on today. What an interesting man. We had a very long talk and the reason it was so long was we went over a lot of subjects. It wasn't just a podcast about a painter talking about painting. I would say painting was something we discussed the least.  We went deep into his belief system, how he sees the world, and how his creativity flows through different fields, not just traditional art, which is what most people know him for. He's also a writer and he works in film, mak...

Scott Burdick: Fine Artist (Part 1) - Epi. 280, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

January 31, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MB

I had Scott Burdick on today. What an interesting man. We had a very long talk and the reason it was so long was we went over a lot of subjects. It wasn't just a podcast about a painter talking about painting. I would say painting was something we discussed the least.  We went deep into his belief system, how he sees the world, and how his creativity flows through different fields, not just traditional art, which is what most people know him for. He's also a writer and he works in film, mak...

Dr. Larry Len Peterson: Art Historian & Author (Part 2) - Epi. 279, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

January 24, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MB

I had Dr. Larry Len Peterson on today, and we're discussing his new book "Edward S. Curtis, Printing the Legends: Looking at Shadows in a West Lit Only by Fire" it's a terrific book. I read this whole book and I'm going to read it again. There's just so much information, not only about Edward Curtis, but about that whole time frame from 1860 to 1945. All the big players, whether it's J.P. Morgan or Buffalo Bill or Custer, and even the Indian boarding school systems.  If you're interested in ...

Dr. Larry Len Peterson: Art Historian & Author (Part 1) - Epi. 278, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

January 17, 2024 10:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MB

I had Dr. Larry Len Peterson on today, and we're discussing his new book "Edward S. Curtis, Printing the Legends: Looking at Shadows in a West Lit Only by Fire" it's a terrific book. I read this whole book and I'm going to read it again. There's just so much information, not only about Edward Curtis, but about that whole time frame from 1860 to 1945. All the big players, whether it's J.P. Morgan or Buffalo Bill or Custer, and even the Indian boarding school systems.  If you're interested in ...

Mike Brainard: Writer, Producer, & Actor - Epi. 277, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

January 10, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB

Wow, I had a great time with this podcast, Mike Brainard. He is a writer, an actor, a podcast producer, and a woodworker, just to say a few of the things that he's accomplished in his life. He does a podcast called The Ernie Pyle Experiment!, which is a 13-episode podcast that actually came in second, I believe, for an Audie Award, which is like the top award that you can get in audio-based production. I've listened to a portion of it, and I highly encourage you to listen to it. You can get ...

Shonto Begay (Diné): Artist & Educator - Epi. 276, Host Dr Mark Sublette

January 03, 2024 18:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MB

Shonto Begay joined me today for a special podcast right before Christmas. I've had Shonto on before. In fact, he was my guest on the second podcast I had ever done. I've known Shonto for over 20 years and have been collecting his art as well as selling it. You know, he just is unique. He's unique in so many forms and fashions. It's almost hard to describe. Shonto shared some of the things that are, you know, very deep and moving to him and how he creates. He speaks on the trauma that he ha...

Moira Geoffrion: Pods, Plants, and Parts - Epi. 275, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

December 27, 2023 08:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MB

Moira Geoffrion joins host Mark Sublette to talk about her show "Pods, Plants, and Parts."  The show has 144 new paintings of the botanical structures that can be found throughout the Sonoran desert. Opening with the artist is Friday, December 29 from 12 - 2 PM at Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson, Arizona. View the Show Online: https://www.medicinemangallery.com/collections/december-20-2024

Osage Indian School & Killers of the Flower Moon - Epi 274, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

December 14, 2023 01:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MB

Numerous important bills signed in Congress between 1869 to 1925 set the stage for the Osage Reign of Terror in 1920's Oklahoma. David Grann’s book “Killers of the Flower Moon” and the 2023 Martin Scorsese movie by the same name serve as the backdrop for this deep dive and historical overview. This is unlike any of my previous podcasts so I hope you enjoy Art Dealer Diaries Episode 274.

Danuta Tomzynski: Artist and Designer - Epi. 273, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

December 06, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MB

I had artist Danuta Tomzynski on today. She's such an interesting human being. You know, just starting we went right to the heart of it by talking about her parents.  They were both Polish and were in Poland during World War II. Her father fought in the war after being taken to Siberia by the Russians and her mom was taken from Poland to Germany to be a servant. What they had to do to make it out and to get to America was extraordinary. Without their struggles and their stories, she doesn't ...

