Passionate Painter Podcast
150 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsThis podcast was created to encourage other artists to continue to create. If you’re making art out of passion for the creative journey, whether it’s your full time career, a side-gig, or a hobby, you are an artist and you have people. I would be honored to count myself among them.
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0043-Claiming Your Right to Create with Mary Sundstrom
January 24, 2021 00:00 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MBWelcome back to another episode. I can’t wait to share my interview with painter Mary Sundstrom. As you’ll hear in her bio, Mary's work is derived from nature, but that’s only part of the picture. Mary’s work has a strong surrealist edge that carries a psychological layer shat shimmers just beneath the surface. The result is mesmerizing. For a complete artist bio, slides of work, and contact information, visit the show notes at passionatepainterpodcast.com/episode43
0042-Achieving Success As An Artist with Susan Lyon (Part 2)
January 02, 2021 19:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBThis is part two of my interview in progress with painter Susan Lyon. If you haven't yet listened to part one, you may want to go back and listen to that first. It's online now in episode 41. I am thrilled to bring you an interview with award-winning painter Susan Lyon. Open and genuine, Susan shared her confidence struggles early in her career. She also gives frank advice on how artists can truly succeed in business, and looks at the life of a professional artist from a wholistic view with...
Achieving Success As An Artist with Susan Lyon (Part 1)
January 02, 2021 19:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBI am thrilled to bring you an interview with award-winning painter Susan Lyon. Open and genuine, Susan shared her confidence struggles early in her career. She also gives frank advice on how artists can truly succeed in business, and looks at the life of a professional artist from a wholistic view with a strong spiritual component. In speaking with Susan, I felt as though I'd known her all my life, and I'm grateful for her time and giving spirit. Part two of this interview is available now...
Achieving Success As An Artist with Susan Lyon (Part 2)
January 02, 2021 19:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBThis is part two of my interview in progress with painter Susan Lyon. If you haven't yet listened to part one, you may want to go back and listen to that first. It's online now in episode 41. I am thrilled to bring you an interview with award-winning painter Susan Lyon. Open and genuine, Susan shared her confidence struggles early in her career. She also gives frank advice on how artists can truly succeed in business, and looks at the life of a professional artist from a wholistic view with...
0041-Achieving Success As An Artist with Susan Lyon (Part 1)
January 02, 2021 19:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBI am thrilled to bring you an interview with award-winning painter Susan Lyon. Open and genuine, Susan shared her confidence struggles early in her career. She also gives frank advice on how artists can truly succeed in business, and looks at the life of a professional artist from a wholistic view with a strong spiritual component. In speaking with Susan, I felt as though I'd known her all my life, and I'm grateful for her time and giving spirit. Part two of this interview is available now...
0039-Leaping With Faith That You'll Soar With Frank Ordaz (Part 1)
December 13, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBWelcome to another episode In this episode I get to speak with renouned portrait paitner Frank Ordaz. You may have seen him recently in his new educational video, “The one hour lay in.” I watched it and took a lot of notes. Frank had an interesting and enviable start to his career as a matte painter for George Lucas’s Industrial Light and Magic. Frank is a warm and generous person, and the interview was a pleasure. What struck me the most in part one was throughout the evolution of Frank’...
Leaping With Faith That You'll Soar With Frank Ordaz (Part 2)
December 13, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBWelcome to another episode We are jumping back into an interview in progress with portrait painter Frank Ordaz. What jumped out at me during part 2 of this interview is the positive mindset Frank maintains, especially when he takes on new challenges. He assumes success, an it looks like his strategy is one we can all learn from. I’m repeating Frank’s bio here for your convenience, but if you haven’t yet listened to part 1, you may want to go back and listen to that first. You can find it a...
Leaping With Faith That You'll Soar With Frank Ordaz (Part 1)
December 13, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBWelcome to another episode In this episode I get to speak with renouned portrait paitner Frank Ordaz. You may have seen him recently in his new educational video, “The one hour lay in.” I watched it and took a lot of notes. Frank had an interesting and enviable start to his career as a matte painter for George Lucas’s Industrial Light and Magic. Frank is a warm and generous person, and the interview was a pleasure. What struck me the most in part one was throughout the evolution of Frank’...
