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Philip Lawson was born in Bristol, Tennessee in 1967. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Ringling School of Art and Design in Florida in 1991 and a Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy with an emphasis in Art Therapy from Notre dame de Namur University in California in 2001. His eclectic approach to making art has included scoring films, producing music videos, and working in a variety of other media, from painting and sculpture to photography and ceramics. He has been the subject of a feature length documentary and inspired The Weapons of Light Piano Concerto. http://www.philiplawsonart.com http://www.weaponsoflight.com https://www.facebook.com/PhilipLawsonStudio https://www.facebook.com/Philip-Lawson-Art-Studio-2115598168671807/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Subscribe to my Channel for more Art and Artist Interviews: *** https://www.youtube.com/mattpiersonart To Purchase Art Originals and Art Prints check out my website below: https://www.mattpiersonart.com Sign up for my Newsletter for exclusive deals: https://www.mattpiersonart.com/newsletter-sign-up Provide Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mattpiersonart Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MattPiersonArt Follow me on all the platforms: https://www.facebook.com/MattPiersonArt https://www.instagram.com/mattpiersonart https://www.twitter.com/MattPiersonArt https://linktr.ee/MattPiersonArt --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Jennifer Klemp's Geometric Series is inspired by the artist's own internal inner searching and manifestation. Her recent work taps into the spiritual and introspective nature found within one's self. Each piece is created laboriously, fusing traditional methods with abstract undertones. Attention to color theory is intentional, with bright punches of color found throughout. Website https://www.jenniferklemp.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jenniferklempartist/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for more Artist Interviews: *** https://www.youtube.com/c/mattpiersonart To Purchase Art Originals and Art Prints check out my website below: https://www.mattpiersonart.com Sign up for my Newsletter for exclusive deals: https://www.mattpiersonart.com/newsletter-sign-up Provide Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mattpiersonart Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MattPiersonArt Follow me on all the platforms: https://www.facebook.com/MattPiersonArt https://www.instagram.com/mattpiersonart https://www.twitter.com/MattPiersonArt https://linktr.ee/MattPiersonArt --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Nick Diomedes' interest in music started at an early age. Originally fascinated with the tactility of playing an instrument, it's no surprise that Nick became a drummer. Upon deciding to pursue a professional career in music, Nick developed his skills as a Jazz Studies Major at the University of North Texas and began working as a professional musician in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, spending countless nights in Honky Tonks, dive bars, and recording studios. Looking to further his professional career, Nick moved to Nashville, TN in 2013 with the goal of working with major label Country artists, both on tour and in the studio. After nine years in Nashville, and many miles traveled on the highway and in the sky, Nick decided to prioritize spending more time at home with his loved ones. While not completely retired, he enjoys his time in town and continues to diversify his endeavors, which now include photography, yoga, and rock climbing. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ndiomedesmusic https://www.instagram.com/ndiomedesphoto --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ryan Greis, founder and lead instructor of Drawn Studio, has over 15 years of professional illustration experience. His artwork has appeared in the pages of New York Press, St. Louis Magazine, Riverfront Times and other local and regional publications around the United States, earning him numerous awards year after year from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. In addition to a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Visual Communication from Northern Kentucky University, Ryan holds an MBA from Lindenwood University. His more recent work as "art detective" has helped some of the finest museums and institutions locate and recover $745,000 in missing artwork. Facebook http://www.facebook.com/drawnstudio --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Paulette Brinkmann Wright grew up on a farm in northwestern Ohio. Her favorite thing about farm life was helping her father Paul tend to the livestock. As a little girl, he taught her how to take care of the baby chicks, or the “peeps” as she called them. Paulette later learned how to feed cattle, nurse baby calves, and help her dad and her uncle John on their milk route together. Paulette loved to follow her father around the barn, into grain elevators, farm equipment stores – pretty much everywhere – and her father loved having her company. Subsequently, at a young age, Paulette developed an appreciation for hard work, nature and animals. Paulette had a strong emotional bond to her father, however, it was her mother Bettie who inspired her to become a photographer. Paulette describes her mother as “the chronicler of the family.” She had a “Brownie Camera” that she used to document important events such as family reunions and their beloved horseshoe tournaments. One day, when Paulette was 11 years old, she asked her mother if she could borrow her camera out of curiosity. And her mother said yes. Paulette said, “I was in heaven! I started taking pictures all the time, honing my photographic skills with that Brownie. It took some time, but gradually I learned to pay attention to light, subject matter and composition.” During her lifetime, Paulette has worked in the insurance field, in the I.T. department for a newspaper, and as an office manager for an architectural firm. While she was working at Mozingo & Wallace Architects, she met Hank, the man she is now happily married to. Paulette recalls, “He walked into the office and it was basically love at first sight. Mind you, I had never had a reaction to any man who came into the office before, but there was just something about him. I took his business card back to my boss and said, ‘Your 