I Like Your Work: Conversations with Artists, Curators & Collectors
214 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsI Like Your Work supports artists! Each week artist Erika b Hess interviews artists, gallerists, collectors, and curators to cover topics that will help you in your art practice! From inspiring interviews from the lives of artists to business practices you will walk away ready to get in the studio!
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Creating a Career Vision
December 03, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15.9 MBBridgette Mayer is an artist, author and the founder founded one of Philadelphia’s preeminent contemporary galleries, Bridgette Mayer Gallery in 2001. Bridgette also runs the Art MBA Membership, which helps artists transform their art career by changing their mindset, being proactive and having an effective marketing plan. In this week's mini episode, Bridgette joins us to talk about how you can put together the career you want on your own terms! Bridgette goes over goal setting, the impor...
Lennart Anderson: A Retrospective-Tour of the Exhibition with Rachel Rickert
November 26, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutes - 50 MBCurated by Graham Nickson and Rachel Rickert in collaboration with the artist’s estate, the exhibition features works from both public and private collections as well as Anderson’s gallery, Leigh Morse Fine Arts. Ranging from figurative works like Mrs. Suzy Peterson (1959) to the unfinished painting Three Nymphs on a Bluff left on his easel in 2015, the exhibition brings together a variety of genres, such as the human form, still life, portrait, landscape, and streetscape. Viewed together, t...
Marketing To Win
November 19, 2021 12:00 - 15 minutes - 15.4 MBBridgette Mayer is an artist, author and the founder founded one of Philadelphia’s preeminent contemporary galleries, Bridgette Mayer Gallery in 2001. Bridgette also runs the Art MBA Membership, which helps artists transform their art career by changing their mindset, being proactive and having an effective marketing plan. In this week's mini episode, Bridgette joins us to speak about how to attract people to your art work and getting comfortable talking about your art career, marketing yo...
Conversation with a Gallerist: Steven Harvey of Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects New York City
November 12, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 55.3 MBIt was a pleasure to have Steven Harvey on the show, he is an individual who has been involved in the art world his entire life from being born into an artistic family, studying as a painter, writing about art and music to curation and owning the gallery Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects. Steven has an incredible line up of painters displayed at his space, Steven Harvey Fine Arts Project (SHFAP). Gideon Bok, Susanna Coffey who have been guests on the show just to name a couple. There...
Mindset for Success
November 05, 2021 11:00 - 15 minutes - 15.2 MBBridgette Mayer is an artist, author and the founder founded one of Philadelphia’s preeminent contemporary galleries, Bridgette Mayer Gallery in 2001. Bridgette also runs the Art MBA Membership, which helps artists transform their art career by changing their mindset, being proactive and having an effective marketing plan. In this week's mini episode, Bridgette joins us to speak about the importance of your mindset and how it can effect your success in your art career. Bridgette talk...
Making Space in Painting, Virtual Reality & In a City: Arden Bendler Browning
October 29, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 48.2 MBPhiladelphia based artist Arden Bendler Browning makes large abstract paintings, small works on paper and panel, and virtual reality environments. Her work contemplates perception of landscapes affected by digital imagery, the flow of time throughout many moments and distractions, and the contemporary desire to capture many possible perspectives and directions at once. Intense, vibrant color, sweeping gestures, and areas of finer detail always show evidence of the artist’s hand – even in...
How to Pay Yourself
October 22, 2021 11:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBHannah Cole is an artist based in Asheville, NC and the owner of Sunlight Tax. She also runs Money Bootcamp, a yearlong membership program to get artists from financial chaos to financial control, so you can get back to your studio. In her last episode, Hannah told you the one key thing you need to do to get started with control of your numbers in your creative practice. Today, Hannah answers the question behind why you haven't done it yet: how to pay yourself. If you’re ready to de-st...
Clintel Steed: Seeing Life Through Paint
October 15, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBI had the pleasure of sitting down and interviewing the amazing painter Clintel Steed in person at his studio in New York City. Clintel Steed takes inspiration for his work from his surroundings, whether it’s Utah or Harlem. His work is an exploration of moments, feelings, situations and experiences that he brings to life through art. His paintings often carry themes of the struggle of feeling divided, politics and current events. Clintel Steed was born in 1977 in Salt Lake City, Utah...
