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In this powerful conversation, Kat sits down with artist Sarah Detweiler to explore the intersections of motherhood, identity, and creative evolution. Sarah opens up about her journey from commercial art to fine art, the deeply personal work in her Hidden Mother series, and her most recent solo show Unmasquerade—a vibrant, layered exploration of ADHD, selfhood, and unmasking in midlife. Together, they unpack the beauty and the bravery of allowing yourself to evolve as an artist—even when it feels risky. This is a raw, affirming episode for anyone navigating transitions and seeking deeper authenticity in their work.   Chapters: 00:00 – Introduction and Background 06:33 – Artistic Evolution and Personal Journey 13:33 – The Hidden Mother Series 17:21 – Unmasquerade: New Directions in Art 22:26 – Exploring Identity and ADHD 27:33 – Closing Thoughts and Future Directions 32:12 – Outro   ✨ CALL FOR ART Submissions for Create! Magazine's Summer Issue #52 are now open. Be part of our print + online issue, curated by an international jury. Submit by April 30: www.createmagazine.co/call-for-art  

Episode 465/ Zoe HawkZoe Hawk (b. 1982, St. Louis) is an American artist living in Columbia, Missouri. Zoe's paintings deal with the simultaneously joyful and fraught experience of girlhood, exploring issues of feminine identity and belonging. Her work has been published in New American Paintings, Plastik Magazine, and and online in features by Artsy, Hi-Fructose, The Jealous Curator, and BOOOOOOOM. Exhibitions include From Pangs To Pangolins, curated by Trenton Doyle Hancock (Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles); SPRING/BREAK Art Show and FREIZE LA exhibits curated by Michael Slenske (Los Angeles); Wayward Girls (Spectrum Fine Art, Seattle); and forthcoming group exhibition Story Time (Rhodes, London). Special collaborative projects include pieces for ZARA's Women In Art clothing collection, released worldwide in 2019, the Day Dreamers Tarot Deck, created for TRUE/ FALSE international film festival 2020, and fabric print designs for the Fall/Winter 2022 collection by Paul & Joe, Paris. In 2024, Zoe was the recipient of the United Women's Art Prize for Painting & Drawing. She has attended artist residencies in Qatar, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, and the USA. Zoe holds a BFA in studio art from Missouri State University, and an MFA in painting from the University of Iowa. 

On this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist and co-founder of Hi-Fructose, Annie Owens.We discuss how she and her now husband Attaboy first got started in the publishing industry, how she's managed to balance that with her personal art practice, the new group show that she and Daniel curated at Thinkspace, some of the exciting stuff she has coming up, and a whole lot more!Also mentioned in this episode: Andy Ristaino, Kurt Halsey, Last Gasp, La Luz de Jesus, Gallery1988, Copro Gallery, Roq la Rue, Nielsen Arts, Brassworks Gallery, and Lola Gil.Follow AnnieWebsite: hifructose.comInstagram: @annieowensart Follow the ShowWebsite: artaffairspodcast.comPatreon: artaffairsInstagram: @artaffairspodcastTikTok: @themichaelfaith© 2019-2024 michael faith

Episode 119: Lovely Nightmares with Annie OwensJoin Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa for an amazing artist interview with the fabulous Annie Owens!  Annie comes to us from Northern California where she creates her thought provoking introspective art and runs Hi Fructose Magazine with her husband Attaboy.  Annie explains how she creates, why she creates the art she makes, and tells us about building a house in the middle of the woods. Annie discusses the origin of Hi Fructose magazine and shares the challenges of being a woman artist today.  You can hear more about Annie in her own words on Off The Easel this week.Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

The Fearless AttaboyThis week Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa had the privilege of interviewing the amazing Daniel Attaboy Seifert.  Atta comes to us from the Bay Area.  He is originally from Long Island and currently runs his art business, and magazine from Northern California.  Atta started his art career as a toy designer, and moved into being a professor at the Academy of Art in San Francisco.  Atta also co-founded Hi Fructose magazine with his lovely wife and fellow artist Annie Owens.  Atta is the parent of the international art scavenger hunt, Game of Shrooms.  Even with all of these projects, Atta is still a very prolific artist, with his current traveling art exhibit, Upcycled Garden Project.  You can hear Atta describe his experiences, share stories from his career and so much more.  Get ready to be inspired this week with Attaboy!Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

On this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Katie Gamb.We discuss her time growing up in rural Wisconsin, her early love of illustrated books and how she approaches story-telling with her own work, her upcoming solo show at Beinart Gallery, and a whole lot more!Also mentioned in this episode: Hi-Fructose, Mark Ryden, Camille Rose Garcia, Haven Gallery, Clutter Gallery, Shaun Tan, Laurie Lipton, Carson Ellis, and Adam Stoner.Follow KatieWebsite: katiegamb.comInstagram: @katie_gambPatreon: katiegamb Follow the ShowWebsite: artaffairspodcast.comPatreon: artaffairsInstagram: @artaffairspodcastTikTok: @themichaelfaith© 2019-2024 michael faith

This week, Matt Gondek welcomes Ken Harman Hashimoto, a distinguished curator and gallery owner, for an insightful podcast episode. Ken, the creative mind behind Harman Projects, Hashimoto Contemporary, and Spoke Art galleries, discusses his evolution from an online editor for Hi-Fructose Magazine to a curator for esteemed art institutions. He shares his experiences running galleries across San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, and his approach to shaping the contemporary art scene. Get a behind-the-scenes look at Ken's life in Brooklyn with his wife, their dachshund Tubey, and turtle Bonnie, and how he balances his personal and professional worlds. Join us for a captivating conversation full of art insights and personal stories. Websites: Clean Break: https://cleanbreakpodcast.com/ Powered by AlwaysArt: https://www.alwaysart.com/  Us on Social: Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/cleanbreakpodcast/ 

This week, Matt Gondek welcomes Ken Harman Hashimoto, a distinguished curator and gallery owner, for an insightful podcast episode. Ken, the creative mind behind Harman Projects, Hashimoto Contemporary, and Spoke Art galleries, discusses his evolution from an online editor for Hi-Fructose Magazine to a curator for esteemed art institutions. He shares his experiences running galleries across San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, and his approach to shaping the contemporary art scene. Get a behind-the-scenes look at Ken's life in Brooklyn with his wife, their dachshund Tubey, and turtle Bonnie, and how he balances his personal and professional worlds. Join us for a captivating conversation full of art insights and personal stories. Websites: Clean Break: https://cleanbreakpodcast.com/ Powered by AlwaysArt: https://www.alwaysart.com/  Us on Social: Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/cleanbreakpodcast/ 