10 am appointment is here and please keep him here as long as you can.' I was so embarrassed! We will have been married 20 years in September.” Paulette and her husband have relocated many times because of his work. Paulette says, “Our favorite place we have lived, other than North Carolina, was Glen Allen, Virginia.” The couple also love to travel, so many of her photographs are of the places they've explored. Paulette says, “We spent 5 days in France once, traveling to Marseille, Avignon, and Lyon, and ending our trip at Oustau de Baumaniere in a lovely, picturesque French inn outside of Les Baux-de-Provence. We also took a cruise to Alaska in 2019, which was fantastic! But Maui in Hawaii is our ultimate happy place. Oh, such paradise!” In fact, Hank and Paulette have visited 30 of the 50 states in the U.S.! One year for their anniversary, Hank bought Paulette a Nikon and a more advanced world of photography immediately opened up for her. She currently has 3 Nikons and uses each one for different applications. Paulette says, “ I love seeing beautiful nature in my viewfinder, particularly cows and other animals, and rainbows are a favorite of mine. Also, I find it satisfying to see something I photographed come out so beautifully in print. There are moments that have taken my breath away. I guess that's why I always come back to photography again and again.” Website https://www.wrightfineart.biz/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wrightfineart/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WrightFineArt/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sergey Kir is a unique and innovative artist who's created his own remarkable, new art style, which was he coined "Conceptivism." An ambitious approach to painting, conceptivism synthesizes technology, financial modeling, and art history into a cohesive whole. Utilizing hand drawing, digital photography, and the analytical methods from quantitative finance, Kir's ultimate goal is to create a “gesamtkunstwerk,” or absolute work of art, which goes beyond the visual to incite, provoke, inspire, and enrich the minds of his viewers. Kir's compositions are planned using computer algorithms, with strong philosophical and socio-political messages as their underpinnings. By mixing machine learning, finance, humanity, storytelling, and vivid colors, Kir believes that he's able to create images just this side shy of perfection. His work generally centers around several themes, namely New York City, “the city of peoples' dreams;” Toronto, water, abstraction, Biblical stories by his family background and his personal connection to the "Kir" fortress mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, and world finance, something he describes as being as much an art as a science. Kir was born in western Ukraine during the time of the Soviet Union and lived in Russia for many years. He now lives in New York City, where he pursues his art career, while working in financial risk management. Instagram: www.instagram.com/sergey_kir_art Webpage: www.sergeykir.com Artist Statement: https://www.sergeykir.com/artist-statement Information about Conceptivism: https://www.art-mine.com/collectorscorner/sergey-kir-conceptivism-art-technology/ Information about the artistic process: https://www.agora-gallery.com/advice/blog/2016/09/13/conceptivism-sergey-kir/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Kristi Ponder's Statement: My artwork focuses on the commonalities that the human race shares, instead of the differences that pull us apart. Each artwork visually represents a location meant to elicit certain emotions and responses from the viewer. My artwork reminds the viewers of different emotions or experiences that person is connected to, while linking them to the larger theme that so many others have experienced. Through contemplative landscapes with large colorful skies, I emphasize the vastness of nature and the smallness of humans to remind us of our relationship to nature. Website https://sites.google.com/view/kponderartist/home --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Terry Suhre was the Director of Gallery 210 and Research Professor (NTT) at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He retired from that position in 2021. Prior to Suhre's appointment at UMSL in 1996, he was director for five years at the Catherine Smith Gallery at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, where in addition to the curatorial, administrative, and teaching duties he oversaw the visual arts component of An Appalachian Summer. Suhre began his museum/gallery career at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield where he worked from 1980-1990. Since 1983 he has organized and curated over 200 exhibitions. In addition to his university teaching and gallery responsibilities Suhre served on several community arts boards and remains active as a guest curator and juror. Suhre holds a B.F.A. in Painting from the University of Illinois-Urbana/ Champaign (1976) and a M.F.A. in Painting (1980) from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

F. Kenneth's Statement: Although art has been a passion since childhood; I stepped away from it for years and pursued writing, in which I'm also a proud Self-Published Author of 9 books, with #10 in the works. In 2018, under the moniker, F. Kenneth Art, I returned to my artistic roots with a newfound passion for my craft. I began studying all aspects of art; both the business and creative sides, and pursued it wholeheartedly. In 2019, I held my first artist exhibition in Clayton, MO and was featured in Urb Arts', "Abstract Pop-Up" Exhibit, curated by Susan Lively. In April, 2021, I was invited by Urb Arts, Owner, MK Stallings to be in the "Balm" Exhibit, curated by Billy Williams. In addition to creating character sketches for books and collaborating with several local entrepreneurs on new projects, I currently strive to become a self-employed artist and studio gallery owner. Website https://fkennethart.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FKennethArt1 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKM6LWnZCAgRCSr4nIWX85g?view_as=subscriber Merchandise https://www.redbubble.com/people/F-Kenneth-Art/shop?asc=u Art Prints https://www.artpal.com/1fkennethart Art Studio Fundraiser https://gogetfunding.com/fkartstudio/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

