Radio Maine with Dr. Lisa Belisle
269 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 23 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsEach week on Radio Maine, host Dr. Lisa Belisle brings you an interview with an artist, art-lover or creative individual that will broaden your view of Maine and the community that we cherish. If you’d like to watch the full video you can find us on YouTube. Thank you for joining us, and being part of our world.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Allen Bunker: Constructing Balance
April 17, 2022 13:14 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBAllen Bunker turned to art as a counterbalance to his fast-paced career in residential construction. Through experimentation and persistence, Allen developed a unique artistic approach. He soon left construction behind to open an art gallery in the coastal town of Boothbay Harbor, Maine. He learned much over the years that the gallery was open, including the fact that collectors loved the art he created. When Allen reentered the construction business, he did so under his own terms. His ali...
Christina Thwaites: an English Artist in Portland, Maine
April 10, 2022 12:41 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBOriginally from England, artist Christina Thwaites has lived around the world, enjoying time in such far flung locales as Scotland, France, Spain, Italy, Indonesia, Netherlands and Australia. Painting has long provided a means of finding home wherever she lands. Now living in one of Maine’s university towns, Christina has recently been inspired by the rugged coastline of the Pine Tree State. She notes an interesting narrative intersection between geography and the old photos that often provi...
Christina Thwaites: Finding Home
April 10, 2022 12:41 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBOriginally from England, artist Christina Thwaites has lived around the world, enjoying time in such far flung locales as Scotland, France, Spain, Italy, Indonesia, Netherlands and Australia. Painting has long provided a means of finding home wherever she lands. Now living in one of Maine’s university towns, Christina has recently been inspired by the rugged coastline of the Pine Tree State. She notes an interesting narrative intersection between geography and the old photos that often provi...
James Bonner: Maine Art Immersion
April 03, 2022 13:32 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBGrowing up in the land of the Razorbacks, it is perhaps not surprising that James Bonner is a former football player and sports enthusiast. More intriguing is the longstanding attraction that this Little Rock, Arkansas native has felt toward Maine art and artists. This first manifested as an attraction to the work of the Wyeth family. Drawn to Andrew Wyeth in particular, James began a decades-long love affair with Maine, traveling frequently to the state’s Mid-coast region to immerse himse...
Overcoming a Rock Climbing Accident to Get Back to Art: The Inspiring Story of James Bonner
April 03, 2022 13:32 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBGrowing up in the land of the Razorbacks, it is perhaps not surprising that James Bonner is a former football player and sports enthusiast. More intriguing is the longstanding attraction that this Little Rock, Arkansas native has felt toward Maine art and artists. This first manifested as an attraction to the work of the Wyeth family. Drawn to Andrew Wyeth in particular, James began a decades-long love affair with Maine, traveling frequently to the state’s Mid-coast region to immerse himself...
Small Business Spotlight: Emma Wilson on Pivoting an Art Gallery During a Global Pandemic
March 27, 2022 13:28 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBEmma Wilson has become intimately familiar with the challenges of managing an art gallery during a pandemic, including the potential impact on the livelihoods of artists. With a roster of over 55 Maine-centric artists, the importance of continuing to meet high standards at the Portland Art Gallery cannot be overstated. As the director, Emma worked with her team to meet and exceed these standards, in part by finding new ways to connect with art lovers around the world. Please join our conver...
Emma Wilson: Leading through Adversity
March 27, 2022 13:28 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBEmma Wilson has become intimately familiar with the challenges of managing an art gallery during a pandemic, including the potential impact on the livelihoods of artists. With a roster of over 55 Maine-centric artists, the importance of continuing to meet high standards at the Portland Art Gallery cannot be overstated. As the director, Emma worked with her team to meet and exceed these standards, in part by finding new ways to connect with art lovers around the world. Please join our conver...
Acrylic Flow Painting with Maine Artist Scott Bowe
March 20, 2022 14:01 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBArtist Scott Bowe has long been inspired by the ocean. He spent his formative years enjoying summers at the coastal Maine property his great grandfather acquired. As a college student, he participated in the Semester at Sea program, where he expanded his senses as he traveled around the world. It wasn’t until he was pursuing an acting career in Los Angeles that Scott began to experiment with art. He adopted a method of painting first created by Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros, who dev...