Richard & Helen Shull: Miners, Authors, Artists, Owners of Esmeralda Turquoise Company - Epi. 272, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

November 29, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB

This had to be one of the more interesting podcasts I've done.  It's with Helen and Richard Shull, and they own Esmeralda Turquoise Company in Nevada. They had come into my gallery and we were talking about what they do. It turns out they're miners/gemologists and they own turquoise mines that are scattered through northern Nevada. After a brief conversation I asked them to come on the show and they gave this wonderful talk about how you find mines, and what it means to be a miner in 2023. ...

Paula A. Baxter: Design Historian, Professor, Curator & Author - Epi. 271, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

November 22, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MB

Paula Baxter was on the show today and she's very interesting, as most of our guests are.  All of our guests have a similar thread of the arts running through their lives in some form or fashion. In her case, it was 1986 when she was in Santa Fe and bought a piece at Ortega's on the Plaza. It was like an epiphany for Paula. She needed to be more aware of this material.  Paula has worked as the head curator of art and architecture for the New York Public Library, she worked at MoMA, and she ...

John Morris (1939 - 2023): Woodstock Organizer - Epi. 270, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

November 15, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MB

I wanted to re-air John Morris's podcast. I had him on episode 11 back in 2018. John recently passed and was such an interesting human being and I'm so happy that he took the time during Indian Market in 2018 to come talk to me about his life.  You know, John was a guy who was intimately involved in the 1969 Woodstock show. He booked all the people he worked with, all the acts. You know, he was if you look at the Woodstock movie. He was a unique man who had multiple interests and never took...

William Haskell: Winds of Western Change, Opens January 12, 2024 - Epi. 269, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

November 08, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 48 MB

I had a wonderful podcast today with William Haskell. We had done a podcast together two years ago in the middle of the pandemic, but it was really nice to actually spend time with him in person.  Instead of focusing on how got to where he is today (since that story was told in epi. 129), I wanted to find out about his new show that he's doing for us. He's going to have 15+ paintings in a one-man show this coming January. We delve into not only the show and the paintings but at the more tec...

William Alther: Fine Artist and Biologist - Epi. 268, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

November 01, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MB

I had Bill Alther on today and wow, he's such a unique individual and has a great story. He's an individual who always knew he was going to be an artist. He just didn't know what kind of artist.  He started painting in high school and after college, he began carving wooden sculptures of birds. He was successful and made a living doing it, but it just wasn't fulfilling. At some point, he said enough was enough. At the time, he was a drummer in a band called 'The Shades' which he did for ten ...

Barry Friedman: Trade Blanket Expert, Killers of the Flower Moon - Epi. 267, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

October 25, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 51.5 MB

I always have a good time with Barry Friedman and he was my guest on the podcast today.  Barry's specialty is trade blankets. These range from the traditional Pendleton to a variety of different types of blankets that were made commercially from 1892 up to today. The Pendleton company is still making wonderful blankets as we speak.  I've done a podcast with him in the past (episode 15), where you can hear his whole backstory. It's extremely interesting because he was a professional writer f...

Billie Ponca: Osage Elder talks Killers of the Flower Moon - Epi. 266, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

October 18, 2023 15:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MB

I took the Art Dealer Diaries on a little road trip this week to northeastern Oklahoma, in the heart of Osage Country, to get an inside look at this blockbuster movie by Martin Scorsese called Killers of the Flower Moon. The book was by David Grann and the story is a tragic one for the Osage people.  The Osage call it the reign of terror. It took place from 1921 to 1926, and at least 25 Osage were murdered by this cadre of white opportunists trying to cash in on the oil boom, which was part...

2023 SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market Interview Compilation - Epi. 265, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

October 11, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MB

There's nothing better than the third week in August at Indian Market in Santa Fe. I took this entire weekend to film interviews with artisans and people running the event to give you a sense of what it's like.  We went to the SWAIA presentation of Best of Show, which we were fortunate enough to be able to sponsor for the next four years. So you kind of get a behind-the-scenes of what it's really like for the artists as well as seeing people peruse the market and experience a tidal wave of ...

Jordan K. Walker: Deep Time (Opens October 7, 2023) - Epi. 264, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

October 04, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MB

I had Jordan K. Walker on my podcast today. I've had Jordan on before and last time (Epi. 239) we talked about his life and all the things that made him who he is today. This time around, we're having his first one-man show, Deep Time, opening on October 7, 2023.  I thought it would be helpful for individuals out there who are artists to hear what that took to get there because you only get to have your first exhibition once. It's that one time in your life you get to go, here I am. This is...