John Scala's Artist Statement "My images focus on the beautiful scenes of outdoor Long Island. I have a lot of landscape images but also some flora and fauna. One of the things I like about photography is the fact that the camera can capture images that the naked eye can't see like long exposure images and black and white images. I love getting up before the dawn and capturing sunrise images." Website www.johnscalaphotography.com Instagram www.instagram.com/jscalaj Facebook www.facebook.com/johnscalaphotography --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Vesna Longton is a professional artist with a formal art education and an experimental approach in 3d glass and resin art. She was born in Soviet Russia in 1974. She graduated from the Moscow State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Fine Art in 1992. From 1992 through 1997 she studied fine art at various Moscow art studios and since 2006 Vesna Longton has lived in Massachusetts, USA. She is a freelance artist and a member of Attleboro art Museum and Pawtucket Art collaborative. Throughout her art career she has been a free-lance artist and worked as an art teacher, illustrator, and live event painter. Since 2019 Vesna has been working in a unique technic of 3d glass and 3d resin painting, in which she uses a multilayered image incorporating a LED lighting effects in her art project. Vesna has been taking part in art exhibitions in US and Russia, and her works are in private collections around the world. Website http://www.vesnalongton-art.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vesna.longton --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Michael Coppage has lived and worked in Cincinnati since 2007. Coppage earned a B.F.A in Sculpture from Memphis College of Art and an M.F.A in Studio Art from The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Primarily a conceptual artist, Coppage has uses a plethora of artistic media including photography, video and sculpture to address issues around subconscious bias and racial disparities. He has traveled around the world extensively and has work in a number of private collections. Coppage has recently been featured in print an online for a controversial and provocative series entitled "American +" where he addresses the appropriation of African-American culture and the simultaneous demonization of black men as well as depicts white Americans as monkeys. Coppage is the winner of the Ohio Psychiatric Physicians Foundation Enlightenment Award for his work in providing education and reducing stigma in the community. He also received a Truth and Reconciliation Grant to expand his Black Box community engagement series which addresses the stigma associated with the color black. His TEDx Talk “Everybody's Racist” premiered on 2/27/21. Social Media https://www.instagram.com/prosper_jones_ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Tony Lipps is an artist out of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is married with two sons and resides just outside of Cincinnati. He attended Kent State University from 2001-2005 before joining the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office in June of 2005. From 2005-2019, Tony served as a Deputy in the jail and as a Patrol officer before making the decision to leave law enforcement to pursue a career as a full time artist. Tony works in oil paints out of his studio in Essex Studios, located in Downtown Cincinnati. Tony has spent the past two years learning new techniques for paint application and still developing his subject matter. He has focused mostly on cityscapes and urbanscapes in varying techniques as a source of experimentation with colors and textures. Website and Social Media https://www.tonylippsart.com https://www.instagram.com/tonylippsart https://www.facebook.com/TonyLippsArt --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A native of California with a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, T Barny has been creating sculpture professionally for over 4 decades. During his career, he has produced more than 1000 sculptures that range in size from one-foot-tall tabletop pieces to twelve-foot-tall corporate and public installations that can weigh upwards of 9 Tons in steel, bronze, wood, and water, though his curvilinear, Mobius-inspired stone sculptures are his most celebrated. His works have been shown in over 100 galleries in 18 countries worldwide and he has participated in more than 400 group and individual exhibitions. His sculptures are collected in 23 countries He has worked as an artist-in-residence in such locations as Greece and Italy, as well as several locations throughout the U.S., though the majority of his work is done from his home studio, the T Barny Gallery & Sculpture Gardens, in Healdsburg, California. It is his great love of stone as a medium that allows him to create serene and evocative works that continue to grow in their market presence and are increasingly sought after in both private and public arenas. Online Links https://www.tbarny.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TBarnyGallery https://www.instagram.com/TBarnySculpture/ https://twitter.com/tbarnysculpture --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Will is an experienced landscape/horticultural photographer who started shooting B&W/color film in the 70's. He purchased his first camera, Olympus OM1, after winning first-place in the University of Illinois writing contest for poetry. He has been mainly photographing Colorado, Michigan and the West for about the last 30 years. Gardening has always been his passion, especially at 8400 feet in the foothills of Colorado, where he would grow colorful vegetables and flowers mainly poppies to photograph. He was considered a Horticultural Hero by Garden Design magazine for being able to successfully garden among the many heard of elk. He was also considered the purple potato mountain man before purple potatoes became popular. He would share his gardening and photography exploits as the High-Altitude Garden Writer for the local newspapers. Besides the iPhone12Pro, his current camera of choice is the Sony A7Riii full-frame, mirrorless DSLR. He looks for the unusual image among the commonplace, the overlooked, whether it is in a spectacular place like The Great Sand Dunes National Park in Southern Colorado or a close up of flowers in his various gardens. BTW, you can always find Will chasing the early morning and evening light. https://www.facebook.com/probeckphotos https://www.instagram.com/shot2amaze https://www.linkedin.com/in/wprobeck --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Kevin Grass is a Florida artist known primarily for his landscapes and series of hyper-realistic figurative paintings that comment upon social issues of the day. These complex, thought-provoking images were well represented in juried and invitational exhibitions, galleries, and prestigious art publications, but sales were intermittent and unreliable. Lame Ducks is series of smaller, less complex images that retain the humor, narrative, and technical approach of the more involved figure paintings, using rubber ducks as the common thematic element. These visual puns are colorful, fun, and lend themselves more easily to marketing and commercial applications. The paintings are accompanied by a whole series of products at the website https://www.kevingrass.art Kevin Grass lives with his wife and son in Tarpon Springs, Florida. He is Associate Professor of Art at St. Petersburg College, where he has taught since 1997. Social Media and Website Twitter: https://twitter.com/fineartfan Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/fineartfan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grass.kevin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhotorealismArtist Website: https://www.kevingrass.art or https://www.lameducks.net --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Xan Blood Walker was born in Seattle Washington in the heat of the summer. She learned print photography in high school, and went on to obtain two BFA's, one in printmaking and another in painting from the University of Washington. Many years later when pursuing graduate studies in counseling she obtained a Masters certificate in Art Therapy. Prior to her higher education she attended the school of hard knocks in Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, as an 80's street punk at the height of the punk rock scene. With over 20 years in recovery she finds a way to blend her varied experiences into a unique and personal style. Currently she is branching out into two new areas: documenting the living breathing urban landscape through photojournalism; and incorporating mixed media into her photography. She has already begun using graffiti marker, and hopes to add beeswax from her bee hive, as well as dip back into her printmaking background with stenciling, linoblock, and woodcutting. ARTWORK Xan has exhibited her work primarily in group shows in Seattle, San Francisco, Emeryville, Alameda, Oakland, and New York. HONORS AND ACTIVITIES Xan was awarded a Links Scholarship for her woodblock print depictions of her emotional experiences around rape. She contributed as an intern artist for the mural project on the Women's Building in San Francisco, CA., in 1994. PRESS Studio Notes wrote an article about Xan in December of 1995, and she was honored to have a photo of hers used as the cover for the book 'Representations of the Cuban and Philippine Insurrections on the Spanish Stage 1887-1898" published in 2001 by D.J. O'Connor. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/xanbloodwalker/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/XanBloodWalker Twitter https://twitter.com/xanbloodwalker YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/evi11egur1/videos --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Kate Simon is a Louisiana native, now Florida resident where she works as a technical writer during the day and an artist in the evenings. Kate uses art as a form of healing, meditation, and exploration. Fond of many artforms, she is particularly drawn to abstract works because of the benefit it has on the brain. It is her mission to extend the positive effects she has felt through art to homes, businesses, and medical offices. Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/katesimonart Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/katesimonart Website | https://www.katesimonart.com Email | hello@katesimonart.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Bryan Hobein is an artist living and working in Astoria, OR. He is currently creating figurative watercolors that conceptually center around the ideas of sexuality, comfort, stillness, and how they're contained and expressed in the body. Previously Bryan has worked in pen and ink and digital medium centered around the ideas of monsters, ninjas, and pew pew action. Instagram www.instagram.com/galactusface/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ashira Siegel Fox was born and raised in Southern California. She studied media and studio art at Hunter College in New York City though she is largely self taught. Her art practice involves experimenting with various combinations of artistic methods and mediums in an effort to create unconventional paintings, unique variant prints and art objects that explore color, texture, depth and dimension. Her work over the years has included (and often combined) sculpturally sewn and collaged hand dyed papers, plaster castings, layered resin, glass kiln work, ceramics, photography, and many many different ways of painting and printing. She is currently working on a body of work that includes a series of sewn mixed media paintings. Ashira draws inspiration from decades of studio experiments and her wildly varied life experiences. Website | www.ashirasiegelfox.com Instagram | www.instagram.com/ashirasart/ TikTok | www.tiktok.com/@ashirasart?lang=en Facebook | www.facebook.com/AshirasArt/ Twitter | www.twitter.com/AshirasArt --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Kyle is a self-described creative polymath, who balances her work life between fine art, illustration, and graphic design across all platforms. She's a wildly creative, unapologetically self-expressed free spirit who lives a daily practice of gratitude. Her fine art ranges from abstract to realism and involves a wide variety of mediums. Collage, textures and circles are a focal point in her pieces. Her other latest projects include illustrating a children's book, client work in print, VR and motion graphics, sound design and writing. Kyle has a fondness for illustrating animals and botanicals, and for loose, unplanned abstract work. She is also currently writing two books - a memoir and an interactive book about gratitude. Having maintained more than 1800 days of posting her gratitude, she's also given talks on the subject and hopes to offer both books in the very near future. When she is not painting or drawing, Kyle is creating products for her online store, and staying safe with her husband, son and their two dogs, Doodle and Scout in their Woodland Hills home. SOCIAL MEDIA: Intagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylecreative/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KyleCreativeArt LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/ WEBSITES: Fine art originals and prints: www.kylecreativeart.com Online Merchandise Store: www.kyle-creative-art.com Professional Site (Design, Illustration): www.kyle-creative.