Knowing Your Numbers & The One Best Thing You Can Do Now
October 08, 2021 11:00 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBHannah Cole is an artist based in Asheville, NC and the owner of Sunlight Tax. She also runs Money Bootcamp, a yearlong membership program to get artists from financial chaos to financial control, so you can get back to your studio. When you know what your profit is, you unlock the power to know what things cost you, whether you need to raise your prices and how much you owe in taxes way before the deadline. So how do you do it, and what is the one key action step that will help you right n...
Painter John Walker: Colored Mud
October 01, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 68.2 MBI had the pleasure of sitting down to talk to the phenomenal painter John Walker. John is not only a painter whose paintings are poetic in their paint application but he is also an artist who cares about young painters. I had the privilege of studying with John at Boston University where we all were inspired by his words and awed by what paint can do. John Walker was born 1939, in Birmingham, England. He studied at Birmingham College of Art (1956-1960), and continued his studies at Th...
The Artist Stereotype & Why We Need to Kill It
September 24, 2021 11:00 - 16 minutes - 14.4 MBHannah Cole is an artist based in Asheville, NC and the owner of Sunlight Tax. She also runs Money Bootcamp, a yearlong membership program to get artists from financial chaos to financial control, so you can get back to your studio. In this week's mini podcast episode, Hannah joins us to talk about the mental garbage that artists pick up throughout their creative careers. As it turns out, everyone insisting you're going to live in poverty can have a real effect on you. But what happens...
Khari Turner: Painting Black Bodies of Water
September 17, 2021 11:00 - 46 minutes - 40.1 MB“I paint to create a deeper connection to my identity and history as a Black American. Metaphorically, I see Black people as personifications of the magic that is the ocean. My paintings and drawings combine abstraction with realistic renderings of Black noses and lips to rejuvenate the relationship of my history to my ancestor’s history with water. I use water from oceans, lakes, and rivers from places that have either a historical or personal connection to black history -- water that I col...
An Artist's Journey from Money Shame to Accounting Magic
September 10, 2021 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBHannah Cole is an artist based in Asheville, NC and the owner of Sunlight Tax. She also runs Money Bootcamp, a yearlong membership program to get artists from financial chaos to financial control, so you can get back to your studio. In this mini episode, Hannah joins us to talk about her journey as a painter who had miserable experiences with accountants when she was just starting out. So how did she decide to become one? Hannah shares the origin story of Sunlight Tax and talks abou...
Amir Fallah: Investigating Representation in the History of Western Art
September 03, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBInternationally recognized artist Amir H. Fallah is known for his vibrant figurative work that draws from western painting vocabulary and turns the history of portraiture on its head. The work explores how one reconstructs identity and asks the question, how do you describe someone without showing their physical likeness? It’s incredibly powerful work that is also personal. In this interview, Amir talks about his background, how he began creating his current work, and his recent public piece...
What Does the Painting Want? Color & Structure in the Work of Painter Mitchell Johnson
June 04, 2021 11:30 - 50 minutes - 47.6 MBJohnson’s work draws on a vastness of experience and a persistent desire to make paintings that explain the world through color and shape. He has always moved seamlessly between abstraction and representation and the art historian Peter Selz described Johnson as an artist who makes “realist paintings that are basically abstract paintings and abstract paintings that are figurative.” Mitchell Johnson moved to California from New York City in 1990 to work for the artist, Sam Francis. In...
Room For Mistakes: Artist Matt Bollinger
May 28, 2021 11:30 - 54 minutes - 48.6 MBMatt Bollinger is an artist living in Ithaca, NY who works across painting, animation, sculpture and music. Bollinger earned his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute in 2003 and his MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2007. He has had 6 solo exhibitions at Zürcher Gallery, New York and 3 solo exhibitions at Galerie Zürcher, Paris. His animations have been included in numerous film festivals and screenings in the US and Europe. His work is in the collections of the Nerman Museum of ...
Keeping Your Eye on the Long Game: Artist Dana Frankfort
May 21, 2021 11:30 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBDana Frankfort’s paintings engage the history of abstract painting and feature bright colors, gestural brushwork, and text. She earned a BA in the History of Art from Brandeis University and an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University School of Art. She attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and was a Core Fellow at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in Painting in 2006. Frankfort’s work has been shown in solo and group e...