Victoria Adams: Jewelry Artist & Designer (Part Two) - Epi. 263, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

September 27, 2023 13:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MB

I had Victoria Adams on today and wow, what a delightful person she is. She's such an upbeat, happy person. I've been very familiar with her work for probably two decades, and she always exhibits at prominent Indian Market events. Victoria is known for her beautifully designed jewelry and she makes custom handbags that are to die for. This year at SWAIA Indian Market, she won the best of class for the diverse arts category, which is a big, big deal. Her entry was very unique mixed-media scu...

Victoria Adams: Jewelry Artist & Designer (Part One) - Epi. 262, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

September 20, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 42 MB

I had Victoria Adams on today and wow, what a delightful person she is. She's such an upbeat, happy person. I've been very familiar with her work for probably two decades, and she always exhibits at prominent Indian Market events. Victoria is known for her beautifully designed jewelry and she makes custom handbags that are to die for. This year at SWAIA Indian Market, she won the best of class for the diverse arts category, which is a big, big deal. Her entry was very unique mixed-media scu...

Teal Blake: Western Painter & Cowboy Artist of America - Epi. 261, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

September 13, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MB

So many of the podcasts that I do deal with Western art, but rarely do I have an artist that epitomizes what it means to be a "Western artist" the way that Teal Blake does.  Teal was raised in Montana and he's been in the West his whole life and currently lives in Texas.  Not only does he have the credentials of being a Western individual, but he was a professional cowboy for seven years as part of the rodeo circuit. To take that life experience and translate it into how he paints and sees ...

John Bell: Artist & Designer - Epi. 260, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

September 06, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MB

I do this podcast because the people I meet in my line of work are really interesting. That's a lot of it. John Bell is exactly the kind of podcast I love doing because he's not somebody you can just throw into a typical mold and say, oh he's an artist or he's an art dealer. You know? John is an Academy Award-nominated individual who's worked on movies like Back to the Future Two, Men in Black, and Jurassic Park. All are culturally significant, yet they'd be incomplete without the influenc...

Ray Dewey: Prolific Santa Fe Art Dealer - Epi. 259, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

August 30, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MB

I had a great time talking with Ray Dewey. It's a podcast that I've been wanting to do for quite a while and it's just taken a while for us to get together. He's a really busy guy so I finally said: "Fine, I'll come up to Santa Fe."  I knew Ray would have a great story, and he did not disappoint. Ray was an instrumental figure in the Native American art business, especially from the 1970s through the 1990s. He still buys and sells paintings, so it's not like he's not out of the scene, but h...

Roy Talahaftewa: Master Hopi Silversmith - Epi. 258, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

August 23, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MB

I think the reason I do these podcasts is for guests like the one I just had on, which is Roy Talahaftewa. I have to say, he is such a genuine, wonderful person, artist, and someone that I think everyone should get to know if they don't already. For one thing, just on the silversmith part, he's won best of show at the Indian Market events the Heard Museum, and the Museum of Northern Arizona, but also at the Santa Fe Indian Market. I could be wrong but don't think anybody has accomplished th...

Podcast Highlights: 2023 Santa Fe Indian Market Edition, Epi. 257 - Host Dr. Mark Sublette

August 16, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MB

In order of appearance: • Jamie Schulze: Executive Director, SWAIA  • Bo Joe: Navajo/Uté Silversmith (Booth # LIN W 757) • Barbara Teller Ornelas:  Navajo Weaver (Booth # LIN W 774) • Jared Chavez: San Felipe Silversmith (Booth # FR N 306) • Russell Sanchez: San Ildefonso Pueblo Potter (Booth # LIN E 711) • Kathleen Wall: Jemez Pueblo Pottery Artist  (Booth # PLZ 78) • Marla Allison: Laguna Pueblo Artist (Booth # LIN E 730) • Mateo Romero: Artist and Activist (Booth # LIN E 739) • Duane Mak...

Christine Mollring: Gallerist, Author, and Museum Executive - Epi. 256, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

August 09, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MB

I had Christine Mollring on today. For those who don't know who she is, you need to. Christine is one of the backbones of Western art. She started her own gallery early on in the 1970s and owned Trailside Gallery until about 94.  Think back on what kind of individuals were running Western art galleries back in that era. They were pretty much all men.  We talked about it a little, not a lot, because she felt like it was just what she had to do. It didn't stop her from becoming the best of th...