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Doug Weaver is a real cool guy! He lives in Old North with his wife and son, where he paints magnificent paintings in his basement. Weaver received his MFA in painting from Fontbonne University in 2013. After graduating, he moved to Rwanda in the Peace Corps where he taught art, music, and drama. He also found time to organize and implement women's empowerment trainings for young men as well as wrestling wild dogs in a spay and neuter campaign. In 2015, Weaver moved back to St. Louis and became a father. That's when he went from being merely a cool guy to a REAL cool guy. He teaches art as an adjunct instructor at Stevens - The Institute of Business and Arts, as well as pursuing his own artistic excellence. In his spare time he reviews grants for the Regional Arts Commission and grows rare and exotic plants, because of course he does. His recent work focuses on the city of St. Louis and volunteerism. In 2019, Weaver had two solo shows. One series of cityscapes at The 3rd Degree Glass Factory, and a series of 10 paintings representing nonprofit organizations in St. Louis. These paintings were donated to volunteers at those nonprofits, because Doug is baller AF. Doug Weaver makes all of his paints by hand using pigments from plants he grows in the Old North Community Garden, oils from farms in Missouri and Illinois, and beeswax from Clayton, MO. I think we can expect big things from Doug Weaver. https://dougweaverart.org/ www.facebook.com/DougWeaverArt www.instagram.com/dougweaverart/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Michael Snider's Artist Statement: " To produce artwork that facilitates meaningful and memorable feelings that empower, inspire and return childlike wonder to the viewer. Thank you, peace and love." www.facebook.com/LOA-Art-Gallery-1155675594455783 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

After a long career as a software engineer and serial entrepreneur, Ron is returning to his childhood fascination with photography as an interpretive documentary art form. Even in his early teens, he was fascinated with photography's ability to capture a specific moment in time. A place, A look. A feeling. As he again opens his eyes to the wonder and beauty that surrounds us, he is pleased and honored to be able to bring you a brief glimpse into that world through his eyes. Ron's motto is "I'll 'shoot' anything that gets in my way." Rather than focus on any single category, he chooses to bring his eclectic vision to everything he finds around him. That being said, he has recently undertaken a select few more extensive projects. The most ambitious goal is to photograph every historic railway and railway museum in California (there are 32). Also, he hosts a discussion of his work and shares photography tips every other Sunday on "Sunday Morning Live with Ron." It streams live on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, and replays are available on YouTube and Facebook. www.ronolcottphotography.com www.facebook.com/ronolcottphotography www.instagram.com/ronolcottphotography www.youtube.com/channel/UCU_Z26KO45AVLFC6AYOpfdg --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Gary Kessler is a commercial advertising photographer with over 35 years' experience in the industry. He has traveled extensively around the world on business, allowing him to capture personal shots for his own use along the way. This collection of rarely seen work includes photos from trips to Brazil, China, and France. Closer to home photos are featured from New England, the Catskill Mountains, horse farms of Kentucky, and his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. By providing images for marketing and advertising campaigns, Gary has photographed exotic flowers and landscapes. A long-time supporter and volunteer for Cincinnati's Concours d'Elegance has introduced Mr. Kessler to car owners who show their wheels at shows that benefit charitable causes such as juvenile arthritis. Using a combination of both black, white, and color, this artist is always looking for the unusual view. Gary's images are made to resonate with the viewer, speaking to their feelings, moods and memories. www.chasekesslerfineart.com www.facebook.com/chasekesslerfineart www.instagram.com/chasekesslerfineart --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Jasmine is a self taught artist with a background in science. Her art explores the emergent patterns found in natural growth, form, and collective systems. With elements of archetypal myth and a dash of futurism, her work seeks to create a language that crosses all barriers of time, space, and culture. Outside the studio, she works as the Lead Art Facilitator at the inclusive nonprofit studio Artists First and as a professional coach working with groups and individuals to use the power of art and imagination for personal growth. Unus Mundus Latin for "one world", Carl Jung's concept of an underlying unified reality from which everything emerges from and returns to one. Websites https://unusmundusart.com https://chaos2ordercoaching.org Instagram https://www.instagram.com/unus_mundus... Facebook https://www.facebook.com/unusmundusart/ "Archives for Aliens" Coming to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play March 1st 2021 A podcast recorded for future life on earth. Consciousness. Creativity. The Nature of Reality. Cool people making things. Life outside the box. Philosophy. Awakening. Leaving your signature mark. What makes you tick? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Jo Padgett is located in Fairborn, OH. Known for her acrylic paintings. Jo taught painting for 7 years and is a Charter Member for "Artist United ". Jo Padgett has worked in oils, watercolors and now focuses primarily in acrylics which she has found a great love for. Jo is a life time student in the arts and has often traveled out of state to learn new techniques to improve her craft. When not painting she works part time, cares for her dog, her flower garden and spends time with her family. www.splashesofart.com www.instagram.com/joannes_studio --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Deborah Herbert's Bio: As a former Visual Arts Educator, consultant and trainer, my philosophical approach to my art is much the same as my teaching….I never stop learning, exploring and experimenting! The Equine form has always held great spiritual significance to me, it's beauty and grace is perhaps unsurpassed in nature save for the human form. They have much in common. To render them truthfully….their mystery, power, gentleness, strength and spirituality are the qualities I strive to portray! 1975 Faculty Scholar Graduate of Florida Atlantic University BFA with K-12 Teaching Certification 1994 Masters Degree in Educational Leadership w/Honors Nova Southeastern Alumni Honors Award Winner --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Björn Kleemann's Bio: I'm a photographer currently based in the Bay Area south of San Francisco. Originally from Germany we have left our home country more than 15 years ago and since then have lived in Ireland, Argentina and now California. I started with photography late in life, I picked up a camera a bit more than ten years ago just with the idea to improve our holiday photos. I found out quickly that there is so much more to discover with a camera and I spent a lot of time on learning many different styles of photography from landscapes, portraits to street photography and more. Today I am most interested in abstractions by either distorting the picture while out shooting or manipulating it in processing. I'm also a big fan of minimalism and I spend a lot of time finding good places for architecture and landscapes I can turn into minimalist experiments. My photography is not representational, I don't document the world around me - I intend to interpret it based on what I see and feel. Should the opportunity arise I'm also happy to get my long lens out and chase some wildlife - from bobcats and eagles in our backyard to orcas and humpbacks out on the pacific ocean. Website: https://www.bjornkleemann.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/desertorca101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BjornKleemannPhotography --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

May Chan's Artist Statement: Lively, colourful, always cheerful with crazy abundant loud energy. That's just one side of me. The other side is darker, moodier, more serious-er. I suppose it's the Jekyll and Hyde syndrome. On the darker side of the moon, my work is either monotone or in black and white. For some reason, this is mostly expressed in commercial artwork. On sunny days, my work is bright, bubbly, joyful, and jubilant. Kawaii muffins, Kute kaijus, two-legged fish, weird and wonderful three eyed cats all spontaneously pop into existence while I float on a rainbow cloud made of candy and cane and everything nice. That's not to say one work is better than the other. Each piece is precious. Each piece a beautiful memory of life in the city, at the beaches, being bored at traffic jams, of furious scribbles in art schools, mad holidays with the family, and lazy afternoons with my favouritest people. I collect emotions and pour them into my art. I look and wonder, “What if?”, “Why did I?”, “Why didn't I?”, “Why would I?” and then I draw some more, and create some more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sej Saraiya (b. 1985) is an ethnographic and fine art photographer who has spent the last several years documenting indigenous cultures. She graduated with a Master's degree in Film and Writing from the University of Southern California in 2009, and has since traveled to the deep interiors of Asia and the Americas, capturing portraits that tell stories of remote cultures. Reflecting her own perpetual search for a deeper meaning in life, her work can best be described as spiritual and philosophical, hoping to create a yearning in the viewers that is tantamount to her own. Her photographs have been exhibited in America, Europe and India, and hang in the homes of private collectors in Belgium, Switzerland, Australia, India, Germany, South Africa, Canada and the United States. Facebook: www.facebook.com/SejSaraiyaCreative Instagram: www.instagram.com/sejsaraiya Website: www.sejalsaraiya.com Print Shop: www.sejsaraiyafineart.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Karlana Pedersen founded, Karlana Pedersen Visual Art & Photography in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2015, before relocating her business and returning with her family to Chicago, Illinois in 2019. Since then, Karlana Pedersen Visual Art & Photography has expanded to become a fully online sustainable custom art services provider with three distinct company brands: Online artist gallery: www.karlana.com Custom Art On Demand Service: www.aodpro.com New home decor brand called Art Maiden™ “How Do Artists…? With Ryan & Karlana” Livestream/Podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Spending a moment in time talking with my daughter while we do some coloring. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Linda Sacketti's Bio: Art is an interpretation of reality, not a copy. I am a self-taught artist. My medium of preference is acrylic paint on canvas. I love to travel and I take lots of photo's during my visits. When I get back home to my studio, I use these photos to create expressionistic paintings of the places I've been. I try to capture the feeling of these places in my art. I'm a self-taught artist and I have been painting all my life. Art is my passion and now my full time career since I retired from corporate America on June 1st, 2018. I love to travel and when I do, I take many, many photographs. Then when I return home to my studio, I take my photos and create my art. My media of preference is acrylic paint on canvas. Acrylic paint gives me more freedom than oils and I don't need to use any linseed oils or solvents. When I create my art, I like to convey the feeling of the place or object I am painting. I like to use bright colors and I'm inspired by everything in nature. Art is emotional and I strive to stir the emotions of my audience when they look at my art. I hope they will touch you as well. www.lindasacketti.art www.instagram.com/lindasacketti www.facebook.com/lindasackettiart --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Rick Berk's Bio: I'm a photographer based in Freeport, Maine, but I'm originally from