Leap and Then Look: Exploring Life to Find Your Artistic Voice with Mark Joshua Epstein
May 14, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBMark Joshua Epstein is a gifted storyteller and artist. If you want a great evening, hang out with Mark and talk about what you are working on and be prepared to laugh and think differently about what you have created. Born in Rockville, Maryland, Mark spent his early school years at a conservative Jewish Day School and his summers at a progressive camp learning about Third Wave Feminism. This duality in his formative years hints at his later exploration for a new and alternative space in hi...
Getting Real About Being a Mother Artist with Brandi Hoffer
May 07, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBSince becoming a mother in 2014 Hofer has been involving her children in her painting process, creating a 44-piece series with her first son and will soon be launching a new collection with her other 2 children in fall 2021. Brandi continues to be extremely prolific with her 3 little boys at her in-home studio, creating several bodies of self-motivated artwork, custom commissioned pieces, stunning large-scale interior/exterior murals, prints, custom artwork, & working with designers. Tiny ha...
Weaving Stories of Female Strength & Creating a Fiber Non-Profit with Jessica Pinsky
April 30, 2021 11:30 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBI have followed Jessica Pinsky’s work since 2007 because this woman was my best friend in graduate school at Boston University. We would visit each others studios, talk about art over drinks and overall support and give feedback to each other. Jessica’s drive to create artwork and start major projects is unmatched which is evident in her prolific work and the space she has created in Cleveland, OH Praxis Fiber Workshop that houses looms, a gallery space, a shop, a dye garden and now a digita...
The Process of Reinvention: Music, Pattern, and Queering the Landscape with Artist Will Hutnick
April 16, 2021 11:30 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MBThe work of Will Hutnick is filled with movement and plays off of the landscape and pattern. As an artist, he draws inspiration for his work through what surrounds him such as objects he collects or the landscape that shifts as he travels between Brooklyn and Wassaic. In this episode, I learned Will has a background in music and plays the cello. Music has historically impacted and inspired artists from Matisse who played the violin daily, to Stuart Davis and Mondrian. As I look at Will’s pa...
Getting Into the Studio with Intent: Madeline Donahue on How Her Practice Blossomed
April 02, 2021 11:30 - 57 minutes - 50.7 MBMadeline Donahue’s work functions on multiple levels. Her figurative paintings have a strong abstract presence that allow the shapes to create the narrative on the canvas. The figures depict sweet chubby babies in the midst of creating chaos. Funny and dark, filled with love and overwhelm, all these emotions grapple for center stage in her work. Madeline was born in Houston, TX to an artistic family where she first learned that you can build and be a part of a community of artists. E...
Taking the Leap to Become a Full-Time Artist with Erika Lee Sears
March 19, 2021 11:30 - 48 minutes - 42.6 MBHow do you take the leap from working full-time to becoming a full-time artist? Erika Lee Sears did just that when she felt unfulfilled by her day job. In this episode, Erika shares how she planned her exit, how she got her work out there by applying to everything which led to her work being featured in Portlandia and on the cover of Lana Del Ray’s recent album and book of poetry. Erika Lee Sears is an oil painter from Portland, OR. As a self-taught artist who has painted all her life...
Give Yourself Permission: Anissa Lewis on Social Practice, The Power of Words, & Being Right On Time
March 05, 2021 12:30 - 55 minutes - 51.4 MBThe work of Anissa Lewis dives into memory, yet is entrenched in her current community. Her photographs depict the present-day area in Covington, Kentucky, where Lewis grew up, and addresses the societal changes such as race, identity and relationships that have impacted the area over time. Images of the former residents are superimposed over images of the houses, to tell the stories of the people who made up the neighborhood decades ago. Lewis’s community-based signs address the here-and-no...
Claiming the Time In Between-Making Every Day a Studio Day with Artist Hilary Doyle
February 19, 2021 12:30 - 44 minutes - 39.5 MBThe time in between is something we all deal with in life. The time between waking and coffee, the time between arriving in a doctor’s office and waiting to be seen, the time spent in transportation going from one point to the next. Hilary Doyle took that time and claimed it not only as studio time, but it became a jumping off point for her recent work. Hilary Doyle is an artist, teacher, curator and gallery co-director. Doyle’s work includes painting, drawing, printmaking and sculptu...
The Work Doesn’t Stop When You Leave: Artist Catherine Haggarty
February 05, 2021 12:30 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBIt was such a pleasure to have Catherine Haggarty on the show! Catherine is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY who recently had a solo exhibition at Massey Klein Gallery. She is also co-director of NYC Crit Club, a space offering community, connection and critiques for artists. In this interview, Catherine talks about learning how to make work when no one is looking and how this has served her as an artist moving forward in her practice. We also discuss her current work that she recently exhibi...