An amazing artist and philanthropist, listento this episode to find out how Jasper Wong grew his art and vision to what it is today!Jasper Wong is an artist, illustrator, and curator. He is a man who wears many hats and best known for his art that is a unique clash of Asian-influenced pop culture on paper. Jasper has exhibited worldwide, in places such as Japan, California, France, London, Mexico, New York, Hong Kong, Chicago, and Australia and he has been selected on multiple occasions by Archive magazine as one of the 200 Best Illustrators worldwide. He has also scored press in publications such as Communication Arts, Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Taschen's Illustration Now, Hypebeast, Booooooom, Arrested Motion, Hi-Fructose, Acclaim, Complex, Vice, Highsnobiety, VNA, Street Art News and Juxtapoz. He was recently chosen as one of the HB100. A list of Hypebeast's 100 most influential figures in the industry, which included the likes of Kaws, Pharrel, Banksy, Jay Z and Kanye West.Jasper is also the creator and lead director of WORLD WIDE WALLS, formerly known as POW WOW! which is a non-profit organization of contemporary artists committed to community enrichment through the creation of art outreach programs, educational programs and engaging the community in the creation and appreciation of art.

Mark Liam Smith is a painter and TikToker with 2.5 million followers. His content is meant to empower artists of any skill level to enjoy creation and artistic expression. He does this by creating clear, helpful art tutorials that anyone can understand. By doing this, Mark has cultivated a dedicated following of art lovers and those looking to learn. Listen to learn more about Mark's background, theories, and techniques. ___Artist bio from https://www.markliamsmith.com/bioMark Liam Smith (b. 1973, Middlesbrough, England) is a Toronto-based oil painter interested in art-historic tropes, myth, and narrative. He views his colour-blindness as a strength rather than a weakness by accentuating the use of non-local colours in his work.Smith's work has been exhibited in galleries in Montreal, Toronto, London, and New York, and at art fairs such as SCOPE Basel, Art Seattle, Art Toronto, Papier in Montreal, and Toronto Edition. He has been granted the Emerging Artist Award by the Federation of Canadian Artists and two Ontario Arts Council grants. His art has been featured in The Jealous Curator, the Toronto Star, the CBC, Hi-Fructose, Booooooom, Create! Magazine, and Bizarre Beyond Belief Magazine, among others.Mark exhibits with Treat Gallery in NYC and is represented by 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace in the Gold Coast, Australia.Mark is a grateful recipient of the Emerging Visual Artist grant and the Exhibition Assistance grant by the Ontario Arts Council.

SRTN is happy to have THE Dakota Noot back on the show.!Dakota Noot is a Los Angeles-based artist and curator. He uses drawings, paintings, and installations to create animal-human hybrids that explore rural yet fantastical, queer identities. Originally from Bismarck, North Dakota, he continues to show in both North Dakota and Los Angeles, including solo and two-person shows at Highways Performance Space, MuzeuMM, and PØST. Noot has exhibited in group shows at Charlie James Gallery, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Torrance Art Museum, and LAST Projects. His series of cutout drawing-installations have been shown at LA Freewaves, Cerritos College Art Gallery, and Otis College. His work has been featured in Hi-Fructose. Noot graduated with a BFA in Visual Arts from the University of North Dakota (2015) and an MFA from Claremont Graduate University (2017).First SRTN appearance on Episode 92 DakotaSRTN

On this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Alvaro Naddeo.We discuss his experience growing up in Brazil with father who worked as a professional illustrator, his 25+ years of experience working in commercial advertising and how he re-discovered his love of making art, what he has coming up this year (as well as his next big solo show in 2024), and a whole lot more!Also mentioned in this episode: Arch Enemy Arts, Thinkspace Projects, Residency Art, Scott Listfield, Hi-Fructose, and Kadir Nelson.Follow AlvaroWebsite: alvaronaddeo.comInstagram: @alvaro_naddeoFollow the ShowWebsite: artaffairspodcast.comPatreon: artaffairsInstagram: @artaffairspodcast

Dan Lam is a Dallas, Texas based sculptor who received her BFA from the University of North Texas and later completed a Masters of Fine Arts degree at Arizona State University. She's had solo and two person exhibits ar Hashimoto Contemporary. Anya Tish, the ICA Boston, The Hole Gallery, Black Book in Denver amongst others. Her work has been covered in Juxtapoz, Beautiful Bizarre, Colossal, Texas Monthly, the Dallas Observer, Booooooom, Hi-Fructose and many more.

In this episode of The Truth In This Art, Rob Lee interviews Kip Omolade, a talented mixed media artist famous for his marvelous futuristic portraits inspired by his Nigerian heritage who's career began as a graffiti artist while interning at Marvel Comics, and they discuss his career, inspirations and much more.  About the guestBorn in Harlem, NY Kip Omolade began his art career as a graffiti artist while interning at Marvel Comics and The Center for African Art. He continued his studies at The Art Students League of New York and earned a BFA at the School of Visual Arts.His work has been exhibited at Opera Gallery, Jonathan LeVine Projects, Joseph Gross Gallery and Art Basel Miami. Good Morning America, Huffington Post, Juxtapoz and Hi-Fructose have also featured his work. Special projects include ESPN, Red Bull, Nike, 2 Chainz, The Versace Mansion, Fantasia Barrino and Sony Music. Kip Omolade's work is in the permanent collections of Viacom and Hallmark Cards. ★ Support this podcast ★

