Episode 164: Today I chat with artist, Michael Burgher. I found his channel on YouTube and knew I had to talk to him. He has a deep love of art history and a cool Surrealistic/Dada style to his painting: two things that equate to someone I want to hang out with.
Episode 155: Today I talk to Atlanta-based artist, Jane Boutwell. We talk about her new collection, Signs of Life, her new membership program, The Growing Creative Fellowship, new ventures, & a whole lot more!
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.
Episode 146: Today I talk to Charlotte-based artist, Chad Cartwright at his studio in C3Lab. We talk about how he got started, about his practice, what it’s like shooting nudes…
Episode 147: Today I talk to Brooklyn based artist Katerina Marcelja, about her Shoot the Breeze exhibit at Happy Lucky No.1 Gallery. Every culture has it’s idioms and sayings, “kill two birds with one stone,” “an eye for an eye.” She examines the history behind what we say and questions why we say it. It goes until March 1, 2020.
Episode 142: Today I talk to Andrea Rosen of the Fleming Museum in Burlington, Vermont. We talk about the art of activism in the RESIST! INSIST! PERSIST! exhibition which goes until December 13, 2019.
John Edmonds (African-American, born 1989) Jordan Raising His Hand (Encounter), 2015 Inkjet Print Courtesy of Light Work
Resist_2.jpg Sabra Field (American, born 1935) Plainclothesman and Residents: Watts, from the Decade Portfolio, late 1960s Linocut print on Goyu paper Gift of the Pentangle Council on the Arts 1991.80.63I
Francisco De Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828), What a Golden Beak! (Que Pico De Oro!), No. 53 from Caprices (Los Caprichos), 1797-1799. Etching and burnished aquatint on laid paper. Gift of Henry Schnakenberg 1945.2.42
Episode 138: Today I chat with Julia Debski. She’s the gallery assistant at the Tanya Bonakdar gallery in New York City. We talk about Charlotte, Starbucks, New York, and the Sarah Sze exhibition which goes until October 19, 2019.
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″
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.
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.