Jim Rea: Co-Chair & Artist Liason, Masters of the American West - Epi. 255, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

August 02, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MB

I had a very interesting talk with Jim Rea today. Jim helps run the Masters show at the Autry Museum along with his wife, Jodie. We get the whole story of - not only the Autry show and how it began - but of how Jim, who started out in accounting, ends up being a critical component in this very important art show at an important museum. Jim is a guy who really liked art but wasn't trained in art. Just the opposite. He's a numbers guy. That being said, he sees the world change before his very...

Curt Walters: Impressionist Landscape Painter - Epi. 254, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

July 26, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MB

Had a wonderful podcast today with Curt Walters. He's always been one of my favorite painters. He is known as a Grand Canyon painter, but he paints all sorts of things of all shapes and sizes, painting a giant canyon one day, and water lilies the next.  It was fun to be able to listen to his journey as it was not an easy one. Curt grew up in Farmington, New Mexico and he was dyslexic. As a kid, he was having issues dealing with a learning disability that most people just didn't understand a...

Jamie Schulze: Executive Director, SWAIA - Epi. 253, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

July 19, 2023 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MB

I had Jamie Schulze say today, she is just a terrific individual and I just love her upbeat, happy demeanor. You can just feel in her something that is giving. She's the perfect person to be the executive director of SWAIA.  Jaimie is someone who really cares about the artists and understands the process. She has the responsibility of promoting not only the art, but the cultural sensitivity of participants that represent over 200 different tribes. So it's a big organization to control and t...

Mark Rossi: Wildlife and Western Sculptor - Epi. 252, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

July 12, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MB

I had Mark Rossi on my podcast today and we had a really wonderful talk. I've known Mark for almost 30 years and he's been in my gallery almost that long as well. He's known for his sculptures of animals. He's focused primarily on the animals of the Sonoran Desert, but because he's involved in so many museum collections as well as zoo collections, he's gotten to do a lot of exotic animals as well. If you're in the world-famous San Diego Zoo, you're going to see a Mark Rossi. If you're visit...

G. Russell Case: Western Oil Painter - Epi. 251, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

July 05, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MB

I had a Russell Case on the podcast today. I'm such a fan of his artwork. He captures the Southwest in a way that few others do.  In this podcast, we delve into what it means to paint and how he tries to paint like how a musician makes music, which is a very interesting concept to me. We cover the struggles that he had to go through to get where is today and how all of these experiences, while difficult, made him a better artist. Russell will be the first to tell you that it doesn't happen...

Bo Joe: Navajo/Uté Silversmith (Part 2) - Epi. 250, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

June 28, 2023 13:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MB

I love the type of podcast where I get to go in-depth with the person I'm speaking to, so much so that I begin to feel a connection that's hard to describe. Well, I had that experience with Bo Joe. He's an amazing silversmith and an incredibly interesting person. I've known his father, sculptor and painter Orland Joe for many tears, but I hadn't really had the opportunity to talk to his son, especially not on this kind of level.  Bo was a successful sound engineer for some big names in the ...

Bo Joe: Navajo/Uté Silversmith (Part 1) - Epi. 249, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

June 21, 2023 13:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MB

I love the type of podcast where I get to go in-depth with the person I'm speaking to, so much so that I begin to feel a connection that's hard to describe. Well, I had that experience with Bo Joe. He's an amazing silversmith and an incredibly interesting person. I've known his father, sculptor and painter Orland Joe for many tears, but I hadn't really had the opportunity to talk to his son, especially not on this kind of level.  Bo was a successful sound engineer for some big names in the ...

Cathy A. Smith: Emmy Winning Costume Designer & Historian - Epi. 248, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

June 14, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MB

Cathy Smith joined us on the podcast today and we had a delightful talk. She is a world-renowned costume designer and has worked on major motion pictures and in television. Her big break was 'Dances with Wolves,' a movie that dramatically changed Native American representation in film. Cathy went on to win an Emmy and is honored in the Cowgirl Hall of Fame for her contributions to Western media. Even with all of these accolades and accomplishments, she really struggled to begin with. It to...

Anne Gartner: Retired Navy Nurse, Geologist, & Western Art Patron - Epi. 247, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

June 07, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB

This podcast was particularly interesting and fun for me because I knew the person that I did it with pretty darn well. I've known Anne Gartner and her husband, Jeffrey, for almost 20 years. They're, wonderful collectors, and I wanted to talk art, which of course this is what this podcast is all about, but also the fact that she was in the military. Anne was a Navy nurse in Vietnam on one of the ships out of Danang. As many people have heard, there's a constant thread throughout a lot of my...