Jasper Wong is an artist, illustrator, and curator. As an artist, he has exhibited worldwide, in places such as Japan, California, France, London, Mexico, New York, Hong Kong, Chicago, and Australia. He has also scored press in publications such as Communication Arts, Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Taschen's Illustration Now, Hypebeast, Booooooom, Arrested Motion, Hi-Fructose, Acclaim, Complex, Vice, Highsnobiety, VNA, Street Art News and Juxtapoz. Wong has been chosen as one of the HB100 multiple times. A list of Hypebeast's 100 most influential figures in the industry, which includes the likes of Kaws, Pharrel, Banksy, Jay Z and Kanye West. His clients include Hulu, NBA, Uniqlo, Versace, Microsoft, Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, Toyota, Marvel, and others. Jasper Wong is also the founder of a gallery in Hong Kong called ABOVE SECOND. In its existence, both Monocle magazine and CNN have chosen it as one of the best galleries in the city. He is the creator and lead director of World Wide Walls (formerly POW! WOW!), which is a non-profit organization of contemporary artists committed to community enrichment through the creation of art outreach programs, educational programs and engaging the community in the creation and appreciation of public art. We typically build walls to exclude, however, walls can also represent new zones of possibility, where true collaboration can take root. The festival has done projects in over 20 cities around the globe, such as Honolulu, Taipei, Tokyo, Nepal, Guam, Seoul, Helsingborg, Kathmandu, and others. He is also the co-founder of a creative community center called LANA LANE STUDIOS. He spends his free time teaching art classes at Palama Settlement, which is a community center in an underserved community. He recently co-founded and is the artist of a collection of 8,008 PFP NFTs called FOMO MOFO. Through his work as an artist and curator, Jasper Wong, has devoted his career to fostering new connections through art and reframing the conversations we have about space, both public and private, and how we can use art and NFTs as a tool to craft inclusive new communities. To Learn more about Culturised visit: https://www.culturised.com/ Culturised is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production. #powwow #mural

In this episode of the Artist Business Plan we sit down with photographer and digital artist, Andrew Soria, to discuss the focus of an artist's work. Learn about the way he incorporates humor into his surreal pieces and how he handled the shift from Miami to LA when you tune into this lovely episode. Guest: Andrew Soria is a digital artist and photographer based in Los Angeles, CA. Originally from South Florida, he takes inspiration from the vibrant culture of the city, focusing his work on uncommon and colorful architecture. His surrealist cityscapes, composed of his own photography, strive to capture the spirit of a city. Andrew's work has been exhibited in Miami, Los Angeles, Baton Rouge, San Francisco & featured in several art publications including Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, Plastik, and more. www.andrewsoria.com For more information on applying to Superfine Art Fair as well as recordings of this and all of our past podcasts, just visit http://www.superfine.world/ (www.superfine.world ) IG: https://www.instagram.com/superfineartfair/?hl=en (@superfineartfair) IG: https://www.instagram.com/andrewsoria_art/ (@andrewsoria_art) If you want to submit a listener question you can email it to joshua@superfine.world for a chance of it being answered by Alex, James, and our guest! Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander Mitow Executive Producer/Producer : Joshua Guicherit Written by: Joshua Guicherit, Alexander Mitow, and James Miille Audio Edited by: Esteban del Sol

Born in Santa Monica, California in 1974, Jean-Pierre Roy is a Brooklyn- based painter and educator. He received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2002. He is currently represented by Gallery Poulsen in Denmark and Davidson Gallery in NYC. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions in the US, Europe, and Asia and has had solo museum exhibitions at the Torrence Art Museum in Los Angeles and the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach.  His work has been written about in The New York Times, The New York Post, ArtNews, Art in America, New American Painters, The Chicago Tribune, The Huffington Post, The Seattle Stranger, The Wall Street Journal, Hi- Fructose, and Juxtapoz amongst others. His work is in collections of Jerry-Ann Cheney, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Jean Pigozzi, Leonardo DiCaprio and Bjorn Borg amongst others.

Arabella Proffer Arabella Proffer is a visual artist based in Cleveland. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and bred in Southern California, she has a BFA from CalArts. Her loose narrative themes revolve around the history of medicine, psychedelic visions, and biomorphic organisms. She delves into the practice of oil painting, tying together its relationships to nature, biology, and emerging sciences. Arabella's work appears in over 80 private collections and she participates in solo and group exhibitions throughout the world. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, SF Weekly, The Plain Dealer, Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, The Harvard Gazette, NPR, Hektoen International Medical Journal, The Portland Review and more. Her achievements have been recognized by the Ohio House and Senate. She has received grants from Ohio Arts Council, Akron Soul Train residency, Rauschenberg Award, Andy Warhol Foundation Satellite Award, and ArtsCleveland. She balances a studio practice of commissions, transcendental painting, drawing crude comics for cheap laughs, all while living with terminal cancer. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/crypto-hipster-podcast/support

Martin Wittfooth was born in Toronto, Canada in 1981 and works in two studios in Kingston, New York, and Savannah, Georgia. He earned his MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2008. Wittfooth's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Akron Art Museum in Ohio, and La Halle Saint-Pierre in Paris, with solo exhibitions in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Copenhagen. His paintings have also appeared in numerous publications, including Juxtapoz, The New York Times Art Review, and Vice, and cover features in New American Paintings, Hi-Fructose, Chronogram, and American Artist Magazine. Wittfooth's paintings, drawings, installations, and sculptural works investigate themes of the intersection and clash of industry and nature, and the human influence on the environment. Many of his works explore the theme of shamanism - rituals and practices as old as our species - through which we have attempted to dialogue with nature: the nature outside of ourselves and the nature within. His creative language uses the combination of allegory and symbolism to convey visual narratives. Martin Wittfooth is represented by Gallery Poulsen in Copenhagen, Denmark. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Martin's upcoming solo exhibit “The Plasticene Era,” which opens on September 17th, 2022 @ Gallery Poulsen in Cøpenhagen The longest amount of time he has spent on one painting Getting inspiration from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles The pre-career retrospective Creating an exquisite corpse with oneself Martin growing up in Finland Martin working as an illustrator directly out of college  3D printing World building Speaking about one's personal observations of the world through one's paintings The Siren in Greek mythology Google's “sentient” AI, LaMDA Creating meaning out of one's own life Balancing being a working artist and having a family Being a community-focused artist People / Artists Mentioned: Gerhard Richter (Visual Artist) David Cronenberg (Director) Bret Easton Ellis (Writer) Darren Aronofsky (Director) Adrian Ghenie (Painter) Justin Mortimer (Painter) Cecily Brown (Painter) Anish Kapoor (Sculptor) James Turrell (Artist) Albert Einstein (Physicist) Blake Lemoine (Google AI Engineer) Books Mentioned: American Psycho Less Than Zero Films / TV Shows Mentioned: Crimes of the Future (2022) Mother! (2017) The Shining (1980) martinwittfooth.com instagram.com/martinwittfooth

Conductor and longtime ASO music director Robert Spano reflects on his upcoming final performances with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Plus, Attaboy, co-founder of Hi-Fructose magazine and creator of “Game of Shrooms,” shares his inspiration for creating an international art holiday based on the playful game of “Hide and Seek.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