Scott Bowe: Ocean Flow
March 20, 2022 14:01 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBArtist Scott Bowe has long been inspired by the ocean. He spent his formative years enjoying summers at the coastal Maine property his great grandfather acquired. As a college student, he participated in the Semester at Sea program, where he expanded his senses as he traveled around the world. It wasn’t until he was pursuing an acting career in Los Angeles that Scott began to experiment with art. He adopted a method of painting first created by Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros, who dev...
Laurie Fisher: Finding Your Voice
March 13, 2022 14:43 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBWith her graduate degree in clinical psychology, artist Laurie Fisher has been trained to look for, and understand, the factors that fundamentally make us who we are, and who we might be. She has used these in her own creative development, as both a writer and an artist. Laurie speaks eloquently about her creative path, the uncertainties that plague most artists, and the joy of meeting advocates and supporters who have furthered her career and contributed to her artistic confidence. A relati...
Be Inspired by Laurie Fisher as She Describes How She Found Confidence in Her Art
March 13, 2022 14:43 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBWith her graduate degree in clinical psychology, artist Laurie Fisher has been trained to look for, and understand, the factors that fundamentally make us who we are, and who we might be. She has used these in her own creative development, as both a writer and an artist. Laurie speaks eloquently about her creative path, the uncertainties that plague most artists, and the joy of meeting advocates and supporters who have furthered her career and contributed to her artistic confidence. A relati...
Home Is Where The Heart Is: An Interview with Acclaimed Vermont Artist, Sage Tucker-Ketcham
March 06, 2022 15:05 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBBy the time Sage Tucker Ketcham entered high school in Burlington, Vermont, she and her mother had moved over 20 times. Their travels took them throughout the U.S. and Europe, with memorable stays in England and Italy. Sage’s mother, herself an artist and musician, made sure that art played an important part in their experience. Sage went on to obtain a more formal art education from the Maine College of Art in Portland, before eventually returning to Vermont, where she now lives with her h...
Sage Tucker Ketcham: Home is Where Our Heart Is
March 06, 2022 15:05 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBBy the time Sage Tucker Ketcham entered high school in Burlington, Vermont, she and her mother had moved over 20 times. Their travels took them throughout the U.S. and Europe, with memorable stays in England and Italy. Sage’s mother, herself an artist and musician, made sure that art played an important part in their experience. Sage went on to obtain a more formal art education from the Maine College of Art in Portland, before eventually returning to Vermont, where she now lives with her h...
Matthew Barter: Creating Downeast Maine
February 28, 2022 20:10 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBMatthew Barter has always approached his artistic training, and his life, in a unique manner. Homeschooled in rural Downeast Maine, his parents exposed him to art, art galleries and the working waterfront from a young age. His father, himself an artist and fisherman, served as one of his early role models. Over time, Matt moved from working construction jobs to becoming a full-time artist and sculptor. His dedication to both persistence and play has put him on track to be one of Maine’s icon...
Matthew Barter Is Leading the Way for the Next Generation of Maine Folk Artists
February 28, 2022 20:10 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBMatthew Barter has always approached his artistic training, and his life, in a unique manner. Homeschooled in rural Downeast Maine, his parents exposed him to art, art galleries and the working waterfront from a young age. His father, himself an artist and fisherman, served as one of his early role models. Over time, Matt moved from working construction jobs to becoming a full-time artist and sculptor. His dedication to both persistence and play has put him on track to be one of Maine’s icon...
Ed Wintner: From Organic Chemistry to Art
February 20, 2022 13:47 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBEd Wintner had more than a fleeting passion for art while in high school, and took his studies seriously at the Philadelphia College of Art (now part of the University of the Arts) during those years. His career would, however, take a very different path. After earning a PhD in organic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, he joined the fast-paced biotechnology world, on the front line of drug discovery. After successfully launching two biotech start-ups, Ed...
Ed Wintner, a Former Biochemist, Applies a Scientific and Methodical Approach to Art
February 20, 2022 13:47 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBEd Wintner had more than a fleeting passion for art while in high school, and took his studies seriously at the Philadelphia College of Art (now part of the University of the Arts) during those years. His career would, however, take a very different path. After earning a PhD in organic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, he joined the fast-paced biotechnology world, on the front line of drug discovery. After successfully launching two biotech start-ups, Ed...
