Podcasts about Painting

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Painting my house taught me more than I expected. In this episode, I share my thoughts on the process, the decisions that came with it, and what I noticed along the way. Sometimes an ordinary project becomes much more interesting once you actually experience everything that goes into it. CONQUER SHYNESS

A man sits down to paint, and something takes his hands. For hours, he cannot stop, and when he finishes, he is staring at the most beautiful thing he has ever made. He also knows it is not his. It is the blue lady, and it wants to be worshiped. This is where Rick Hansen's family story turns, the moment his father crosses from curiosity into two years of worshiping Satan. Rick wrote a book about it, because he watched the aftermath play out in his own living room for the rest of his childhood.The painting later refuses to burn. Cut with a razor, the blue lady's face becomes Rick's mother's face, and tears rise on the canvas. His father eventually casts twelve demons out of himself and becomes the exorcist that frightened pastors keep on speed dial. Rick walks Luke and Nate through it all: the deliverances, the manifestations, and the entity that keeps trying to find a new host. It is one of the wildest testimonies we have ever put on this feed.You can only hear the whole thing as a member. Join at ⁠blurrycreatures.com/members⁠ and unlock a vault of 100+ members-only episodes you can't hear anywhere else, plus every main feed episode completely ad-free. You also get a vibrant community of fellow seekers, exclusive drops, merch discounts, and perks built for people who can't stop digging, all while supporting the stories nobody else will tell.⁠https://blurrycreatures.com/pages/members⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What immediately comes to mind when someone says "the arts"? Is it music? Painting? Sculptures? Dance? Theatre? Something else? The good news is that all kinds of art flourish here in Hampton Roads! We speak with local artists and creators, Patrick Mullins, Rowena Finn, and Terrance Afer-Anderson about the work, focus, struggles, and triumphs of African American and other minority artists. And we hear a bit about what each of them are working on now!

Interior painting costs in Monmouth County typically range from $2 to $6 per square foot, depending on home size, paint quality, and wall condition, with several regional factors affecting the final price. Learn more at https://primefinishpainter.com/ Prime Finish Painters City: Keyport Address: 825 Shore Concourse Website: https://primefinishpainter.com/ Phone: +1 908 386 4790

Hey Now, Cabalists! Uh oh, Mia the cat is cause havoc in the household! After Chris gets his house in order we dive into the games we've been playing, including The Lord of the Rings Circle of Conflict, Happiest Cat in the World, Arkham Horror, The Gang, Cozy Stickerville, and feature Bloodstones designed by Martin Wallace. After Tony T's Tabletop Gaming News segment, the gang wraps things up by tackling a batch of listener-submitted questions. The Lord of the Rings Circle of Conflict: 00:02:58, Happiest Cat in the World: 00:15:43, Arkham Horror: 00:21:57, The Gang: 00:32:35, Cozy Stickerville: 00:45:45, Bloodstones Review: 00:56:58, News with Tony T: 01:34:08, A Short Topic Extravaganza: 02:36:09. Check out our sponsors Restoration Games at https://restorationgames.com/, Game Toppers at https://www.gametoppersllc.com/ and Prester's Painting at https://www.presterspainting.com/