About the guestFor over a decade, Philadelphia artist and Parsons alumni M.K Komins has been passionately committed to the pursuit of creative excellence. Their work uses lush, dreamy realism and bold, hyper-saturated color to explore the juxtaposition between the glamorous empowerment of identity and the fight for human acceptance. M.K. uses a variety of mediums like traditional acrylics and oils, and newer digital art. In some cases, working in an experimental image making technique that involves painting broad, digital color, printing on canvas or giclee, then striping and manipulating the pigment with chemicals such as acetone to create tonal planes. They then build back detail with layers of traditional paint mediums like acrylics and oils. The process is a practical application of their quest to explore and expose empathy; in order to rebuild a more honest construct of humanity, we must first be willing to destroy, re-approach, and rebuild our perspective.With a vast and diverse range of skills, M.K.'s client roster includes work with companies such as Titmouse Animation and Universal Studios, as well as large-scale creative collaborations with companies like Lord & Taylor and The Special Olympics.Their work has been highlighted online by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Juxtapoz Magazine, Hi Fructose, Creative Debuts, Create! Magazine, and can be found in print in Pikchur Magazine, Brut Magazine, Create! Magazine, and Creative Bloch. M.K.'s art has been shown and sold in galleries spanning from Los Angeles to London.The Truth In This ArtThe Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture.Mentioned in this episodeCamila's WebsiteTo find more amazing stories from the artist and entrepreneurial scenes in & around Baltimore, check out my episode directory.Stay in TouchNewsletter sign-upSupport my podcastShareable link to episode★ Support this podcast ★

On this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with gallerist, curator, and owner of Roq la Rue, Kirsten Anderson.We discuss how Roq la Rue first got started, the emotional rollercoaster that her and Roq have been through over the last few years (that included her closing down and re-opening the gallery), Roq's recent move to a new location, and a whole lot more!Also mentioned in this episode: Mark Ryden, Camille Rose Garcia, Shag, Tim Biskup, Todd Schorr, Audrey Kawasaki, La Luz de Jesus, Robert Williams, Kenny Scharf, Hi-Fructose, Peter Ferguson, Anthony Ausgang, Marion Peck, Electric Coffin, Femke Hiemstra, Mary Iverson, Laurie Lee Brom, Hannah Flowers, and Ben Ashton.Follow Roq la Rue:Website: roqlarue.comInstagram: @roqlarueFollow the Show:Website: artaffairspodcast.comPatreon: artaffairsInstagram: @artaffairspodcastFacebook: @artaffairspodcastTwitter: @art_affairs

Matthew Stone, born in 1982 in London, is an artist that works across a number of different disciplines including painting, sculpture, photography, new media and performance. Matthew began his career as a leading influencer in a number of counter-cultural movements in London. He was instrumental in developing the South London art collective !WOWOW! as well as a central figure in the shift of sub-cultural understanding that came to re-imagine and later define areas of the East End of London during the mid 00's. The artist has been part of a number of critically acclaimed solo and group shows both nationally and internationally. In the United Kingdom he has shown at Tate Britain, the ICA and the Royal Academy of Art, and internationally at the Marrakech Biennale, Fiorucci Foundation and Viafarini, Milan. He's shown at The Hole, Choi & Lager in Korea, Gallery V1 in Copenhagen and many more. His work has been covered in the New York Times, Hypebeast, Hi-Fructose, Whitewall, Cultured, Dazed and Confused amoung many more outlets. Matthew Stone (@MatthewStoneart) is releasing a fine art print titled "Play". Its available now, and for the next 24 hrs only at misa.art (@misa.artmarket)  https://misa.art/collections/matthew-stone/products/stone-matthew_play_2022

Arabella Proffer Arabella Proffer is a visual artist based in Cleveland. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and bred in Southern California, she has a BFA from CalArts. Her loose narrative themes revolve around the history of medicine, psychedelic visions, and biomorphic organisms. She delves into the practice of oil painting, tying together its relationships to nature, biology, and emerging sciences. Arabella's work appears in over 80 private collections and she participates in solo and group exhibitions throughout the world. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, SF Weekly, The Plain Dealer, Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, The Harvard Gazette, NPR, Hektoen International Medical Journal, The Portland Review and more. Her achievements have been recognized by the Ohio House and Senate. She has received grants from Ohio Arts Council, Akron Soul Train residency, Rauschenberg Award, Andy Warhol Foundation Satellite Award, and ArtsCleveland. She balances a studio practice of commissions, transcendental painting, drawing crude comics for cheap laughs, all while living with terminal cancer. Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil's experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil's primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

Episode 108.   Guest Tanmaya Bingham is an award-winning painter whose drawings and paintings are a direct reflection of her fascination with the human condition and have been exhibiting both nationally and internationally in places such as Santa Fe, New York City, Sydney, Hong Kong and Berlin and have been featured in publications such as Hi-Fructose and Vogue. She has also studied painting and art history in Florence, art and architecture in Paris, and 3D digital modeling and sculpting in London and Vancouver, BC.  Academically, Tanmaya has a Bachelor of Arts from Antioch University, Santa Barbara, CA, and a Master of Fine Arts, from the Australian National University, Canberra.    Join Tanmaya and I as we talk about her work, her extensive arts education and industry experience as well as what it means to be an artist in the 21st century. Enjoy! To learn more about today's guest Tanmaya Bingham please visit: Website: www.tanmayabingham.com Facebook:  @tanmaya.bingham Instagram:  @tanmayabingham To learn more about host G. Brian Benson: www.gbrianbenson.com www.patreon.com/gbrianbenson www.habitsforsuccessbook.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/gbrianbenson Facebook: www.facebook.com/gbrianbensonmedia LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gbrianbenson/ Produced by Casey Jarombek ✌ Brought to you by Reawaken Media

On this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with, owner of Spoke Art, Hashimoto Contemporary, and man of many hats, Ken Harman Hashimoto.We discuss how he first got into the gallery business, their expansion into print and book publishing, the new location opening in L.A., and a whole lot more! Another great gallerist and wonderful presence in the community, on Art Affairs 47.Also mentioned in this episode: Arrested Motion, Hi-Fructose, Chuck Sperry, Alex Pardee, Rod Luff, Felicia Chiao, Zach Tudor, Dasha Matsuura, Jennifer Rizzo, Max Dalton, Rory Kurtz, Mike Mitchell, and Mitch Putnam.Follow Ken:Instagram: @ken_harman_hashimotoFacebook: @harman.kenFollow Spoke Art:Website: spoke-art.comInstagram: @spoke_artFacebook: @spokeartTwitter: @spoke_artFollow Hashimoto Contemporary:Website: hashimotocontemporary.comInstagram: @hashimotocontemporaryFacebook: @HashimotoContemporaryTwitter: @Hashimoto_SFFollow Paragon Books:Website: paragon-books.comInstagram: @paragon_booksFollow The People's Print Shop:Website: thepeoplesprintshop.comInstagram: @peoplesprintsFollow the Show:Website: artaffairspodcast.comPatreon: artaffairsInstagram: @artaffairspodcastFacebook: @artaffairspodcastTwitter: @art_affairs