MJ Benson: Emotional Embrace
February 20, 2022 11:27 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBArtist MJ Benson loves swimming in the ocean, and the accompanying profound, visceral sense of the balance between breathing and not. What she experiences so deeply in that realm is reflected in the play between light and dark in her abstract landscapes. MJ is highly attuned to emotional contrasts: her sorrow over her brother’s death from cancer in the midst of COVID generated a renewed appreciation for her family, her friends and her life in Maine. Over the past two years, MJ poured thi...
This Maine Artist Creates Dramatic, Abstract Seascapes That Will Blow You Away: Meet MJ Benson
February 20, 2022 11:27 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBArtist MJ Benson loves swimming in the ocean, and the accompanying profound, visceral sense of the balance between breathing and not. What she experiences so deeply in that realm is reflected in the play between light and dark in her abstract landscapes. MJ is highly attuned to emotional contrasts: her sorrow over her brother’s death from cancer in the midst of COVID generated a renewed appreciation for her family, her friends and her life in Maine. Over the past two years, MJ poured thi...
A Reluctant CEO Navigates Her Grief and Continues to Create Her Art: Meet Anne Heywood
February 06, 2022 13:50 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBAnne Heywood was an accomplished full-time artist and gallery owner when, in February 2020, her husband of thirty years passed away suddenly. Still navigating her grief, she assumed the role of CEO of her late husband’s engineering firm as a global pandemic unfolded. Her resilience and fortitude kept the business moving forward, enabling The Thompson & Lichtner Co., Inc. to celebrate its 125th year that October. Two years later, Anne is still running the Canton, Massachusetts-based company...
Anne Heywood: Art + Engineering = Creative Resilience
February 06, 2022 13:50 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBAnne Heywood was an accomplished full-time artist and gallery owner when, in February 2020, her husband of thirty years passed away suddenly. Still navigating her grief, she assumed the role of CEO of her late husband’s engineering firm as a global pandemic unfolded. Her resilience and fortitude kept the business moving forward, enabling The Thompson & Lichtner Co., Inc. to celebrate its 125th year that October. Two years later, Anne is still running the Canton, Massachusetts-based company...
Matthew Russ: Portland Art Gallery Artist
January 30, 2022 16:47 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBMatthew Russ was born in Portland, Maine and raised in nearby Cape Elizabeth. He earned a B.A. from Colby College, majoring in studio art with a concentration in oil painting, during which time he studied for one year at Crawford College of Art in Cork, Ireland. He lives with his wife KC in Waterville, where he maintains a studio. Matt celebrates Maine’s landscape in his paintings. He paints from life, working outdoors in all seasons and often backpacking into remote locations. He favors pro...
Artist Dan Daly on Sketchbooking, His Various Careers, and Volunteering at Maine State Prison
January 23, 2022 23:48 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBWhen Maine artist Dan Daly leaves his house, he checks off the essentials: keys, wallet, sketchbook. Over the past several decades, he has filled hundreds of sketchbooks with ideas and inspiration from his day-to-day travels. It’s not only images that capture his attention--Dan is equally drawn to people and their stories. He easily relates to people from a broad range of backgrounds, from the janitorial crew he worked with to make money so he could go back to college, to the inmates with w...
Dan Daly: A Sketchbook Everyday
January 23, 2022 23:48 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBWhen Maine artist Dan Daly leaves his house, he checks off the essentials: keys, wallet, sketchbook. Over the past several decades, he has filled hundreds of sketchbooks with ideas and inspiration from his day-to-day travels. It’s not only images that capture his attention--Dan is equally drawn to people and their stories. He easily relates to people from a broad range of backgrounds, from the janitorial crew he worked with to make money so he could go back to college, to the inmates with w...