Painting contractor leads aren't automatically good or bad because they came from Facebook, Instagram, or another lead source. Jacob Ransom breaks down the painting lead strategy he uses to turn cold traffic into referral-quality opportunities.In this episode of Contractor Secrets, Tanner sits down with Jacob, founder of Monumental Growth and owner of a multi-location painting company, to break down his “Trust Stacking” system.The idea is simple: lead quality isn't determined by where the lead came from — it's determined by how much the homeowner trusts you when they reach out.Jacob breaks the system into three pillars:→ MAKE YOURSELF VISIBLEShow up consistently where your ideal homeowners spend their time.→ MAKE IT EASYRemove friction with fast responses, flexible availability, texting, Messenger, and online self-booking.→ MAKE IT REALUse real people, reviews, authentic content, and raw videos to build trust before the estimate.We also cover:→ Why “bad Facebook leads” may actually be a trust problem→ Why price objections can be trust objections→ How convenience can attract better customers→ Why being first through the door matters→ Evening and weekend estimate availability→ Why your intake process could be filtering out your best customers→ Raw phone videos vs. polished advertising→ How Jacob approaches keeping marketing costs low enough to scaleCHAPTERS:00:00 Routemize Launch Party01:27 Meet Jacob Ransom02:16 Why Some Painting Companies Scale So Fast05:00 The “Trust Recession”07:10 Price Objections vs. Trust09:06 What Actually Determines Lead Quality?09:56 Turning Cold Leads Into Referral-Quality Leads10:46 The 3 Pillars of Trust Stacking11:44 Pillar #1: Make Yourself Visible14:33 How Much Marketing Activity Is Enough?17:19 Pillar #2: Make It Easy18:29 Why Online Booking Matters19:32 Jacob's Self-Booking Results22:08 Evening & Weekend Appointments24:38 Why Being First Through the Door Matters26:07 Convenience Attracts Better Customers27:34 How Friction Filters Your Customers28:55 Stop Making It Hard to Hire You29:33 Pillar #3: Make It Real30:47 A Better Way to Use Google Reviews31:22 Raw Content vs. Polished Ads34:25 Putting the Full System Together37:15 How Lower Marketing Costs Enable Scale38:37 Jacob's Trust Stacking SOPIf you're a painting contractor struggling with inconsistent or low-quality leads, this episode will change the way you think about lead generation.Subscribe for more conversations about growing and scaling a profitable painting business.Start your Free 14 Day Trial for Routemize - https://routemize.com/Coaching Session Signup: https://calendly.com/dripjobs/breakthroughPurchase the 31 Days of Value and build an EMPIRE: https://www.amazon.com/31-Days-Value-home-service-businesses/dp/B0FQSH32X7Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v0D0SNSBofqJJE6zApEE1DripJobs Demo: https://calendly.com/dripjobsteam/dripjobsdemoGusto: https://gusto.com/i/tanner269OpenPhone: https://openph.one/referral/8Kc17aqFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/173750747824373/?ref=shareFollow me on Instagram: http://Instagram.com/officialtannermullen#PaintingContractor #PaintingBusiness #PaintingLeads #PaintingMarketing #ContractorMarketing #ContractorSecrets

Andrew Coelho walked into Lancaster Painting for a sales job interview  and walked out with an HR career he never saw coming. In this episode, he shares how curiosity, ownership, and the freedom to fail forward turned an entry-level role into a seat on the management team, and how that same mindset now has him exploring AI, automation, and marketing. It's a conversation about what's possible when leadership bets on someone ,and that someone bets on themselves.

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You've nodded along to the story lesson all year and kept firing the art gatling gun. So I'm done teaching it. This episode, I become it. Want to join Patrick for a live webinar? He hosts one every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Register here: asf.today/webinar I've never recorded an episode like this one. Three proofs that the art doesn't change, the story does. Then I run the experiment on myself, on you: the mini life story I've avoided telling for nine years. At the end, one question. How much more do you have in common with me now than you did forty minutes ago? In this episode: The two failure modes after every "yeah yeah, I get it": nod and revert, or one post and revert The art gatling gun. Art, art, art, one shot fired forever. What I see when I open your profile My hedge: the artist who did the exact opposite of everything I teach, to the tune of $347K, and the softball story about copying a fence-clearing home run What happens on a webinar when one artist opens with their story instead of their awards: the whole room asks for their Instagram Mona Lisa: respected, not famous, until a Louvre handyman walked out with it in 1911. Story added, value explodes Banksy: signed originals at $60 from an unmarked Central Park stall. Eight buyers all day. Story removed, value collapses Joshua Bell: a $3.5M Stradivarius in a DC Metro station, 1,097 people walked past. Context removed, excellence disappears How Elon Musk interviews: "Tell me the story of your life." Your art is the résumé. The story is the interview. Every collector is Musk I asked AI what my listeners actually know about me after nine years. It's embarrassingly thin Then the story: Hawaii, Pearl Harbor from a front yard, Boston Latin and MIT, Janis Joplin as the backyard band, an IBM under the Christmas tree, a john boat off La Jolla Scott and the nametag, the dog you end up walking, and the claw machine: every facet you surface opens another lane to your art "But I'm not interesting." Rare lanes are small, common lanes are enormous. Painting at 5am in half the garage is a bin with millions of people in it This week's homework: make the list. Every facet of your life someone could glom onto, the mundane ones included. Pick one and put it in front of your art this week. You don't know what's going to work. You do know art, art, art isn't. Resources mentioned: Hello, My Name is Scott by Scott Ginsberg — the nametag guy Banksy's Central Park stall, October 2013 — go look at the picture Related episodes: The Artwork Didn't Change. The Story Did. — where this year started 4 Prompts That Pull Your Story Out — if you need help making the list The Coffee Shop Test The Algorithm Doesn't Care About Your Art — memes are the fuel, this is the sorting machine When a Buyer Asks for ode