Being an Ally, Mombies, and Reclaiming the Personal: The Inventive Work of Amy Reidel
January 22, 2021 12:30 - 57 minutes - 50.2 MBAmy Reidel makes work that I can relate to. She brings the viewer into her world that is filled with color, sparkle, and rainbows but all the while, underlying insidious imagery creeps in to complete the picture. Amy’s painterly vocabulary allows for her sophisticated application of materials to slam up against visions of the figure in various states of psychological distress. Through her work, she shows us the underbelly of care, and the mess of loving another human. Glitter coincides with...
Seducing the Self: Power, Vulnerability and Humor in the Work of Photographer Amanda Rowan
January 08, 2021 12:30 - 38 minutes - 31.7 MBAmanda Rowan's provocative still life and self-portrait images depict playful and sensual moments, eliciting humor through an exploration of the power and vulnerability of sexuality. Rowan is both curator and subject in each richly styled vignette depicting moments of mysticism and seduction. Her work explores domestic labor and gender using a mix of visual iconography, including food advertising, vintage pinup, and religious deities. Rowan has received numerous accolades for her art, incl...
Artistic Success Through Balancing Art Making and Organization: Adrienne Elise Tarver-NYT Emerging Artist To Watch
December 25, 2020 12:30 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MBAdrienne Elise Tarver is an artist who makes hard work look easy. From her expansive studio practice, to her position as the Associate Chair of Fine Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design’s Atlanta Campus, Adrienne is able to gracefully accomplish making insightful, challenging work while also organizing a great spreadsheet. In this episode, we talk about how she balances art making and organization to achieve success. With a practice that spans painting, sculpture, installation, p...
Finding the Intense Sweetness in Making: Rachel Klinghoffer on Repurposing Ephemera into Icons
December 11, 2020 12:30 - 55 minutes - 49.3 MBRaised in an artistic family, Rachel talks about memory, spirituality, motherhood and how the process of making is embedded in her life. Raised in New Jersey, Rachel received her M.F.A. in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2012 and her B.F.A. in painting, from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005. Rachel has exhibited in the U.S. and abroad. She currently has a solo, If You Like Piña Coladas, Curated by Lauren Powell at One River School, Woodbury, NY By...
How to Balance Being a Painter, Mom & Running a Successful Podcast with Kaylan Buteyn
November 27, 2020 12:30 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBKaylan Buteyn is an artist, curator, founder of the Artist/Mother Podcast and founder of Stay Home Gallery & Residency. Her practice primarily focuses on female empowerment, the maternal experience, and community engagement. Her paintings are rooted in abstraction, often referencing the maternal form. She has exhibited in galleries and community spaces internationally. In 2019, as a social extension of her art practice, Kaylan started the Artist/Mother Podcast, sharing interviews of working ...
Celebrating Blackness -Artist & Podcaster Jamaal Barber
November 13, 2020 12:30 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBHow do you make work, write about it, and host a podcast when 2020 throws us into a spiral of change? Jamaal Barber, a printmaker and the host of Studio Noize Podcast, talks about how the changes of 2020 have impacted his work and about his prints that celebrate Blackness. As a printmaker who makes large work, Jamaal was forced to shift gears when his local printshop shut its doors due to the pandemic. Since then, he has started to work with watercolors and explore alternative media as his w...
Celebrating Blackness -Artist & Podcaster Jamaal Barber on Race, Being a Professional & Talking to Greats David Driskell & Bisa Butler
November 13, 2020 12:30 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBHow do you make work, write about it, and host a podcast when 2020 throws us into a spiral of change? Jamaal Barber, a printmaker and the host of Studio Noize Podcast, talks about how the changes of 2020 have impacted his work and about his prints that celebrate Blackness. As a printmaker who makes large work, Jamaal was forced to shift gears when his local printshop shut its doors due to the pandemic. Since then, he has started to work with watercolors and explore alternative media as his w...
A House Dedicated to Art & the Tactile Process of Making: Artist Susan Carr
October 30, 2020 11:30 - 41 minutes - 34.5 MBSusan Carr captured my attention over a year ago when I saw the work she sent in to be a Studio Visit Artist and I was hooked. Soon I was able to see her work in person and again, I couldn’t stop looking and thinking about it. Susan is an artist’s artist. She works hard, she is in tune with the materials, and her work takes us to another place of thought and care. It was a pleasure to talk to Susan and hear about how art is central to her life. Susan’s house is set up to support the vario...