0040-Leaping With Faith That You'll Soar With Frank Ordaz (Part 2)
December 13, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBWelcome to another episode We are jumping back into an interview in progress with portrait painter Frank Ordaz. What jumped out at me during part 2 of this interview is the positive mindset Frank maintains, especially when he takes on new challenges. He assumes success, an it looks like his strategy is one we can all learn from. I’m repeating Frank’s bio here for your convenience, but if you haven’t yet listened to part 1, you may want to go back and listen to that first. You can find it a...
Malcolm Dewey on Multiple Income Streams for Artists (Part 1)
November 21, 2020 23:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBIt was a great privilege to speak with Malcolm. He is an incredible painter with a true calling to teach. I personally love Malcolm’s courses and recommend them highly. I’ve broken the interview into two parts for listening convenience, Part two is available now (I promise) at passionatepainterpodcast.com/episode38. Living the life of a full time artist is not simple, but Malcolm Dewey has been able to achieve this through many years of commitment to his art. Having started in graphic de...
Malcolm Dewey on Multiple Income Streams for Artists (Part 2)
November 21, 2020 23:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBIt was a great privilege to speak with South African painter and instructor Malcolm Dewey. He is an incredible painter with a true calling to teach. I personally love Malcolm’s courses and recommend them highly. I’ve broken the interview into two parts for listening convenience, Part one is available now at passionatepainterpodcast.com/episode37. Living the life of a full time artist is not simple, but Malcolm Dewey has been able to achieve this through many years of commitment to his a...
0037-Malcolm Dewey on Multiple Income Streams for Artists (Part 1)
November 21, 2020 23:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBIt was a great privilege to speak with Malcolm. He is an incredible painter with a true calling to teach. I personally love Malcolm’s courses and recommend them highly. I’ve broken the interview into two parts for listening convenience, Part two is available now (I promise) at passionatepainterpodcast.com/episode38. To see Malcolm's bio, contact information, and artwork, check out the show notes at passionatepainterpodcast.com/episode37
Making Your Art on Your Own Terms with Terry Trambauer Norris
November 06, 2020 17:00 - 51 minutes - 35.8 MBThe paintings of Terry Trambauer Norris are executed in oils using the traditional techniques of the old masters, infusing them with a modern sensibility and vision. She has been studying art since childhood, receiving recognition in high school and junior college before entering the Atlanta College of Art, where she studied design, painting, printmaking, and photography, emerging with a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree in 1985. After college, Terry began a dedicated search for a personal lang...
0036-Making Your Art on Your Own Terms with Terry Trambauer Norris
November 06, 2020 17:00 - 51 minutes - 35.8 MBThe paintings of Terry Trambauer Norris are executed in oils using the traditional techniques of the old masters, infusing them with a modern sensibility and vision. She has been studying art since childhood, receiving recognition in high school and junior college before entering the Atlanta College of Art, where she studied design, painting, printmaking, and photography, emerging with a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree in 1985. To see Terry's complete bio, contact information, and artwork, ch...
0035-How to Know When Your Artwork is Done
October 22, 2020 16:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBErnest Hemingway said, “There is nothing to writing. All you have to do is sit down at the typewriter and bleed.” I completely agree with Hemingway. And I think that being a visual artist is much the same thing. And many times, knowing when our painting is done can be the most painful part of the creation. Today I’m going to talk about how to know when your artwork is done. Much of this audio was taken from a Youtube video that I created on the same subject, because I realized how importa...
How to Know When Your Artwork is Done
October 22, 2020 16:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBErnest Hemingway said, “There is nothing to writing. All you have to do is sit down at the typewriter and bleed.” I completely agree with Hemingway. And I think that being a visual artist is much the same thing. And many times, knowing when our painting is done can be the most painful part of the creation. Today I’m going to talk about how to know when your artwork is done. Much of this audio was taken from a Youtube video that I created on the same subject, because I realized how importa...
0034 - 3 Mistakes to Avoid When Trying to Get Into A Gallery
October 04, 2020 23:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBToday I have the pleasure of speaking with Tristin St. Mary, Administrative manager of The Art Garage, a community-based non-profit arts organization located in the Olde Main Street Arts District in downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin. Tristin grew up in Eden, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay in May, 2018, with a double major in Dance and Arts Management. Soon after graduation, Tristin started an internship at The Art Garage as the Youth Summer Art Workshops...