Renowned paper artist Yulia Brodskaya is redefining the boundaries of the centuries-old craft of paper quilling. Originally trained as a graphic designer and illustrator, her journey into paper began almost by accident. In spelling her name “YULIA” with strips of paper in her very first paper artwork, she unknowingly set out to reinvent the centuries-old craft, pioneering a technique of drawing with paper strips—representing each drawn with an edge-glued strip that lifts the drawing into the third dimension. Soon after discovering her unique voice, Brodskaya earned international recognition for her innovative paper illustrations and was named Creative Review magazine's “Breakthrough Star” of 2009. Her early work focused primarily on paper typography, quickly attracting an extraordinary roster of clients. Over the following years, she completed more than 200 commissions and collaborations, working with renowned brands including Neiman Marcus, Hermès, Issey Miyake, Wimbledon, Paramount Pictures, and The Balvenie. Yet alongside this commercial success, Brodskaya continued to explore the deeper expressive potential of paper. Gradually, her focus shifted toward portraiture and natural forms, where she could fully develop her signature technique of Painting with paper. Her book Painting with Paper — Paper on the Edge documents this pioneering technique, revealing how tightly folded paper strips can function like 3-dimentional brushstrokes, with colours blended and layered in a process analogous to mixing paint on a palette. The result is work that possesses all the richness of painting, while adding the tactile presence and dimensionality. Through her teaching and sharing of these methods, Brodskaya has inspired a global community of paper artists. Many have been able to follow in her footsteps, developing their own practices and livelihoods through this medium—first by learning to “draw” with paper, and now by exploring its full painterly and expressive potential. Today, her work continues to evolve. Her latest portrait experiments blur the boundary between paper quilling and Impressionist painting, demonstrating the extraordinary capacity of paper to convey light, emotion, and human presence. Through her hands, paper transforms from a simple material into a living medium, giving rise to a unique visual language the art world has never seen before. https://www.instagram.com/yulia_brodskaya_artyulia/ www.artyulia.com www.yuliacourses.com

Download your free Painter Growth training here: https://learn.paintergrowth.comIf you're new here, my name is Mike Gore-Hickman. I'm the founder of Painter Growth, a coaching company that helps painting contractors build real businesses instead of just running jobs.We've worked with over 1,500 painting contractors. Our clients range from guys doing $300K a year to teams pushing past $5M. Our coaches are real painting business owners who built seven-figure companies themselves. Not theory guys.Here's how I got here.Early 20s: Running my own painting business. Couldn't close jobs. Underbidding everything. Painters showed up stoned. Spilled paint on driveways. Painted houses the wrong color. I fell off a ladder. Ended my first year with a $20,000 tax bill I couldn't pay.Still early 20s: Almost quit. Didn't. Got obsessed with systems, sales, and getting help. I hired my first business coach, fixed the chaos & hit over $200K a month in sales before I turned 24.Mid-20s: Followed my girlfriend (now wife) to a new city. Shut the painting business down. Took a job in SaaS. Spent five years helping grow a software company from scratch to nearly $10M a year. That's where I learned how to build and scale an online business.During COVID: My two worlds collided. Running a painting business plus scaling software companies. I launched a side hustle that pulled both together. It became Painter Growth.October 2021: Launched with an MVP and $10 a day in Facebook ads. No money. No clients. No connections.End of 2021: Signed my first 10 clients. Eight got massive results. That was all the proof I needed.Late 2022: Brought on Jesse, my partner and CFO. Hired our first coach and first VA. Reinvested everything back into the business.2023 and beyond: Built a team of nearly 50, including seven-figure painting business owners coaching full time.We became an official Sherwin-Williams partner and we're the exclusive coaching program referred by them.We we're named PCA 2026 Partner of the Year.You don't need to be a good painter to build a great painting business. You need to be a good business owner who hires good painters. Most contractors never make that switch. We help them make it.What I'm focused on right now: AI and systems. We're building AI-powered tools inside Painter Growth, including a bookkeeping assistant and a proposal generator. The contractors who figure this out early are going to pull ahead.I'm still building. Still figuring things out. But I'm doing it alongside 1,500 contractors who are all in the middle of their own fight to build something real.If you're in that fight, you're in the right place.Never quit,MikeGet a FREE Painting Business Growth Session. In 30 minutes, we'll build you a custom plan to grow → https://learn.paintergrowth.comPainter Growth content is for educational purposes only. Results vary. Individual outcomes depend on the effort, situation, and decisions of each business owner.