Arabella Proffer is an artist, author, and co-founder of the indie label Elephant Stone Records. Her work combines interests in portraiture, visionary art, the history of medicine, and biomorphic abstraction. She delves into the her practice of oil painting tying together its relationships to biology, nature, and emerging sciences. She attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA before receiving her BFA from California Institute of the Arts where she studied under artists such as John Mandel, Derek Boshier, Jim Shaw, and Suzan Pitt. Arabella's work is in over 60 private collections, and she participates in solo and group exhibitions throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia. She has authored several art books including, The National Portrait Gallery of Kessa: The Art of Arabella Proffer (2011) Gurls (2016-17) and The Restrooms of Cleveland (2019) . She was awarded an Ohio Arts Council grant in 2016, Akron Soul Train Fellowship in 2019, a Rauschenberg Foundation award, and a Satellite Award from the Andy Warhol Foundation and SPACES in 2020. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Plain Dealer, The Portland Review, Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, The Harvard Gazette, Scene, Snob, SF Weekly, Dallas Arts Review, Pittsburgh City Paper, Westfälische Nachrichten, Hektoen International Medical Journal, Creative Minds in Medicine, and more. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and bred in Southern California, she and her husband live on the shores of Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio. https://www.instagram.com/arabellaproffer/

Amy Guidry (b. 1976, Jacksonville, N.C.) is an American artist residing in Lafayette, Louisiana. She grew up in Slidell, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. Guidry comes from a family of artists including the late painter Eleanor Norcross. She studied at Loyola University of New Orleans where she received her Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts in 1998. She was the recipient of the Loyola University Art Scholarship, which is awarded to only one student per graduating class. Guidry’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums nationwide including the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Aljira a Center for Contemporary Art, Brandeis University, the PhilaMOCA, the Paul & Lulu Hilliard Art Museum, and the Acadiana Center for the Arts. Her work is present in public and private collections throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia; including the Alexandria Museum of Art, The City of Slidell, and the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. Guidry’s paintings have been featured in publications such as American Artist, Adbusters, and American Art Collector as well as online features such as Hi-Fructose and the Huffington Post. Her work has also been featured on MTV’s The Real World, Season 20: Hollywood. She is represented in New Orleans by LeMieux Galleries. www.amyguidry.com

Originally from Western Massachusetts, Robin Crofut-Brittingham work is inspired by mythology, science fiction, and current events, and examines human relationships with the natural world. She works primarily with watercolor and gouache on paper from her studio in Montreal. She was the recipient of the Murphy Cadogan Award from the San Francisco Foundation and a Martha Boschen Porter Award through the Berkshire Taconic Foundation. Her work has been featured in Juxtapoz, Novella, Frankie, My Modern Met, Hi Fructose, and on Booooooom, among others, and has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the US and Canada. Learn more about the artist: https://robincb.com/. Learn more about the podcast and podcast host: http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/.  

In this episode of The Artist Business Plan we sit down with illustrator Alex Eckman-Lawn. A self proclaimed "giant dork" he advises us to follow all your passions and let your creativity bloom! He illustrates for many clients from bands to book covers and still works on his own projects. "Its like I have two careers they’re just both art.” A truly inspirational artrepreneur! He let's us know his best networking tips, spoiler, you have to be yourself! Guest: Alex Eckman-Lawn is a Philadelphia-born illustrator who received his BFA in Illustration from the University of the Arts. His work has appeared in comic books, on album covers, book covers, music videos, T-shirts, and gig posters. In addition, he spends his time creating multi-layered, hand-cut paper collages, using everything from his original digital paintings to imagery from old medical texts. These works have most recently been on display at SCOPE Miami Beach, Art on Paper NY, and more, and have been featured in publications such as Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz Magazine, and The Observer. https://www.alexeckmanlawn.com/ (https://www.alexeckmanlawn.com/) For more information on applying to Superfine Art Fair as well as recordings of this and all of our past podcasts, just visit http://www.superfine.world/ (www.superfine.world ) IG: https://www.instagram.com/alexeckmanlawn/ (@alexeckmanlawn) IG: https://www.instagram.com/superfineartfair/?hl=en (@superfineartfair) Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander Mitow Executive Producer/Producer : Kelsey Susino Written by: Kelsey Susino, Alexander Mitow, and James Miille Audio Edited by: Federico Soler Fernandez

Martin Wittfooth, acclaimed painter and illustrator, discusses with Artrepreneur curator, Matthew Rota, his artistic journey, album covers, the discovery of his love of oil painting, and the logistics of gallery shows and art fairs.  Wittfooth’s oil paintings explore disquieting themes of "industry and nature, unhinged evolution, and the clash of old ideologies with modern fears", and have appeared in numerous publications such as New American Paintings, Hi-Fructose, and American Artist. The post Martin Wittfooth: Art fairs, animals, & album covers appeared first on Art Business Journal.

Martin Wittfooth, an acclaimed painter, discusses with Artrepreneur curator, Matthew Rota, his artistic journey, album covers, the discovery of his love of oil painting, and the logistics of gallery shows and art fairs.  Wittfooth's oil paintings explore disquieting themes of "industry and nature, unhinged evolution, and the clash of old ideologies with modern fears", and have appeared in numerous publications such as New American Paintings, Hi-Fructose, and American Artist. View Martin Wittfooth's Artrepreneur profile here.

This week we met with artist and illustrator Steve Kim. Currently based in LA, Steve has been featured in Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, and American Illustration and has shown internationally across Korea, Italy, London, Amsterdam, Krakow, Liechtenstein, and throughout the US. In this episode we discussed his approach to constructing both conceptual and commercial work, creating a positive artist's community on Discord, and following creative passions and pleasures that solve artistic problems even while not making art. You can follow him on instagram @stvkmco and check out his extensive collection of work, interviews, and his inclusive discord at stvkm.co. Steve's artist picks: OVERWERK, Francisco Galarraga, and Sam Barlow.