0033 - Get More Time and Energy to Make Your Art
September 21, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBIn this Q&A episode, I answer two questions that I often get which are closely connected. QUESTION (s): "How can I get more time to make my Art?" and , "How can I get more energy to make my art?" ANSWER: When you have more energy, you can make more time. When you have more time, you'll be able to create without exhausting yourself. Let's look at 8 ways you can have more of both. 1) Prioritize Your Time In order to prioritize your time, you need to start by knowing where your time is goi...
0032 - How Portrait Painter Pam Ingalls Markets to a Wide Audience - Part 2
September 09, 2020 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBThanks for joining me for part 2 of my interview with Pam Ingalls, where we find out just how a painter who specializes in portraits is able to sell through galleries. Sounds like the "holy grail" to me! Pam's also got some fantastic product information to share. If you haven't yet listened to part 1, you may want to go back and listen to episode 31 first. And please drop me a line and let me know how you're enjoying the podcast so far. I would love to hear about what you struggle with that ...
0031 - How Portrait Painter Pam Ingalls Markets to a Wide Audience - Part 1
September 09, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBThanks for joining me for part 1 of my interview with Pam Ingalls, where we find out just how a painter who specializes in portraits is able to sell through galleries. Sounds like the "holy grail" to me! Pam's also got some fantastic product information to share. And please drop me a line and let me know how you're enjoying the podcast so far. I would love to hear about what you struggle with that you'd like some guidance on so I can tailor my shows to your needs. Remember, I'm here for you,...
0030 - Art Marketing Expert Eric Rhoads - Get Your Head in the Game (Part 2 of 2)
August 17, 2020 00:00 - 39 minutes - 27.6 MBEric Rhoads is an artist, an author, a marketing expert, and a career entrepreneur, with several decades of launching and building businesses and more than 40 years’ experience in radio broadcasting, 35 years in publishing, and two decades in the art industry. Rhoads is founder and CEO of Streamline Publishing, Inc., which creates consumer and trade magazines, digital media properties, virtual conventions, live conventions and events, and art instruction videos. He entered the art world aft...
0029 - Art Marketing Expert Eric Rhoads - Get Your Head in the Game (Part 1 of 2)
August 17, 2020 00:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBEric Rhoads is an artist, an author, a marketing expert, and a career entrepreneur, with several decades of launching and building businesses and more than 40 years’ experience in radio broadcasting, 35 years in publishing, and two decades in the art industry. Rhoads is founder and CEO of Streamline Publishing, Inc., which creates consumer and trade magazines, digital media properties, virtual conventions, live conventions and events, and art instruction videos. He entered the art world aft...
0027 - Cheri Christensen: Trust Yourself and Step Out There (Part 1 of 2)
August 02, 2020 13:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBCheri Christensen was born in Enumclaw Washington, a small rural town of horse, dairy and cattle ranches at the foot of Mt. Rainier. Cheri's grandfather was a cattle rancher there and he was a big influence on her choice of subject matter today. Cheri studied oil painting and drawing intensely for three years with Ron Lukas, a protege of Sergei Bongart, who taught in the tradition of the Russian Impressionists. Cheri concentrates on seeing and conveying the effects of color and light on ...
0026 - AJ Alper (Part 2): From Self-Doubt to Career Breakthrough
July 11, 2020 22:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBThis is part 2 of a 2-part interview. A.J. Alper's journey to find passion and growth as an artist was a bumpy one, filled with frustration and disappointment. In his late 40’s, he was sure that he had reached his full potential as an artist and gave up painting altogether, which he did for 7 years. It was the mental work that he did during that time which allowed him to quiet the negative voices in his head and forge a new path. In the past few years, he has become known for his portraiture...
0025 - AJ Alper (Part 1): From Self-Doubt to Career Breakthrough
July 11, 2020 22:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBThis is part 1 of a 2-part interview. A.J. Alper's journey to find passion and growth as an artist was a bumpy one, filled with frustration and disappointment. In his late 40’s, he was sure that he had reached his full potential as an artist and gave up painting altogether, which he did for 7 years. It was the mental work that he did during that time which allowed him to quiet the negative voices in his head and forge a new path. In the past few years, he has become known for his portraiture...