Black Rock & Beyond: Working with Kehinde WIley & Fibers From Around the World
October 16, 2020 11:30 - 44 minutes - 39.2 MBWhat is it like to work with fibers in Senegal and the artist Kehinde Wiley at his residency Black Rock? Artist Heather Jones whose work questions and pushes traditional conceptions of both quilt making and painting talks about her experience being part of Kehinde Wiley’s inaugural class at Black Rock Senegal. Heather’s work explores the formal possibilities of color and design. She addresses the historical and socio-political relationship between women and textiles and explores the relat...
How to Nix the Haters, Make the Work & Shake the Guilt with Artist Kate Sable
October 02, 2020 11:30 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBHow do you balance being an artist and a mom while dealing with haters who voice their opinion on your life choices? Kate Sable is a painter who talks about having kids when the opinion surrounding her was children and art do not mix. Spoiler alert, this was less than ten years ago, and sadly this is a sentiment many of us still face. Kate shares stories from growing up outside of DC, grad school crits, and how she learned to trust herself in painting. She shares tips from her experience bei...
Taking the Leap to Become a Full-Time Artist & Leaning Into the Process of Painting with Erin Loree
September 18, 2020 11:30 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBThinking about taking the leap into becoming a full-time artist? Erin Loree did just that and through a crazy twist of fate, landed in Kim Dorland’s old studio in Toronto. Erin talks about how she approaches her large paintings, color palette and materials. From artist residencies in Peru, Plant Medicine, and observing the inner and outer world around her, she shares great insight into how she creates her beautiful work. Erin is from Gananoque, Ontario. She completed her BFA at OCAD Unive...
Intuition, Memory & Trusting the Process of Painting with Artist Maja Ruznic
September 04, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 44.6 MBMaja Ruznic, a prolific and active artist, is primarily a painter, a storyteller who conjures form and narrative from ground up mineral, smeared oil, and stained canvas. Born in Bosnia and Hercegovina in 1983, Ruznic immigrated to the United States with her family in 1995, settling on the West Coast where she eventually went on to study at the University of California, Berkeley, later receiving an MFA from the California College of Arts. Ruznic’s often-quoted biography – a refugee who escape...
Artist Susanna Coffey: Painting Identity, Teaching Experiences, & Supporting Artists
May 22, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBIn this episode, I talk to the incredible painter, Susanna Coffey about her life and work. We dive into Susanna’s childhood, how she discovered art, the work she did with others during her time in school, feminism, her palette, her love of teaching, and so many other topics. I sincerely mean it when I say, I had such a wonderful time talking to Susanna and I’m positive that you will enjoy this interview. Susanna Coffey’s portraits are investigations of the iconic human head. The work is d...
Faith Evans Sills: Creating an Art Practice that Aligns With the Life You Want
May 15, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBI am thrilled to introduce the artist, teacher, and entrepreneur Faith Evans Sills! Faith is an inspiring artist who has created so much for others from leading artist retreats in Costa Rica and various other areas to her books and classes that she offers. She has a passion for helping women connect with their most heartfelt ideas through creating art. Faith lived in NYC for 16 years where she got her MFA in Painting at Parsons & then she and her artist husband decided to leave Brooklyn wit...
Artist Jean Koeller: Painting Between Observation, Memory, and Invention
May 08, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBIn this episode, I talk to the artist Jean Koeller about her approach to painting, making a living as an artist, and how she works between observation, memory, and invention. Jean received her BFA from Wright State University, her MFA from Parsons School of Art and Design, and is an alumna of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her work is in numerous collections, including the Ohio Arts Council, Ohio Supreme Court, and Ohio Governor's Residence in Columbus, Ohio, Miami Valley Cu...
Pennylane Shen: Artist Consultant on How to Approach Galleries & Tips for Artists
May 01, 2020 11:00 - 57 minutes - 51.7 MBI had a wonderful time talking to Pennylane Shen an artist consultant, curator and educator. She runs Dazed and Confucius, career support for artists and in this episode we discuss mistakes artists make when approaching a gallery, how to approach a gallery, thinking of spaces outside of the white cube, artist statements and more! Since 2006 Dazed and Confucius has offered personalized consultations, group seminars and business development with regular seminars held worldwide. Pennylane per...