A Model Boat Builder Paints Breathtaking, Realist Maritime Landscapes: Meet Artist Steve Rogers
January 17, 2022 14:12 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBSteve Rogers has an appreciation for history, tradition, and service. This, in addition to his lifelong fascination with the ocean, boatbuilders and, (as he refers to them) “watermen,” has resulted in an almost documentary feel to many of his works: his attention to detail related to the working waterfront is unparalleled. On today’s episode of Radio Maine, Steve talks about his rare, but much anticipated, childhood trips to the Jersey Shore where he first fell in love to access to the water...
Steve Rogers: Documenting the Working Waterfront
January 17, 2022 14:12 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBSteve Rogers has an appreciation for history, tradition, and service. This, in addition to his lifelong fascination with the ocean, boatbuilders and, (as he refers to them) “watermen,” has resulted in an almost documentary feel to many of his works: his attention to detail related to the working waterfront is unparalleled. On today’s episode of Radio Maine, Steve talks about his rare, but much anticipated, childhood trips to the Jersey Shore where he first fell in love to access to the water...
Willa Vennema: A Layered Life
January 09, 2022 15:56 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBWilla Vennema’s life is as wonderfully layered as the encaustic pieces she creates. Raised by art-loving parents in New York City, she became a talented flautist, attending what is now called the LaGuardia High School of Music & Performing Arts—the school that inspired the ‘80 film, television series and musical, “Fame.” She also began a decades-long relationship with Swan’s Island, a remote enclave in Hancock County, Maine that claims its own musical connection through the 32-year-old Swe...
Willa Vennema’s Path to Becoming an Established Encaustic Artist Will Inspire You
January 09, 2022 15:56 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBWilla Vennema’s life is as wonderfully layered as the encaustic pieces she creates. Raised by art-loving parents in New York City, she became a talented flautist, attending what is now called the LaGuardia High School of Music & Performing Arts—the school that inspired the ‘80 film, television series, and musical, “Fame.” She also began a decades-long relationship with Swan’s Island, a remote enclave in Hancock County, Maine, that claims its musical connection through the 32-year-old Sweet C...
David Moser of Maine’s Thomas Moser Furniture Family Discusses his Enduring Passion for Sculpture
January 02, 2022 15:16 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBSculptor David Moser has creativity woven into his DNA. A member of the Maine family known for the Thos Moser furniture company, David learned much from its entrepreneurial founder–his father, Tom. The wisdom that he gained, alongside his three brothers, would influence an early interest in business and economics. His comfort in working with his hands would eventually lend itself to the craft of sculpting, an artistic endeavor that he now pursues full-time. In this first Radio Maine episode ...
David Moser: Creative DNA
January 02, 2022 15:16 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBSculptor David Moser has creativity woven into his DNA. A member of the Maine family known for the Thos Moser furniture company, David learned much from its entrepreneurial founder–his father, Tom. The wisdom that he gained, alongside his three brothers, would influence an early interest in business and economics. His comfort in working with his hands would eventually lend itself to the craft of sculpting, an artistic endeavor that he now pursues full-time. In this first Radio Maine episode ...
Douglas H.Caves Sr.: Environmental Affinity
December 26, 2021 15:08 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBArtist Doug Caves has an affinity for the natural space afforded by rural New England. “It understands me and I understand it,” he says. Doug translates the energy he feels from the environment onto his paintings. Whether teaching artists, or pursuing his own art, Doug believes in taking a deliberate approach to exploration, discovery, and invention. His own explorations have led him to consider conflicting family guidance, a search for meaning, and whether his work “matters.” He suggests...
Doug Caves on the Artist’s Search for Purpose
December 26, 2021 15:08 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBArtist Doug Caves has an affinity for the natural space afforded by rural New England. “It understands me and I understand it,” he says. Doug translates the energy he feels from the environment onto his paintings. Whether teaching artists, or pursuing his own art, Doug believes in taking a deliberate approach to exploration, discovery, and invention. His own explorations have led him to consider conflicting family guidance, a search for meaning, and whether his work “matters.” He suggests...
Julie Houck: World Traveler
December 19, 2021 15:21 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBJulie Houck began life as a traveler, moving several times for her father’s career. This pattern repeated itself in her later years. After attending art school, she became a highly sought-after commercial photographer who traversed the globe shooting for corporations, as well as publications such as Business Week, Newsweek, Forbes, The New Yorker, and U.S. News & World Report. The accumulated miles, and the transition of photography from film to digital, motivated her to change her profes...