Summer Spitsbergen: Western Oil Painter - Epi. 246, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

May 31, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MB

I had oil painter Summer Spitsbergen on my podcast today. She is a young and upcoming artist that I happened to have met last summer at the C.M. Russell Museum. They have their big show every third week of August (which you should all go to). It's a great show and while I was up there I fell in love with her work. Summer is a self-taught artist, hyper-focused on what she wants to achieve with her painting. When you're doing that as an artist and you have great talent, you can go very, very ...

Ann M. Wolfe: Chief Curator & Associate Director, Nevada Museum of Art - Epi 245, Host Mark Sublette

May 24, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 76.8 MB

I had Ann M. Wolfe on today, and she is the chief curator and associate director of the Nevada Museum of Art. One of the first things we did is made sure everybody knows what the word is. "Nuh·vada" not "Nuh·vaw·da".  She really is an interesting person. You can tell Ann has this great dedication to her job and what she does and that there's a big vision for what they're trying to do up at the Nevada Museum of Art. It's a self-proclaimed museum of ideas (that's really a trademarked and copy...

David Meikle: Landscape Painter for Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City" Epi. 244 - Host Dr. Mark Sublette

May 17, 2023 14:00 - 41 minutes - 57.3 MB

I had David Meikle on today, which was really wonderful. I've had David on my podcast in the past, but today we are talking about something that is just so interesting and different from the previous episode. You see when you're an artist, sometimes you get these opportunities that come out of nowhere. In this case, David had a unique opportunity to work with one of the best directors of all time  - Wes Anderson. They worked closely together to come up with the poster for the movie, as well...

Sarah J. Webber: Western Wildlife Artist - Epi. 243, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

May 10, 2023 13:00 - 53 minutes - 73 MB

Had a wonderful podcast today with Sarah Webber. I've known Sarah for over 20 years and she's a very interesting person. Sarah brings a unique perspective to the podcast because she's an individual who's not only been an artist for over 20 years, but was in art sales, working for various art galleries.  As a result, she has this component that allows her to look at the world that she inhabits (which is as an artist) but from a different viewpoint that involves the business chops that are re...

Keith Batcheller: Fine Artist & Illustrator - Epi. 242, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

May 03, 2023 13:00 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MB

I had fine artist and Illustrator Keith Batcheller on the podcast today. He went to ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, got his BFA, and worked with all these interesting folks afterward, including Bob Peak, Mark English, and Bernie Fuchs.  When Keith became a professional illustrator he worked with big firms in New York, Chicago, and L.A.  He eventually started working for Walt Disney Productions and did artwork for massive animated films like Pocahontas, Beauty and the Beast, the Hun...

Beverly Miller: Daughter of Trader Clay Lockett - Epi 241, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

April 26, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 125 MB

One of the great things about this podcast is I get to go down memory lane with people that have these insane historical interactions and today that person is Beverly Miller. Her father was Clay Lockett. Now, Clay is this amazingly complex, interesting man who was an archeologist, had a doctorate in anthropology, and was a well-known Indian trader. He ran the Museum of Northern Arizona's trading post inside the gift shop from 1965 until his death in 1984. Lockett also owned Cloud World by M...

Bill Robertson: Art Collector & Teacher - Epi. 240, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

April 19, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 91.3 MB

Had one of my favorite people on the podcast today. Bill Robertson. I've known Bill for more than 30 years and he worked for me for at least 15. Bill's got an amazing story. He moved to Albuquerque in 1950, and he was an English teacher for 30 years He even taught a young Bob Gallegos, a native arts dealer who's also been on the podcast so that tells you how long Bill's been around.  He started collecting pottery in the early sixties, and knew all these amazing people like Charles Loloma, ...

Jordan K. Walker: Fine Artist & Illustrator - Epi. 239, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

April 12, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 93.6 MB

I had artist Jordan K. Walker on today and it just so happens that he's the newest addition to Medicine Man Gallery. I don't get to take new artists on very often, especially younger artists (he's only 28, but he paints a lot older). You see, Jordan trained at the Rhode Island School of Design and then came out to the West after he graduated. He was already a naturalist, but since moving westward he's really just fallen in love with the plants,  animals, and the landscape out here. We're...

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