Painting contractor marketing isn't just Facebook Ads, Google Ads, and generating more leads. Glenn Williamson explains why building local brand and trust is one of the most overlooked marketing strategies for painting contractors.Glenn is a painting contractor on track for $8M this year, and in this episode he breaks down the strategies his company uses to become known and trusted in its local market.We cover:→ Why relying entirely on paid leads is dangerous→ Building trust through community involvement→ Yard sign and charity campaigns→ Vehicle wraps and local branding→ Facebook groups and referral partners→ Building a network of trusted local contractors→ Using your brand to increase trust during the sales process→ A completely different approach to door hangers→ Turning community involvement into content for Google, YouTube, and AIThe big idea: paid ads can generate leads today, but brand and trust give you something your competitors can't simply outbid you for.CHAPTERS:00:00 Meet Glenn Williamson00:32 Building an $8M Painting Company03:44 Why Contractors Undervalue Brand & Trust04:58 Do You Own Demand or Rent Leads?06:42 Do Facebook & Google Ads Build a Brand?08:06 Community Marketing That Actually Builds Trust10:15 Charity & Local Event Strategies13:41 Facebook Groups & Referral Partners15:08 How Brand Helps Close the Sale17:08 Building a Local Contractor Network18:43 A Better Door Hanger Strategy21:02 Why Trust Compounds Over Time21:55 Building Trust for Google, YouTube & AI22:48 How to Find GlennIf you're building a painting company and want to become the contractor people already know and trust before they ever request an estimate, this episode is for you.Subscribe for more conversations about building and scaling a profitable painting business.Start your Free 14 Day Trial for Routemize - https://routemize.com/Coaching Session Signup: https://calendly.com/dripjobs/breakthroughPurchase the 31 Days of Value and build an EMPIRE: https://www.amazon.com/31-Days-Value-home-service-businesses/dp/B0FQSH32X7Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v0D0SNSBofqJJE6zApEE1DripJobs Demo: https://calendly.com/dripjobsteam/dripjobsdemoGusto: https://gusto.com/i/tanner269OpenPhone: https://openph.one/referral/8Kc17aqFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/173750747824373/?ref=shareFollow me on Instagram: http://Instagram.com/officialtannermullen#PaintingContractor #PaintingBusiness #PaintingMarketing #ContractorMarketing #ContractorSecrets

Local artist Herb Williams spent years struggling to break into the world of visual art.Painting didn't really work out. Neither did sculpting. After years of doldrums, he did what any starving artist would: He burned all his work. Then one night, he had a dream. He was at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, showcasing a sculpture he made out of crayons — not drawn using crayons, but made from thousands of crayons. The masterpiece conjured in his sleep ended up being his vehicle for self-expression, and it still is today. We sit down with Herb to learn about his craft, his life, and how he's using art to bring awareness to gun violence.This episode was produced by Josh Deepan.

