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Chase Langford, L.A. abstract artist

Episode 157: Today I talk with Chase Langford who is an independent artist in LA. His background in cartography influences his paintings. He likes to call it Geographic Expression. Chase is represented by several galleries in the U.S., including Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art in Charlotte, NC.

Regent Street, 2019, oil and oil bar on canvas, 70 x 40 in.

Califa 7, 2019, oil and metallic on canvas, 60 x 60 in.

Marais 11, 2009, oil and aluminum oil bar, 34 x 24 in.

Featured Image: Sea Point Green, 2008, oil on canvas, 36 x 84 in. Collection of David Stamper & Ted McNamara

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Bree Stallings, Charlotte artist: To Be Seen & Celebrated exhibition

Episode 149: You can’t deny that eyes are the window to the soul. Today I go on-site to see Bree Stallings’s solo exhibition, To be Seen & Celebrated. Bree & I chat about the project behind the exhibition, where she was commissioned to paint 100 individual eyeballs in memory of a loved one.

Bree gives a percentage of it to the residents Brookhill Village, an affordable housing community in Charlotte, for eye exams & glasses.

To be Seen & Celebrated, c. Bree Stallings

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Kirby Kendrick, New Mexico painter

Episode 136: Today I talk to Kirby Kendrick, all the way in New Mexico. Kirby is a wealth of information, as well as a top-notch artist. I found her while researching information on Kandinsky and Gabriele Munter. When I saw her beautiful paintings, I knew I had to get her on the show.

Featured image: La boheme, Collage, acrylic, oil, charcoal and ink on Canvas 60 x 72″

*Homage to Manet. Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe*
Mixed Media on Canvas
36 x 52″

*Sistine Pop!*
Tempera, stencil, ink, watercolor, and acrylic on paper
26 x 40″

*De Kooning’s Angel*
Tempera on Paper
40 x 26″

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Liam O’Gallagher: Chat with Kevin Wallace, of the Beatrice Wood Center

Episode 134 : Kevin Wallace, from the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts returns to the show. He introduces me to the art of Liam O’Gallagher, who was a contemporary of Beato’s & a REALLY interesting guy. Kevin wrote a book on Liam which is linked below.

Featured Image: Bird, 1995 Acrylic on canvas 12″ x 12″

**Self-Trait**
1997
Acrylic on canvas
11″ x 14″

**Untitled**
n.d.
Acrylic on canvas
12″ x 12″

**Creation**
2005
Acrylic on canvas
18″ x 18″

All images c. Liam O’ Gallagher.

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Gina Strumpf, Charlotte painter

Episode 131: Today I talk to Charlotte artist, Gina Strumpf about plein air painting, live wedding paintings, career changes, making your craft unique, and never being too late to realize your dreams.

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Caroline Krabbe, Danish painter in Spain

Episode 132: Today I talk to Caroline Krabbe, all the way in Spain!! [She’s actually Danish]. She is fabulous! I found her on Instagram & knew I had to chat with her. We have a very inspiring conversation about growing up in an artist family, running a gallery, and producing the best art possible.