New Jersey and spent 21 years living on Long Island, New York. My first love is exploring the landscape around me, across the country, and around the world. There is nothing more satisfying than being awake to witness the sunrise, whether it's at Quoddy Head State Park in Maine, or from the top of Sentinel Dome in Yosemite National Park. My aim is not to create a literal reproduction of the scene, but to use the tools at hand including my camera and lenses, filters, and tripod, to capture my own personal interpretation of the scene. My goal is to capture the emotion I feel when I witness the scene. While I primarily focus on landscape photography, I like to dabble in other genres as well. I love working with models to capture the human form, portraits, or just everyday life. I will also try my hand at still life or macro when the opportunity presents itself. Varying my subject matter keeps me fresh, and allows me to jumpstart my creativity and avoid creative ruts at times. All of my images are captured in RAW format, and processed to bring out the details, color, and contrast present in the scene. Website: www.rickberk.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/rickberkphoto Instagram: www.instagram.com/rickberkphoto --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Christina Sodano grew up in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, a small beach town with beautiful beaches which inspired her drawing at a young age. Her parents saw her enthusiasm to paint so they enrolled her in private art lessons at the young age of 8. Christina majored in illustration and concentrated in advertising at Moore College of Art in Philadelphia. Following, she worked as a professional advertiser, embracing the creativity of logo design, packaging design, magazine ads, and much more. In 1988, in Scottsdale, Arizona she worked at Phoenix Art Group until 1992 when Christina created her own art business representing 20 artists throughout the country selling to interior designers, furniture companies, private collectors, and galleries. Painting remains Christina's first love and a vibrant testament to her profound talent. Her brilliant use of color expresses her passionate respect for the harmony of nature. Christina loves to exaggerate her color and design while transforming the subject on the canvas. christinasodano@gmail.com https://www.christinasodano.com/home https://www.instagram.com/christina_s... https://www.facebook.com/Christinasod... https://www.facebook.com/christina.so... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Carol Boss, born and raised in a small town in south-central Missouri, has been a St. Louis resident since 1995. Before fulfilling her dream of becoming a full-time visual artist in the fall of 2016, Carol was a successful digital illustrator and photography re-toucher, as well as manager of Big George Brock. The decision to become a full-time visual artist was made after upon meeting Sharon McConell-Dickerson along with a series of events that made her feel like she was being led to paint full time. Most of Carol's time is spent with her family, making art and seeing music. She is known for several larger painting projects such as the musician wall mural at HWY 61 Roadhouse and Kitchen in Webster Groves as well as Big George Brock's Blues Bus. Carol has always had a profound passion for painting and music, and she often combines the two. Influenced by Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Gogh's vibrant use of color and harsh brush strokes, Carol's painting style is typically realistic in shape with bright accents of color. Her paintings often tell a story. Her most recent works focus on hope and the blues. When asked about her art she simply says, “I'm a painter.” Website http://www.carolbossart.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/carol.boss.54/ Twitter https://twitter.com/carolboss8 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/carol_boss_art --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Jason Bly resides in Wichita Falls, TX where he is Assistant Professor of Art at Midwestern State University, teaching painting and drawing since 2017. He is a board member for the Texas Association of Schools of Art and contributes to their conferences held annually in Texas. Previous experience includes teaching at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2009-2017) and Lewis and Clark Community College (2009-2017). Bly also served as Director of Exhibitions at the Edwardsville Arts Center (2013-2017). His paintings have been shown in solo, invitational, and juried shows. He holds his MFA in painting from SIUE and MA and BA degrees in painting and printmaking at Eastern Illinois University. In his current work, Bly creates oil paintings that explore the connections between technology, simulation, and the everyday experience. Traditional paintings methods are used to mimic graphic design sensibilities combined with realistically painted objects from life. Through layering several thin layers of oil, a trompe l'oiel technique renders an environment of imagery related to the multitude of visual stimuli which we encounter everyday. website: www.jasonbly.com instagram: jblyart --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Nothing is as rewarding as someone having an emotional connection to my art and hanging it in their home. I've always been called to chase my dreams and follow my heart. The robots in my paintings, "Junkbots" as I call them, are on the same journey as I am, chasing their dreams and following their hearts. It's displayed more with them missing their hearts. Ultimately the goal of my art is simple, I want to make the viewer smile that's why I say, “I paint smiles". I hope you enjoy my art! -Randall Smith- www.instagram.com/randallpaints www.facebook.com/randallpaints1 www.iamrandallpaints.