In this powerful continuation of our series on David, Pastor Jenell Coker examines 2 Samuel 11–12 and the story of David and Bathsheba with honesty and care. She challenges the familiar interpretations that have too often softened David's abuse of power, portrayed Bathsheba as responsible, or called violence an “affair.” Through the text, church history, and our present moment, this teaching asks what it means to tell the truth about our heroes, our institutions, and ourselves. How do we protect the vulnerable rather than reputations? How do we stop blaming survivors? And what does it look like to reclaim Christianity as a movement of love and liberation, grounded in the belief that every person bears the image of God? Content note: This sermon includes discussion of sexual assault, abuse, murder, victim-blaming, and church harm. Learn more about us and the work we do at oceansidesanctuary.org Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction and Series Recap(00:01:37) - Content Warning(00:02:57) - Retelling the David and Bathsheba Story(00:08:11) - Nathan's Confrontation and Psalm 51(00:08:42) - Opening Prayer(00:10:05) - Jenny's Story: A Modern Parallel(00:12:27) - Examining the Painting and Popular Depictions(00:13:58) - How Theology Blamed Bathsheba(00:16:09) - Study Bible Commentary Through the Decades(00:22:56) - Personal Reflection and Anger at the Text(00:24:28) - The Bible's Honesty vs. Our Softening of It(00:25:50) - Church Power, Abuse, and Protecting Reputations(00:27:54) - Reclaiming Christianity's Purpose Statement(00:30:00) - Bathsheba as the Lamb(00:30:39) - Closing Reflection and Prayer(00:32:31) - Closing Remarks

Download your free Painter Growth training here: https://learn.paintergrowth.com/If you're new here, my name is Mike Gore-Hickman. I'm the founder of Painter Growth, a coaching company that helps painting contractors build real businesses instead of just running jobs.We've worked with over 1,500 painting contractors. Our clients range from guys doing $300K a year to teams pushing past $5M. Our coaches are real painting business owners who built seven-figure companies themselves. Not theory guys.Here's how I got here.Early 20s: Running my own painting business. Couldn't close jobs. Underbidding everything. Painters showed up stoned. Spilled paint on driveways. Painted houses the wrong color. I fell off a ladder. Ended my first year with a $20,000 tax bill I couldn't pay.Still early 20s: Almost quit. Didn't. Got obsessed with systems, sales, and getting help. I hired my first business coach, fixed the chaos & hit over $200K a month in sales before I turned 24.Mid-20s: Followed my girlfriend (now wife) to a new city. Shut the painting business down. Took a job in SaaS. Spent five years helping grow a software company from scratch to nearly $10M a year. That's where I learned how to build and scale an online business.During COVID: My two worlds collided. Running a painting business plus scaling software companies. I launched a side hustle that pulled both together. It became Painter Growth.October 2021: Launched with an MVP and $10 a day in Facebook ads. No money. No clients. No connections.End of 2021: Signed my first 10 clients. Eight got massive results. That was all the proof I needed.Late 2022: Brought on Jesse, my partner and CFO. Hired our first coach and first VA. Reinvested everything back into the business.2023 and beyond: Built a team of nearly 50, including seven-figure painting business owners coaching full time.We became an official Sherwin-Williams partner and we're the exclusive coaching program referred by them.We we're named PCA 2026 Partner of the Year.You don't need to be a good painter to build a great painting business. You need to be a good business owner who hires good painters. Most contractors never make that switch. We help them make it.What I'm focused on right now: AI and systems. We're building AI-powered tools inside Painter Growth, including a bookkeeping assistant and a proposal generator. The contractors who figure this out early are going to pull ahead.I'm still building. Still figuring things out. But I'm doing it alongside 1,500 contractors who are all in the middle of their own fight to build something real.If you're in that fight, you're in the right place.Never quit,MikeGet a FREE Painting Business Growth Session. In 30 minutes, we'll build you a custom plan to grow → https://learn.paintergrowth.com/Painter Growth content is for educational purposes only. Results vary. Individual outcomes depend on the effort, situation, and decisions of each business owner.