From Hawaii to Maine, Artist Julie Houck Travels Coast to Coast for Inspiration
December 19, 2021 15:21 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBJulie Houck began life as a traveler, moving several times for her father’s career. This pattern repeated itself in her later years. After attending art school, she became a highly sought-after commercial photographer who traversed the globe shooting for corporations, as well as publications such as Business Week, Newsweek, Forbes, The New Yorker, and U.S. News & World Report. The accumulated miles, and the transition of photography from film to digital, motivated her to change her professi...
Carol Bass: Coming Home
December 12, 2021 13:28 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBCarol Bass approaches life with an innate empathy, compassion and joy. A love for people and adventure brought her to Maine after college, and she stayed to raise a family, develop her art career and start a successful business. She moved to South Carolina after her children had grown, with the idea of reconnecting with family, but the draw to Maine was too strong. After a decade, she and her husband moved back. Now, you can find Carol living quietly in Pownal Maine, painting incessantly, a...
An Artist Struggling with MS Is Committed to Living in the Present: Be Inspired by Carol Bass
December 12, 2021 13:28 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBCarol Bass approaches life with an innate empathy, compassion and joy. A love for people and adventure brought her to Maine after college, and she stayed to raise a family, develop her art career and start a successful business. She moved to South Carolina after her children had grown, with the idea of reconnecting with family, but the draw to Maine was too strong. After a decade, she and her husband moved back. Now, you can find Carol living quietly in Pownal Maine, painting incessantly, a...
Kim Case of Cape Elizabeth, Maine Reflects on Her Winding Path to a Fruitful Art Career
December 05, 2021 13:37 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBKim Case began her creative journey as a photojournalist. After growing up in central New Hampshire, she trained in art history and photojournalism at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston. Finding the field of photojournalism difficult to break into, she went on to photograph weddings, using images to create narratives of a couple’s special day. She eventually became editor of the first home and design magazine in New England. Her paintings often reflect a sto...
Kim Case: Telling Stories
December 05, 2021 13:37 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBRadio Maine Episode 40: Kim Case Telling Stories Kim Case began her creative journey as a photojournalist. After growing up in central New Hampshire, she trained in art history and photojournalism at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston. Finding the field of photojournalism difficult to break into, she went on to photograph weddings, using images to create narratives of a couple’s special day. She eventually became editor of the first home and design magazine...
Nina Fuller: Back to the Land
November 28, 2021 14:30 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBRadio Maine Episode 39: Nina Fuller Back to the Land Inspired by Scott and Helen Nearing’s classic “back-to-the-land” book, Living the Good Life, Nina Fuller first came to Maine in 1972. Being close to nature had taken root in her psyche from early days spent on her parent’s farm in Connecticut, and she sought this same agricultural connection for her own family. When her Maine dreams imploded with a series of life transitions, Nina knew she would someday return to the bucolic tranquility ...
Sheep Farming, Equine Therapy and Photography in Hollis Maine: Meet Nina Fuller
November 28, 2021 14:30 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBInspired by Scott and Helen Nearing’s classic “back-to-the-land” book, Living the Good Life, Nina Fuller first came to Maine in 1972. Being close to nature had taken root in her psyche from early days spent on her parent’s farm in Connecticut, and she sought this same agricultural connection for her own family. When her Maine dreams imploded with a series of life transitions, Nina knew she would someday return to the bucolic tranquility she had previously found. After raising her children a...
Holly L. Smith: Maine Artist
November 21, 2021 11:32 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBHolly Smith’s New England connections run deep: she can trace her family lineage back to the Mayflower. Her great grandfather, Captain George Lane, used to sail from Rockport, Maine to the West Indies, carrying lime and lumber. Maine has been home her entire life, and she has taken full advantage of access to its islands, including Eagle, Monhegan and Vinalhaven. With loving encouragement from both her mother and father, she immersed herself in art from a young age, attended the Portland-Go...