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Errymil Batol is a self-taught multimedia artist, born in Korea, raised in the Philippines and is now a Proud American citizen residing in Camarillo California. He is a full time compassionate Registered Nurse during weekdays and a part time passionate artist on his days off from work. A father of 3 and a loving husband who honors Christ above all in every decision and plans that he wishes to succeed . His artistic gift came as an unexpected surprise when he was 33 back in 2014. He had no history of ever being an artist of any sort, had no interest in any form of art before that. As a matter of fact both his Parents back home in the Philippines had no idea that he can paint and was surprised to know when, one of his family members showed some of his artworks posted in social media. His Dad called him just to say how proud he was of all his achievement and art, 2 years before he had passed in 2018. Errymil's artworks are inspired by God's story of creation, from dramatic sky settings for landscape paintings to majestic animal portraits that looks up above with soulful eyes that can be interpreted as humbling oneself and praising the Lord. His ultimate goal is to share his artworks and inspire more people to be one with our Almighty God and his infinite creations, as he is literally and truthfully the Greatest artist of all times. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Native to Oxford, Mississippi, Sarah Megan Jenkins studied Painting at Memphis College of art in Tennessee, completing her degree in 2010. Sarah relocated near New Orleans, Louisiana where she now lives and paints full time. Engaged by nature at a young age, Sarah Megan's work represents the natural energy flow found within oneself and it's connection with the Earth. Pulling imagery from her own experiences and travels, Sarah's work searches for a rhythmic nature of its own. Her work is courageously pure and leaves the viewer embraced by the emotional quality in her paintings. Website- www.SarahMeganJenkins.com Instagram - SarahMeganArt Facebook - Sarah Megan Jenkins Art --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Katie Blackwell is an artist, ICU nurse, and mom of two creative torpedos. Painting has been in and out of her life in direct correlation with her sanity. The beginnings art collection Of surrealist figures dominated her early art career. Her goal was to go back to those twisted corded figures after finishing her nursing degree. Fast forward a lifetime: mental health led her back to full time art. Long story short, being an artist is more than the material you use or the products you make. It is a thought process, way to sense and understand the landscape around you. Being an artist is not something that comes or goes. It is a temperament, not something to be put aside by simply Turing off the tap any more than one can decide to stop their blood. Her art is now focused on observations of self within portrait work. Offering custom pet portraits, surrealist/abstract portraits and original art Now through a new company Name; Shadow Work Portraits. Appropriately named as the method to bringing light into every corner of our being to more clearly represent that which is us and let that tap flow. Current website www.phinxart.com New website www.shadowworkportraits.com Facebook: @shadowworkportraits Instagram @katie.ghant --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

My name is Charo and I am a freelance digital illustrator out of Miami Florida. As I sat down to write this short bio, I asked my friends to describe me and quickly got tenacious and infectiously optimistic thrown at me. I'll take those and wield them as a superpower to help me and anyone else who needs that boost to believe in themselves and their hidden ability. I got into art for completely selfish reasons. I always had stories in my head that I couldn't find content for so I decided to just make my own! That with my love of gaming, movies, and visual novels introduced me to countless communities filled with other content creators, friends, and endless avenues for storytelling. My personal favorite projects and games being Post-Apocalyptic storytelling, Fallout being top of the list. You can find Charo at: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/charo_miami TWITTER: https://twitter.com/charo_miami https://linktr.ee/charomiami --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Riyen spends a good portion of his life trenching mud, battling mosquito's, and avoiding some of the many dangerous creatures down in the swamps, all while trying to capture the most elegant shots of what Louisiana has to offer. His roots go deep, and his passion for his community shows through his work which include business promotional photo/video, real estate photography, aerial shots, automotive photography and more! His ability to capture the personality of his clients shows through in the product delivered as portraiture's. Riyen's main focus is bringing the hidden beauty of Louisiana (minus the critters) to homes and offices for everyone to enjoy. You can find Riyen at: www.stinkymudphotography.com Facebook @Stinky Mud Photography Instagram @Stinky_Mud_Photography --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Howard Lawrence first studied art in 1972 and by 1974, Howard stopped creating for decades. Two years ago Howard picked it up the old drawing pad and pencil to start anew. He does charcoal drawings of many subjects which includes dogs and cats. Howard describes his work as an exercise in finding a greater reality. You can find him at: Website: https://www.howardlawrencefineart.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hlfarts/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HowardLArt --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I'm this episode I talk about missing your most important task and the need to either try an salvage it that day or not skip it the next day. Often when we fail to finish one our goals we set out for the day, we tend to continue doing so because it can start a snowball effect. Best to stop it when it is a tiny snow ball rather than a snow boulder. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode: Cheese --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In today's podcast I talk about the utility of cold showers and the deliciousness of chocolate cookies. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hello True Art Believers!!! In today's podcast I will be talking with Limor Dekel a fine artist with a passion for painting. You can see her work at: https://www.limordekel.com/ You can also find her on: Facebook @LimorDekelArt Instagram @limor.dekel18 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In the podcast I discuss consistency, adaptation, starting a schedule and sticking to it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Learning to adapt in situations is a highly valued skill. I'm this instance I was talking about being more malleable with your schedule so you can capitalize on wasted time. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app