Anna Park is an artist that lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Originally from South Korea, she moved to the United States to pursue a formal art education. For eight years she lived in Utah and studied at the Visual Art Institute. She then came to New York to attend Pratt Institute for her undergraduate degree. After attending two years there, she went to the New York Academy of Art to complete the Certificate of Fine Arts Program. She has shown at T293 in Rome, Ross Kramer Gallery in Long Island, The Drawing Center, Blum and Poe in LA, Half Gallery in NYC, Anna Zorina in NYC, The Hole, The Garage in Amsterdam amongst many other venues, Her work has been covered in Juxtapoz and Hi Fructose and others.

Caleb Hahne is a Denver based artist who’s paintings address themes of memory, vulnerability, intimacy and boyhood. He received a BFA in Fine Arts from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in 2014 and currently lives and works in CO. He was an artist in residence at ShowPen from September 2013 to August 2014 and is currently in residency at RedLine Contemporary Art Center, both located in Denver. He recently completed a traveling artist residency with Southwest American Bullet (SWAB). His art has been included in multiple solo and group exhibitions in Denver, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Portland, Montreal, Berlin, and the United Kingdom and recently at MCA Denver as well as the New Museum, NY in collaboration with Adidas. Hahne has been featured in Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, and Booooooom.com. Denver Westword named Hahne one of the 100 Colorado Creatives of 2014 and one of the Top 10 Artists to watch in 2015. He is listed as one of the top 10 contemporary artists under 40 by Wide Walls. He’s represented by 1969 gallery in NYC and recently had an exhibition at The Cabin in LA and has exhibited in Antwerp, Belgium at NewChild Gallery. This episode is sponsored by the New York Studio School and Golden Artist Colors.

Episode 50 is distinguished by the world-adored Australian painter and happiness-peddlar (as well as our first ever return guest . . . ) Vanessa Stockard! Vanessa was featured in Episode 20 wherein she self-effacingly clarified her stance on particular theoretical issues. For this episode, we chat about painting metallic balloons, the use of color, her feature in Hi-Fructose magazine, and Kevin the Cat’s prancing animation.  We also had a strange conversation about licorice before veering towards Vanessa's important support for 'The Torch Project' which, in part, supports art-healing to reduce recidivism rates for the Indigenous prison population in Australia.Welcome back Vanessa!

Chloe Wise is an artist born in Canada who lives and works in New York City. She received her BFA at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. She’s had solo shows at Almine Rech in Paris and her current solo in London, Galerie Division in Montreal, Retrospective Gallery in Hudson, NY, and at Galerie Sebastien Bertrand in Geneva, Switzerland. She’a had numerous group shows including ones at Arsenal Contemporary, Art Basel Miami Beach, V1 Gallery in Copenhagen, Sargent’s Daughters, Journal Gallery, 4906 in LA, Atlanta Contemporary, Eric Firestone and more. Her work has been covered in Artnet, Architectural Digest, 212 Magazine, Purple Diary, Frieze, Surface, Forbes, Hi-Fructose and many others. Brian stopped by Chloe’s Lower East Side studio just after her return from the opening of her solo show, “Not That We Don’t” at Almine Rech in London for a talk about layered process, bodily fluids, growing as a painter, making sculptures, her cat and studio mate Pluto and much more. This episode is sponsored by Golden Artist Colors and the New York Studio School.

Coming off the success of his current show “Blasphemous Nature” at 111 Minna Gallery, Robert Bowen joins us in the studio to discuss 20+ years of experience in the gallery world. Robert’s artwork depicts a fusion of animals, insects and automated parts, which speaks directly to our relationship with nature. Robert has been interviewed by Hi-Fructose and Juxtapoz magazines, but we’ve recently had the privilege of recording his first audio interview. Show notes:Robert’s social media:Robert Bowen’s WebsiteRobert’s InstagramRobert’s TwitterGalleries:-111 Minna Gallery and “Blasphemous Nature”-Compound Gallery in Oakland; “Art of the Mushroom” art show-Arch Enemy Arts -Woot BearJuxtapozHi Fructose“Disposable” bookArtists:-Meer-Barry McGee-Shephard Fairey-Secret Serpents-MondoHow Weird Street FaireFunko Pop ToysMastodon

Steve Kim is an artist and illustrator. Born in Seoul, Korea, he immigrated to the states at the age of two and currently resides in Oxford, Mississippi. He received his undergraduate degree from Art Center College of Design in 2006 and his masters from Claremont Graduate University in 2010. He has shown in Korea, Italy, London, Amsterdam, Krakow and throughout the United States and clients include The Outline, FRAMƎ, Matter/Medium, Adobe, Hohe Luft, The New Republic, Arc/New Scientist, and The Verge. His work has been featured in print in Quiet Lunch, New American Paintings, Computer Arts, Beautiful Decay, PRINT Magazine, and American Illustration and online on Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, BOOOOOOOM!, The Fox Is Black, Supersonic Art, and Tumblr's Radar. Most recently he completed a 3 month residency at the Red Bull House of Art in Detroit. www.artistdecoded.com

Brad Kunkle was raised in rural Pennsylvania and graduated from Kutztown University with a BFA in painting in 2001. Rather than continue his artistic pursuits in an academic environment, he became a house painter. That dubious, professional beginning however, taught him valuable lessons that became crucial to his later success. Having taught himself how to gild with precious metals for some of those residential projects, he later implemented those skills in his personal, fine art works. His debut, fine art exhibition in 2010 at Arcadia Contemporary in NYC sold out before the show's opening night and was followed by a second sold-out exhibition two years later. Since then he has exhibited his paintings in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, London, Miami, and his works can be found in private collections all over the world. His paintings have twice graced the cover of American Art Collector Magazine and have been published extensively online and in print in such highly read publications as Hi-Fructose, American Arts Quarterly, Lapham’s Quarterly, Juxtapoz and Fine Arts Connoisseur. Kunkle continues to be represented by Arcadia Contemporary in Los Angeles, where he had his debut, West Coast solo exhibition in November of 2016. More recently, Kunkle collaborated as an Art Director with the award-winning, special effects house, Imaginary Forces as his paintings became the foundation for the main title sequence of the Netflix original series, “Anne With An E.” He lives and works in New York's Hudson Valley. ​​​​​Topics Discussed In This Episode: Reflecting on his 2016 show “Invisible” Muses Social media misconceptions “The Invisible Man” by H.G. Wells Technical elements behind his work Dreaming and lucid dreaming The benefits of listening to music while you work Meditation Intention in creation Elevating vs. entertaining www.artistdecoded.com www.twitter.com/yoshinostudios