0024 - Wildlife and Canine Portrait Painter Johanne Mangi on Reaching Your Goals as an Artist
May 15, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBJohanne Mangi has been drawing all her life. Painting came later, but drawing was the foundation. Dogs have always been an important part of her life. Richard Schmid famously told Johanne, “Paint what you love, love what you paint”, and she took it to heart. Johanne took that to heart and decided that she wouldn’t just dabble in her chosen subject. She’d elevate it to Fine Art. She was taught to paint from life and so is known for the presence of live dogs at my workshops. They are there for...
0023 - Master Encourager and Dymamic Motivational Speaker Michael Arterberry's Success Advice for Artists
May 02, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBABOUT THE GUEST Michael Arterberry is a Master Encourager and Dynamic Motivational Speaker. As a teenager, Michael was fortunate to receive guidance from positive adult role models who helped him overcome adversities and set high expectations for his future. Grateful for the role these mentors played in his own development, Michael decided to dedicate his profession to helping people navigate the difficulties of life and launch their future into motion. For more than 25 years, he has bee...
Painter Mark Fehlman on How to Use Design Strategies for Powerful Paintings
March 30, 2020 18:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBAward-winning plein air painter Mark Fehlman shares his strategies and advice for strengthening your paintings through strong design, whether your work focuses on landscape, portrait, still life—it all comes down to strong design. In this interview, Mark shares gems from his new online course, "Design Strategies for Powerful Paintings."
0022-Painter Mark Fehlman on How to Use Design Strategies for Powerful Paintings
March 30, 2020 18:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBAward-winning plein air painter Mark Fehlman shares his strategies and advice for strengthening your paintings through strong design, whether your work focuses on landscape, portrait, still life—it all comes down to strong design. In this interview, Mark shares gems from his new online course, "Design Strategies for Powerful Paintings."
0021 - Vicki Krohn Amorose Demystifies Writing and Speaking About Your Art
March 15, 2020 00:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBVicki Krohn Amorose is an artist, writer, and arts advocate. Her book, Art-Write: The Writing Guide for Visual Artists is used internationally by artists and art schools. Based in Oregon, Vicki works with several organizations in the service of artists, with a focus on contemporary art and writing. Vicki is a faculty member at ArtMBA.com and she recently addressed over 23,000 artists at the global Fine Artist Summit. She’s an artist member of GraySpace Project and Eugene Contemporary Art. S...
0020 - Modern Icon Painter Christina Miller on Keeping the Soul in Your Art
March 03, 2020 03:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBChristina Miller’s paintings offer a mystical and modern take on the ancient iconography of Catholicism. As the pressures on the environment and animal species have increased horribly over the past couple of decades, Christina’s work evolved toward environmental themes. Her Modern Icons now celebrate the intersection of Nature, Animals, and Sacred Images, embodying that we live on this Earth together and share in each other’s beauty. An artist all her life, from poetry, coffeehouses, and the...
0019 - Cuban Painter Cesar Santos on Making Your Art Your Priority
February 21, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBCesar Santos’ art education is worldly and his paintings reflect a well-traveled mind. Santos studied at the Miami Dade College, where he earned his Associate in Arts degree in 2003. He then attended the New World School of the Arts. Before graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, he left to study abroad and amplify his understanding of art. In 2006, he completed the Angel Academy of Art in Florence. Santos’ work reflects both classical and modern interpretations juxtaposed within one paint...
0018 - The Art Whisperer on Using Your Creative Voice to Master the Business of Art
February 13, 2020 20:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBActively involved in the contemporary art world throughout her career, Crista Cloutier has been called “The Artist Whisperer” by many of the artists who have learned from her. Working internationally as a visual story-teller, artist and educator, Crista is the founder of The Working Artist, a unique online business experience for artists and other creatives. Through her program, Crista has served artists in over 60 different countries. Crista is a firm believer that any artist can succeed—...