Artist Marcelina Gonzales: Challenging Preconceptions of Being a Hispanic Female, Empowerment & Balancing Studio-Work Life
April 24, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 42.1 MBIn this episode, I talk to the artist Marcelina Gonzales about challenging preconceptions of being a Hispanic female through her work. Marcelina creates meticulous pieces that combine paint and resin to recreate memories of her youth. In our conversation, she discusses how she navigated her experience from adolescence to womanhood while growing up in Brownsville, a border-town located at the southernmost tip of Texas. The Rio Grande Valley, the area where she came of age, is a unique place f...
Artist & Entrepreneur Jamie Smith: Starting a Business, Creating Work & Supporting Community
April 17, 2020 11:00 - 48 minutes - 42.4 MBThis week, I talk to artist and entrepreneur Jamie Smith, founder of THRIVE! Jamie creates mixed media work that layers her memories of traveling, family stories, and lost places. She began her artistic career by completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Victoria and later receiving her Bachelor of Arts Education from the University of British Columbia. Her work is heavily influenced by her years abroad in Latin America, living in the Middle East and backpacking around Easter...
Artist Corey Lamb: Painting Relationships-Sex, Death, Love, and Teaching
April 10, 2020 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBIn this episode, I talk to the artist Corey Lamb about his life, work and his teaching experience. We dive into his current body of work, where he sees his relationship with his partner transposed over a larger,more archetypal theater. Specificity gives way to persona, as figures take on the guise of familiar roles: the mother, the lover, the fool, and the serpent. Narratives constructed around simple gestures and common motifs are cobbled together visually through visceral applications of o...
Artist Ashley Jude Jonas- Moments of Wonder & Creating Artist-Run Spaces
April 03, 2020 11:00 - 58 minutes - 47.1 MBIn this episode, I talk to Ashley Jude Jonas an artist, writer, curator and educator originally from Key West, Florida about her work and also creating the artist-run space, The Blue House. She holds a BFA in ceramics from the University of Florida and an MFA in ceramics from the University of Colorado Boulder. Her work reframes potential and wonder in the context of the every day through sculptural, photographic and two-dimensional works. Utilizing found objects and site-specificity, she as...
Artist Francis Sills-Painting from Life- From Urban Landscapes to Lush Spaces
March 27, 2020 11:00 - 51 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, I talk to the artist Francis Sills. We discuss his move from NYC to South Carolina and how this impacted his work, working from observation and how teaching and family play into his life as a painter. Francis earned an MFA from Parsons School of Design, New York, NY and a BFA from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. His work has been exhibited widely throughout the United States and he has been included in recent group exhibitions at Dutiot Gallery: Dayton,OH; The Painting Ce...
CEO of Big Cartel Anna Brozek on Supporting Artists and Marketing Tips for Selling Work Online
March 20, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 32.2 MBIn this episode, I talk to the CEO of Big Cartel, Anna Brozek, about selling work online and tips for artists on marketing. Some of you may use Big Cartel but for those that don’t or haven’t heard of it, Big Cartel is a technology company built by artists for artists. The company makes tools that are empowering, affordable, and easy-to-use in order to help more people make a living doing what they love. They are the home to over 1.5 million independent artists and makers from around the worl...
Art Writer John Seed: Teaching, Making, Building Community and Writing About Artists
March 13, 2020 12:05 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBI am really excited to share this episode with you guys because it is with the art writer John Seed. I’m sure many of you have read or follow John Seed on social media. I’ve been following his writing for a while now and also enjoyed how he was championing figurative painting during a time when it wasn’t as popular. In fact, John is speaking today, Friday, March 13 at Kalamazoo Institute of Art on David Park and has a show he curated up at Sue Greenwood Gallery in Laguna Beach, Table for F...
Artist Eric Hibit: Color, Form, Process & Pleasure in Painting
March 06, 2020 12:36 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBI am thrilled to have the New York based artist, Eric Hibit on the show! I have been following Eric's work for years and am excited to connect with him on the show and talk about his work. Eric Hibit (born Rochester, NY) is a visual artist based in New York City. He attended the Corcoran College of Art + Design (BFA,1998) and Yale University School of Art (MFA, 2003). In New York, he has exhibited at Max Protetch Gallery, Anna Kustera Gallery, C24 Gallery, Zurcher Studio, Field Projects, T...