Painting in Thumbnail - Quinces, Lemons, Pears, and Grapes 1887, Vincent Van Gogh

Looking for the ultimate guide to sailing the Western Caribbean with Disney Cruise Line out of Galveston? In this episode of the DCL Podcast, we welcome back Brielle to review her 7-night Western Caribbean itinerary aboard the classic Disney Magic. Brielle breaks down what it is like booking a guaranteed inside stateroom, navigating Houston airport transfers, and staying fit on board while managing gluten-free dining on Disney Cruise Line. She also shares detailed reviews of top port excursions, including Coco-inspired Alebrije painting in Cozumel, reef snorkeling in Grand Cayman, and a cenote cave swim in Progreso. This episode is packed with essential travel tips and insider cast member highlights for your next Disney Cruise!Guaranteed Inside Stateroom Review: The pros and cons of booking a Guaranteed Inside Stateroom (Category GTY), including ending up in accessible stateroom 7631, dealing with automatic door switches in the dark, and handling hallway noise.Gluten-Free Dining & Fitness on Board: Navigating gluten-free dining options at Lumiere’s and Palo, packing protein shakes through airport security, using the gym and walking track, and reconnecting with favorite crew members like server Manolo and bartender Dwayne at Keys.Onboard Entertainment Highlights: Experiencing a live cooking demo with celebrity guest chef Tanya Holland, participating in a hilarious 18+ late-night adult game show with host Emma, and catching stage shows like Twice Charmed and Rapunzel’s Royal Table.Cozumel Excursion (Alebrije Painting & Chocolate Tour): Painting custom wood-carved Coco-style Alebrijes, visiting the Mayan Cacao Company for chocolate and tequila tastings, and enjoying chocolate margaritas.Grand Cayman Excursion (Shipwreck & Reef Snorkel): Snorkeling around a shipwreck and coral reef directly in front of the tendered Disney Magic, complete with fish-feeding highlights and crew interactions.Progreso Excursion (Mayan Ruins & Cenote Swim): Swimming through underground freshwater cenotes, exploring ancient Mayan pyramids, navigating gluten-free meal accommodations on port tours, and paying Texas state alcohol tax ($7 on imported tequila) upon return to port.Follow Brielle at: https://www.instagram.com/glutenfree.disney.girlie/ Want to be on the show? Fill out this form, and we'll be in contact with you real soon!https://dclpodcast.com/want-to-be-on-the-show/Support our show via Patreon:http://www.patreon.com/dclpodcastUse Christy's Travel Services:https://dclpodcast.com/book-with-christy/Follow the DCL Podcast via:http://www.facebook.com/dclpodcasthttp://www.instagram.com/dcl_podcastFollow Lake at:https://www.instagram.com/mouse.genhttps://www.youtube.com/@MouseGenFollow Christy at:http://www.packyourpixiedust.comhttps://www.instagram.com/packyourpixiedust