Matthew Quick is a painter from Australia who has been named in Business Review Weekly as one of Australia’s top 50 artists. In the last 5 years he has either won, or been selected as a finalist for, more than 70 major national art awards, including the Sulman Art Prize, the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, and the Mosman Art Prize, just to name a few. He’s painted since his teens but was distracted by other careers – working variously as a university lecturer, photographer, salesman, art director, copywriter & interior designer.  Matthew’s paintings have been used as CD covers in Australia, Greece and the US, and as book covers by Penguin Books & Era Publications. His work has been reproduced in many magazines, books and journals including Hi Fructose, Plastik, Juxtapoz, Empty, Colossal, Design Taxi, Communication Arts, Idea, Design World, Graphis & Novum. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/matthewquick In this episode, Matthew discusses: -The long amount of time that it takes him to creative his paintings. -The “naughty corner” where he puts paintings that are not behaving properly. -How he gets through periods of time in which he “forgets how to paint.” -The importance of the titles and descriptions of his paintings and what they can do for the communication with the viewer. -The inspiration behind his “Monumental Nobodies” series. -How he approaches each of his pieces. -His “Frozen Pea Moment.” -How he made his transition into being a full-time artist. -The beauty of finding stolen moments and how they can add up to something big. -Balancing what he wants to create for himself and what he needs to create for money. -How he learned to go in sequential order with his pieces instead of having too many projects going on at the same time. Matthew's Final Push will inspire you to know when it is the right time to reach out to galleries and to be respectful of the people that are with you in your creative journey!   Quotes: “I try to write something that is the anti art-speak.” “If the clock is ticking, what do I really want to do with my life?” “So many people wander through life as if it’s a rehearsal for something else.” Links mentioned: ART/WORK: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art Career by Heather Darcy Bhandari and Jonathan Melber The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg Connect with Matthew: Website / Facebook / Instagram / Twitter On the next episode: Drew Brophy : Website / Instagram Want a critique or some advice?  Join the Facebook group!

Born during his parents' flight from Cambodia in the wake of the Khmer Rogue genocide, Andrew Hem grew up poised in the balance between two cultures - the rural animistic society of his Khmer ancestors, and the dynamic urban arts of the tough Los Angeles neighborhood where his family eventually came to rest. Fascinated by graffiti at an early age, he honed his skills with graphics and composition on the walls of the city before following a passion for figure drawing to a degree in illustration from Art Center College of Design. Working in gouache, oil and acrylic, he weaves atmospheric, richly textured narratives in a vivid palette of twilight blues enlivened by swaths of deep red and splashes of golden light. His haunting impressions of culture and landscape evoke the life of the spirit through the visionary manifestation of memories and dreams. Over the six years since his graduation from Art Center with a B.F.A. in Illustration, Andrew Hem has exhibited in venues worldwide, from Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York and the Portsmouth Museum of Art in New Hampshire to solo and group exhibitions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Portland, Nashville, Miami, Toronto, Zurich and Leece, Italy. He has lectured at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida. His personal work has been featured in Beyond Illustration, the Society of Illustrators annual, Communication Arts, Spectrum, American Illustration, 3x3, Swallow and Hi-Fructose, among others, and his illustration clients have included The Atlantic, New Scientist, the Los Angeles Times, the Fort Worth Opera, Adidas and Lucky Brand Jeans. He lives and works in Los Angeles. www.artistdecoded.com www.instagram.com/artistdecoded www.twitter.com/yoshinostudios

Daniel Seifert (aka Attaboy) is the co-founder of Hi-Fructose, the Best Selling New Contemporary Art Magazine. While celebrating ten years of publishing and still going strong, Daniel & Matt elaborate on the successes and challenges of publishing, what it's like running a business with your spouse, and how not to submit for editorial coverage–on this episode of Pod Sequentialism with Matt Kennedy presented by Meltdown Comics. Hi Fructose Magazine: www.hifructose.com FB:@HiFructose IG:@hifructosemag Tumblr: hifructosemag     Follow Us Twitter: @PodSeq T-shirts: https://www.teepublic.com/user/meltdownnetwork Produced by Mason Booker Engineered by Mason Booker Theme music “Rumble” provided by www.Bensound.com  

Ali Cavanaugh is an internationally represented fine artist who is known for her watercolor paintings on clay, in a process she calls modern fresco painting. Her paintings have been featured on book covers, print publications like The New York Times Magazine, American Art Collector, and American Artist Watercolor, as well as internet features such as the Huffington Post, Fine Art Connoisseur, Hi-Fructose.  She currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband and their four children. Missed Part 1?  Listen here! Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/124 In this episode, Ali discusses: -How every person on this planet has a gift and you sometimes have to change your perspective to see that. -How she relates more to the female figure, and that is why she ends up painting it more often, even with her own children as the subjects. -Being featured on the cover of the 100th issue of American Art Collector. -Her advice for balancing your time in order to keep working on your art. -The importance of making your creative habit an everyday ritual. -How being a creative person helps her to be a better mother and a better person. Ali's Final Push will inspire you to get to where you want to go by taking it one step at a time and to ENJOY THE JOURNEY! Quotes: “When I was on the cover, I just couldn’t believe it.  I thought, this has to be a mistake.  I was speechless.” “The sweetest people are on Instagram, leaving the nicest, most encouraging comments.  It really helped propel me through a new era, a new chapter, an unfamiliar place.” “It just opened up a whole new way for me to work.” “It was a really good feeling to know that you can have that again.  You can go through cycles in your work.  You can be more fulfilled than you have been in years.  You just have to keep pressing through.” “You have to set your time aside.  Every day, you have to make it a ritual.” “Being a creative person helps me to be a better mom, wife, and friend.” Resources Mentioned: “Art and Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking” by David Bayles & Ted Orland “Why Beauty Matters” by Dana Gioia "A Sense of Place: Dana Gioia's Ted Talk" Eric Zener Lecture Connect with Ali: Website / Archives / Facebook / Instagram / Tumblr