Maine Arts and Culture: Interview with Landscape Oil Painter Holly Smith
November 21, 2021 11:32 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBHolly L. Smith’s New England connections run deep: she can trace her family lineage back to the Mayflower. Her great-grandfather, Captain George Lane, used to sail from Rockport, Maine to the West Indies, carrying lime and lumber. Maine has been home her entire life, and she has taken full advantage of access to its islands, including Eagle, Monhegan, and Vinalhaven. With loving encouragement from both her mother and father, she immersed herself in art from a young age, attended the Portlan...
Martha Burkert: Talking Perspective
November 14, 2021 14:42 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBMartha Burkert’s successful career as a photography stylist taught her much about perspective, subtracting from a scene, and proper lighting--each of which has been important to her art. Martha attended the Maine College of Art in Portland later in life, at the suggestion of several artist friends. One of her early influences was artist and author Alfred “Chip” Chadbourn, with whom she shares a connection to Yarmouth, Maine. She brings her knowledge of photography and art forward into her p...
Fall in Love with the Charming Interiors and Still Lifes by Artist Martha Burkert of Maine and Texas
November 14, 2021 14:42 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBMartha Burkert’s successful career as a photography stylist taught her much about perspective, subtracting from a scene, and proper lighting--each of which has been important to her art. Martha attended the Maine College of Art in Portland later in life, at the suggestion of several artist friends. One of her early influences was artist and author Alfred “Chip” Chadbourn, with whom she shares a connection to Yarmouth, Maine. She brings her knowledge of photography and art forward into her p...
After Earning an MBA and a Career in Banking, Dick Alden Chucked it All and Became a Sculptor
November 07, 2021 14:35 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBAn undergraduate finance major at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Dick Alden did not anticipate that he would enjoy his ceramics class as much as he did. In contrast to work he did in his other classes, he found that the process of doing something “not exact” was very appealing. Putting his interest in art on hold, he went on to pursue a career with State Street Bank in Boston, while raising a family and studying for a master’s in business administration over many nights and weeken...
Dick Alden: Carving a New Path
November 07, 2021 14:35 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBAn undergraduate finance major at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Dick Alden did not anticipate that he would enjoy his ceramics class as much as he did. In contrast to work he did in his other classes, he found that the process of doing something “not exact” was very appealing. Putting his interest in art on hold, he went on to pursue a career with State Street Bank in Boston, while raising a family and studying for a master’s in business administration over many nights and weeken...
Rodney Dennis: Exceptional Commitment
October 31, 2021 12:04 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBRodney Dennis is committed to his craft. For months, he took a late flight out of Washington DC bound for Boston every Thursday night after his compressed 4-day work week had ended. He did this so that he could spend weekends attending the Academy of Realist Art. As a result of his continuing commitment to serious academic pursuit, and countless hours of painting, his pieces display a level of precision that appears almost photographic in quality. After sharing Academy classes with him, art...
One to Watch: J. Rodney Dennis, a Contemporary Painter Making Waves in Classical Realism
October 31, 2021 12:04 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBRodney Dennis is committed to his craft. For months, he took a late flight out of Washington DC bound for Boston every Thursday night after his compressed 4-day work week had ended. He did this so that he could spend weekends attending the Academy of Realist Art. As a result of his continuing commitment to serious academic pursuit, and countless hours of painting, his pieces display a level of precision that appears almost photographic in quality. After sharing Academy classes with him, art...
A Candid Conversation with Musician and Painter Jodi Edwards, a Maine Artist with Many Talents
October 24, 2021 12:54 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBIn the field of computer science, abstraction refers to the process of taking away, or removing less relevant characteristics, in order to get to what is most essential. Using that definition, Jodi Edward’s life, like her art, has been a process of abstraction, leading to her current existence on a bucolic family farm in Surry, Maine. Jodi traces her journey from an education at the Parsons School of Design in New York City, across a trajectory of varied experiences, including waitressing, ...
Jodi Edwards: Living Abstraction
October 24, 2021 12:54 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBIn the field of computer science, abstraction refers to the process of taking away, or removing less relevant characteristics, in order to get to what is most essential. Using that definition, Jodi Edward’s life, like her art, has been a process of abstraction, leading to her current existence on a bucolic family farm in Surry, Maine. Jodi traces her journey from an education at the Parsons School of Design in New York City, across a trajectory of varied experiences, including waitressing, ...