0017 - Plein Air Expert Marc Dalessio on Capturing Nature's Impressions
February 05, 2020 04:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBMarc Dalessio is a classically trained naturalistic painter who has established himself as one of the foremost landscape painters working today. He was recently described as the world’s best living Plein air painter by Eric Rhoads of Plein Air magazine. Born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California, Marc’s artistic training began at the University of California at Santa Cruz where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in Fine Art. He then moved to Florence, Italy and studied portraiture for f...
0016 - Painter Chris Long on Forging Your Own Trail and Living an Authentic Life as a Successful Artist
January 05, 2020 23:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBThis week I had the privilege of speaking with painter Chris Long, whose gorgeous work I discovered on Instagram. Born and raised in CT, Long earned a degree from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Art in 2000. After several years of exhibiting and teaching figurative sculpture throughout New England, he took to the road in an RV with his family in 2008. After a couple years of traveling, he had the impulse to switch mediums (which prior to this point he vehemently avoided) and started painti...
0015 - Maria Brophy on How to Expand Your Reach, Train Your Clients, and Not Die of Exposure
December 30, 2019 02:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBMaria Brophy has been an art licensing and art business consultant for 20 years. She is author of the Amazon Best Selling book, "Art Money & Success". This book has helped thousands of artists learn how to earn money from their art! Maria is a world traveler, surfer, and backpacker. She designed her business to be run from anywhere in the world so that she is free to travel anytime. Since 2009, Maria has helped nearly a million artists learn how to run their art business for fun and profit. ...
0014 - Surrealist Painter Alan MacDonald on Finding Your Unique Voice as an Artist
December 23, 2019 22:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBAlan MacDonald had a very different childhood. Born in 1962, he was brought up in Malawi, Central Africa. It was a fantastic place for a child to grow up; days were filled with imaginative play, as there was no TV. When he was 13, Alan moved with his family to Scotland and went to school in Dundee. Everything was different and fascinated him. After school, Alan successfully applied to Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, where he studied Fine Art. He graduated in 1984 and wen...
0013 - Conceptual artist Rob Tarbell on the Intense Process—and Effects—of His Work
December 15, 2019 17:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBOver the past thirteen years, Rob Tarbell has developed and drawn from two unique processes – “Smokes”, smoke based work and the “Struggles”, porcelain sculptural ceramics. In 2006, a failed portrait attempt using cigarettes and liquor collided with a lingering what – if : What if I burned my credits cards and used the smoke to make marks? The first attempt at burning credit cards yielded a deep black with seductive wispy grays no brush could deliver. Tarbell’s penchant for embracing uno...
0012 - Creative process and business advice with Metal Sculptor Don Rambadt
December 08, 2019 22:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBAfter completing his BFA in sculpture (1993-1995) and a summer print-making workshop in Florence, Italy (1995), Don began sculpting part-time while partnering in the establishment of Vanguard Sculpture Services, a full service sculpture foundry (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) where he specialized in the casting and fabrication of monumental bronze sculpture. In 1997, Don began to focus on the development of his art work and in 2001 left the foundry business to pursue sculpting and exhibitions full-t...
0011 - Lifelong learning with naturalist artist Daniel Sivek
November 24, 2019 02:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBDaniel Sivek is a painter, sculptor and mixed-media artist. Nature and natural landscapes inspire much of his work - from Wisconsin’s Northwoods and southern bluffs to the beaches and parklands of Florida. Extensive international travel – in Western Europe, China, Central America, Australia, and New Zealand – and travel across most the U.S. have broadened his perspective on art, culture, and nature. Oil and pastels are Daniel’s preferred media, though I also use acrylic, pencil, watercolor;...
0010 - Independent curator Heather Bhandari on her book, Art/Work and the business of art
November 17, 2019 19:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBHeather Bhandari is an independent curator; a co-founder of the project-based curatorial team and podcast, The Remix; an adjunct lecturer at Brown University where she teaches professional practice to visual arts majors; and the Program Director of Art World Conference (AWC), a business and financial literacy conference for visual artists which debuted in New York City in April of 2019. The second edition of her book, ART/WORK, was published by Simon and Schuster in October of 2017. Bhandar...