Ali Cavanaugh is an internationally represented fine artist who is known for her watercolor paintings on clay, in a process she calls modern fresco painting. Her paintings have been featured on book covers, print publications like The New York Times Magazine, American Art Collector, and American Artist Watercolor, as well as internet features such as the Huffington Post, Fine Art Connoisseur, Hi-Fructose.  She currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband and their four children. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/alicavanaugh In this episode, Ali discusses: -Her modern fresco painting process and how it came about. -How she used her family as an excuse for her not being successful. -How your twenties should be about playing around with your art and your style, and how you shouldn’t stress too much about your end goal. -The unrealistic idea of coming out of school and immediately being able to sell your art. -Why you actually shouldn’t want your career to take off exponentially from the start. -One of the toughest times of her art career and her life, when she had to battle post-partum depression. -How it is not your fault when you have to deal with some of the things that your mind and body put you through. -How your work and your life goes through cycles and you have to know that you will come out the other end eventually.   Quotes: “It didn’t hold me back at all.  In fact, it opened up a whole new world.” “Sometimes I think you have to take that step into changing some little tweak with it.” “I made my family an opposition to me creating my art.” “Your twenties should be about playing around.” “If I could tell my younger self something it would be, Don’t be so hard on yourself, you’re where you need to be.” “It snuck up on me and I didn’t really know what happened.” “Your work goes through cycles.  Life goes through cycles.”   Connect with Ali: Website / Archives / Facebook / Instagram / Tumblr

Sergio Lopez aka The Main Loop is a North Bay Area based fine artist who specializes in oil landscapes, contemporary nude figures, plein air paintings, and charcoal drawings. He has won multiple awards and has been featured in Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, Spectrum, Bluecanvas, as well as many online publications.  He is also the co-founder of the North Bay Plein Air Painters group and has been helping organize monthly paint-outs since 2009. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/themainloop In this episode, Sergio discusses: -How he got into the plein air scene and the differences between painting outdoors and painting in the studio. -How he tries to only paint something that he is seeing with his own eyes or has seen before, as he doesn't trust photos to accurately portray the subject matter. -How his goal is to keep as little distance as possible from himself and his paintings so as to get the most accurate representation of what he sees and feels. -How and why he started the North Bay Plein Air Painters group. -His advice for anyone interested in trying out plein air painting. -Some of his earliest memories of being creative. -How he often gets bored of what he has been spending a lot of time doing, and that is usually when he switches up his medium to keep things fresh. -Some of the struggles that come from being a full-time fine artist. -How he knows that he works better at night, so he shifts his schedule to work with that. -The power of turning off the Wi-Fi. Sergio's Final Push will inspire you to figure out WHY you want to be an artist. Quotes: "All the lessons that you learn from intensely observing something, you can do that from any subject you want to work from." "Even now when I paint from photos, I almost never paint from something that I haven't painted yet before." "For me, the goal is to have something that feels like I was there or I am still standing there and getting that feeling that I remember." "If you're a person who paints in the studio and never has gone out, I'd say you're missing out on a lot." "When I got to school I quickly realized that I was in the wrong department." "It took a while to get to a certain sort of rhythm." "Find out why you want to do art.  As soon as you figure out why, it's a lot easier to focus your energy and resources on how to do it because you'll have a goal to strive for.  Without that road map, it is more of a wish than a goal." Links mentioned: -Contemporary Figuration Exhibit at Abend Gallery -North Bay Plein Air Painters group -Harvey Dunn: Illustrator and Painter of the Pioneer West by Walt Reed and Roger Reed Connect with Sergio: Website / Facebook / Instagram / YouTube / Twitter  

Seamus Conley is a Los Angeles native now living and working in San Francisco, CA. A recipient of the Pollock Krasner Foundation Award his paintings have been exhibited in galleries throughout the US, including a solo Museum exhibit at The Lancaster, CA Museum of Art and History. His work has been featured in publications such as Hi Fructose, Art ltd, SF Examiner, SF Weekly, Empty Mag, and American Art Collector. John Wentz is a contemporary painter whose process resides in an area between rigid technicality and honest expression.  Working within the classical idiom of the human figure, his goal is to reduce and simplify the image to it's core fundamentals: composition, color, and paint application.  Paint application and brush strokes are broad and simplified as a means to connect and convey these ideas to the viewer in a way that only painting can. John was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.  His interest in art began at the age of 6 when he first discovered Batman and Spiderman comic books.  After years of copying comics panel by panel he worked in the commercial arts as a muralist, billboard creator and freelance illustrator.  After learning to paint by doing airbrushed billboards, he decided to pursue Fine Art and work in oils.  Since then, he has had 3 solo exhibitions in San Francisco and numerous group exhibitions both nationally and internationally.  His works have appeared in many publications and have won multiple awards. www.artistdecoded.com www.instagram.com/artistdecoded www.twitter.com/yoshinostudios

On this episode of The Angry Millennial, we're speaking with Pat Shillenn, co-owner of Arch Enemy, a Philadelphia art gallery that has made quite a name for themselves in a short amount of time. Having his start in Philadelphia then moving to NY where he was with the award winning entertainment marketing agency, The Syndicate, he finally made his way back to Philadelphia, after being in the creative world for over a decade. Pat has been with Arch Enemy for the past few years with an admirable work ethic and passion for all things creative. He has taken Arch Enemy, and their artists, into the light with non-stop news and features in publications like Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, Beautiful Bizarre. We chat about his music industry start, coming back to Philly, his transition to the art world and lots more on this episode of The Angry Millennial with your host, Jose Rosado, and co-host, Stevie Chris.

Hueman grew up drawing and painting in Northern California, and received her degree in Design | Media Arts from UCLA in 2008.  Whether she is painting delicate visions on canvas, or crushing massive walls with a spray can, she often draws on the human condition to create freestyle mash-ups of the abstract and figurative, and the beautiful and grotesque.  She is interested in creating ethereal motion and dimension on otherwise flat, two-dimensional surfaces. Hueman's work can be seen on walls and in galleries worldwide.  Her art has caught the attention of media outlets and publications such as CNN, the History Channel, Complex, Juxtapoz and Hi-Fructose. www.artistdecoded.com www.instagram.com/artistdecoded www.twitter.com/yoshinostudios

Chris blinks in and out and back in again amidst talk on the Muppets and Fraggle Rock, Jim Rugg, Hi Fructose volume 15 with James Jean and Al Columbia, Grant Morrison and Mukesh Singh's 18 Days OGN from Dynamite, Shadowlands, the Avengers titles, Chris Samnee and Thor: Mighty Avenger, Casanova Max, a reaction to a listener voicemail (I know, right?!?), I, Zombie, Comic Book Artist #15, the Hernandez Brothers, Alex Toth and Spielberg's 1941, convention oversaturation, Alex Ross, Phil Hester and Jonathan Lau's Black Terror #5-9, X-Men: Hope, Fantomex, Brightest Day #1, RASL, Echo, and a whole mess more!