0009 - Artist Jessie Fritsch walks a perfect line between control and spontaneity with the ancient art of encaustic painting
November 17, 2019 19:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBJessie Fritsch paints because she was raised surrounded by a creative and arty family who always supported her artistic talent. Her internal drive is to make art, teach art, and help create a strong art community. She is inspired by random moments and paint what she finds to be calming beauty in her busy life. The one common denominator in her work is vibrant and luminous color. Jessie began primarily using encaustics because she was captivated by its ancient history and was challenged by ...
0007 - Sculptor Kristin Thielking on interdisciplinary collaboration and evoking layers of meaning through fused glass
November 17, 2019 18:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBSculptor Kristin Thielking received a BA in Fine Art and Comparative Literature from Brown University in Rhode Island and an MFA in Sculpture from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Kristin has taught sculpture at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point since 2001. She has also taught at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, University of Wisconsin, Madison and Penland School of Crafts. She has exhibited and presented on her work widely. Interdisciplinary collaboration is at th...
0008 - Artist Betty Franks Krause unleashes joy through her abstract floral paintings
November 17, 2019 18:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBBetty Franks Krause was born in Toronto, Canada and raised in San Jose, California. She is a self-taught abstract artist who started painting when she turned 50. Although it seems late in life to take up painting, the timing was just right for her. After a long career in customer service management, she was ready to unleash her creative side. Here's what Betty has to say about her work: "I have a love for flowers…fields of flowers…and the lines in nature of trees, stems, branches, tall wee...
0005 - Mosaicist Joseph Kaftan elevates the everyday with the translucence of glass
November 17, 2019 18:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBJoseph Kaftan was born in northeastern Wisconsin. His mother was a newspaper photographer and his father a self-taught mosaicist. Encouraged by his parents, Joseph began drawing and painting at a young age. He later studied art at UW-Madison and graphic design at American University. He worked as a graphic designer, his favorite projects were creating CD and book covers. In 2006, he began his first mosaic as a way to engage with his father who had suffered a stroke. He connected with the ex...
0006 - Painter and Printmaker Mark Brueggeman on dancing with the ethereal
November 17, 2019 18:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBMark Brueggeman works in printmaking, painting, drawing, and stained glass, with occasional forays into bronze casting. His current printmaking focus is a combination of letterpress and intaglio prints, further expanding his scope into the roles of publisher and illustrator. Mark earned his undergraduate degree in drawing and painting at the Art Institute of Chicago. He earned his graduate degree at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in drawing and fiber sculpture. During his ca...
0001 - Welcome to the Passionate Painter Podcast
November 17, 2019 00:00 - 4 minutes - 2.94 MBErnest Hemingway once said, “There is nothing to writing. All you have to do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” So true, and true as well for the visual artist. The act of creating is exhilarating to be sure, but it is often excruciating. If you are an artist, you’ve probably thought the same thing, whether you are just starting out or have a long career behind you. The most important characteristic of successful creatives isn’t talent, money, a spacious studio with northern light, or...
0002 - Thriving as an Artist by Aligning with God's Plan with Matt Tommey
October 20, 2019 01:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBAn interview with Matt Tommey, Artist, Mentor, Author & Speaker. Voted one of Professional Artist Magazines "Best Art Mentors" in 2018, Matt describes his mission as "Helping thousands of artists around the world understand & flow in their Divine Design while being led by God's voice."
0003 - Classical Realism is Alive and Well with Painter and Instructor Nelson Ferreira - Part 1
October 20, 2019 01:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBThis is part 1 of a 2-part interview. Portugese master painter Nelson Ferreira discusses the state of realism in the West, his shocking rebellion against his academic institution, and how painting a haunting series carried him through a years-long depression. Nelson studied Fine Arts Painting and has exhibited and taught internationally. He is a visiting lecturer for the National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery of Lisbon, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa and many other museums and artist...
0004 - Toxic Materials, the Chemistry of Pigments, and Making Career Connections with Nelson Ferreira - Part 2
October 20, 2019 01:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBThis is part 2 of a 2-part interview. Portugese master painter Nelson Ferreira discusses his fidelity to ancient techniques and working with toxic materials, the chemical properties of pigments, and making professional connections in the art world. Nelson studied Fine Arts Painting and has exhibited and taught internationally. He is a visiting lecturer for the National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery of Lisbon, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa and many other museums and artistic institut...