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Robert meets painter Eileen Cooper RA to discuss her new London solo exhibition Learning to Fly, whilst also exploring her evolution across numerous bodies of work made across the past 5 decades. World renowned for her work as a painter and printmaker, Cooper also embraces drawing, collage, ceramics, and sculpture in her expansive practice.Eileen Cooper was born 1953 in Glossop, in the Derbyshire Peak District. Having studied at Goldsmith's College, Cooper completed her Master of Arts in Painting at Royal College of Art in 1977. Throughout her career Cooper's work has contained a strong autobiographical element. However, her vision is always more allegorical and poetic than anecdotal, her concerns and experiences as relevant and timeless as those of the human spirit itself.A strong colourist and described as a magic realist, Cooper brings an unapologetically female perspective to her subject matter, encompassing sexuality, motherhood, life and death. Her images, simultaneously bold and tender, reveal a range of feeling that is both deeply engrossing and readily accessible, yet very much part of contemporary art practice. During the 1980s she became a major figure, well known and regarded for her strong and passionate figuration. Cooper has always taught part time in numerous institutions including St Martins, Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. She became a Royal Academician in 2001 and served as Keeper of the Royal Academy between 2010 and 2017, making her the first woman in the history of the Academy to do so.Sometimes described as a magic realist, Eileen Cooper brings an unapologetically female perspective to her subject-matter, which encompasses sexuality, motherhood, life and death. Her richly diverse images, simultaneously bold and tender, reveal a range of feeling that is both deeply engrossing and readily accessible, yet still very much part of contemporary art practice.An oversized woman floats in the sky as if dropped from a plane or whipped up in a hurricane, her limbs caught up in currents of air. Below her are rolling mountains, a river, skeletal trees with new leaves on their branches – a sign of spring, fresh beginnings, a period of becoming. This is Learning to Fly, the titular painting of Eileen Cooper's solo exhibition at Kristin Hjellgjerde Gallery, Tower Bridge, which leads us through spaces – and states – of transition and creativity. Learning to Fly, a new solo exhibition by Eileen Cooper is now open runs until 3rd October 2026 at Kristin Hjellegjerde gallery in London's Tower Bridge.Follow: @Eileen_Cooper_RAVisit: https://kristinhjellegjerde.com/exhibitions/582/overview/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode No. 775 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features art historian Richard J. Powell and curator Danielle Canter. Powell is the author of "Colorstruck! Painting, Pigment, Affect," which was just published by Princeton University Press. The book examines the historical and cultural work color does in the work of twentieth- and twenty-first-century artists such as Jacob Lawrence, Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam, Hervé Télémaque, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, and Nina Chanel Abney. The book builds on Powell's 2022 National Gallery of Art Mellon Lectures of the same title. Bookshop and Amazon offer "Colorstruck!" from $46-61. As discussed on the program: Powell's Mellon Lectures may be viewed here; The Amistad Research Center, Tulane University collection of Jacob Lawrence works, including the Toussaint L'Ouverture series; Nina Chanel Abney, San Juan Heal (Lincoln Center wall); and "Matisse Alive" at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Powell, a professor at Duke University, is the author of numerous books, including "Going There: Black Visual Satire," "Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture," and "Homecoming: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson." Canter is the curator of "Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions" at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. The exhibition spotlights Redon's works on paper, including charcoal drawings, lithographs, and pastels. It particularly focuses on Redon's fantastical world of tonal and psychological darkness, and also his luminous color. It's on view through October 18. A Getty-published catalogue is available from Bookshop and Amazon for $25. Instagram: Richard J. Powell, Tyler Green. Air date: September 10, 2026.

Episode 543 / Kiwha LeeKiwha Lee was born in Seoul and raised across four continents, Lee received her MFA in Painting from Hunter College in 2022. Her New York solo debut, Light Punch, at CHART in 2024 was selected as an Artforum “Must See” and named by Artsy among five standout exhibitions at small galleries worldwide. Later that year, her first European solo exhibition, Reverse Universe, opened at Monti8 in Rome and was selected by Exibart as a must-see exhibition in Rome. In 2025, Lee was selected for a solo presentation in the Main Section of Arte Fiera in Bologna, Italy's longest-running modern and contemporary art fair.Lee has exhibited at Mindy Solomon Gallery, CHART, Fergus McCaffrey, Thierry Goldberg, Monti8, Ortega y Gasset Projects, COL Gallery, and other venues in the United States, Europe, and Asia. She was nominated for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize in 2018 and was named one of ARTCUBE Discoveries' Top 100 Early-Career Artists for 2023–2024. Her work has been featured in Artforum, Artsy, Artribune, New American Paintings, Two Coats of Paint, Vulture,Asian Art News, and Harper's BAZAAR, among other publications. Her paintings are held in theMorgan Stanley Art Collection and private collections internationally.Kiwha Lee x Julia Kunin: Electromagnetic SignatureOpening this Thursday in Miami, September 10th, 6:30 - 8pm September 10 - October 10, 2026 Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami

Hello and welcome to this new chapter of my podcast, now called, The Exuberant Artist Podcast! I'm Emma Freeman, a mixed media artist, creative writer and expressive arts teacher in Wisconsin. After quite a bit of time away and a lot of reflection, I am inspired to reimagine this podcast project of mine! I'll be sharing stories from my art studio about my vibrant and eclectic practice, what I'm working on and why, what is inspiring me and I'll also be having meaningful and exciting conversations with other artists who are living and creating fully and exuberantly!In this episode, I mention:Sarah Campbell and Susan Collier's wonderful, exuberant art exhibit at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London, UK that I saw in June 2026Sarah Campbell's fantastic books, Hand Painted Textiles: A Practice Guide to the Art of Painting on Fabric and Paint! Pattern! Print! The Textiles of Susan Collier and Sarah CampbellThe Artist's Way by Julia Cameron and her artist date assignment that I'm doing but calling it Creative Field Trips and am LOVING it! A book I'm loving gathering textile inspiration from called, African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent by John GillowThese inexpensive sketchbooks I'm using and loving using for my journaling and sketch booking practices. My name is Emma Freeman and I'm your joyful host! I'm a contemplative and exuberant mixed media artist, creative writer and expressive arts teacher living in a small town in Wisconsin. In my art and teaching practice, I explore themes of global connection through art making, the emotional power of color and pattern, memory and nostalgia, heartfelt stories about life and how art is expressed naturally through living fully and the incredibly rich meaning I get from language and playing with words. I am also fascinated by how art making has become a practice of contemplative care for myself and for my students when we are in community together. I work with found textiles I gather from around the world, fibers with rich human stories of touch and care, altered books made from thrifted vintage books that I upcycle, gouache paints, collage, hand painted textiles I am experimenting with making and more. I make fabric meditation books, hand stitched peaceful prayer flags, joyful art journals, contemplation cloths, poetry and wearable art pieces. I am also a Highly Sensitive Person and sober. You can learn more about me and see my art and classes here: www.emmafreemanart.com!Follow me, Emma Freeman on Instagram: www.instagram.com/emmafreemanartistCheck out my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@emmafreemanartistSign up for my art newsletter: https://www.emmafreemanart.com/letters-of-love

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How to start a painting business, get painting leads, win your first jobs, and grow without a huge marketing budget — Tanner Mullen breaks down what he would do starting a painting company from scratch.Lauren recently launched Wild Grain Painting and joins Tanner for a Business Breakthrough session to figure out exactly what she should focus on next.They cover everything from positioning and sales to organic marketing, reviews, Facebook Ads, hiring painters, and getting off the tools.In this episode, you'll learn:• How to look more professional on estimates• Why perceived value matters when you're brand new• How to use your personal story to differentiate your company• How to find your company's real value proposition• How to generate leads when you have almost no marketing budget• How Tanner would use local Facebook groups• Why every new painting company needs reviews• When to start investing in Facebook Ads• Why you shouldn't wait to build your CRM• How to avoid getting trapped doing all the painting yourself• How to sell the job first and find production second• What Tanner would do if he started over from $0CHAPTERS:00:00 Starting a Painting Business01:18 Meet Lauren & Wild Grain Painting02:27 What Should the Owner Actually Do?04:13 Building Confidence as a New Contractor05:18 Look Like a Professional Estimator06:03 Perceived Value Matters07:46 Lauren's First Commercial Estimate08:39 Avoiding the Commercial & GC Trap09:39 Marketing With Almost No Money10:23 Your Biggest Competitive Advantage11:30 Building a Story People Care About14:17 What Makes Your Company Different?17:28 Turning Your Story Into Marketing19:55 Get Clear on the Mission20:20 Why Marketing Means Being "Annoying"20:48 Free Local Facebook Marketing21:51 Build the Systems Before You Need Them22:09 Setting Up a CRM22:15 DripJobs Startup Program23:33 When to Invest in Facebook Ads24:21 Building Google Reviews25:27 The Paint Trap26:13 Why Tanner Wouldn't Pick Up a Paintbrush27:07 Subcontractors vs Employees27:57 Where Lauren Should Start28:18 The Final Game PlanOne of Tanner's biggest lessons:If you're starting a painting business, your highest-value job may not be painting.Sell a job.Schedule it.Find someone to produce it.Then go sell another one.At the beginning, you need to become resourceful.Tell your story.Build your reputation.Get reviews.Post locally.Sell.Build systems.Then reinvest your profits into marketing.If you're starting a painting company or trying to get your first consistent painting jobs, this episode gives you a practical roadmap to follow.Subscribe to Contractor Secrets with Tanner Mullen for more painting business growth, contractor marketing, sales, systems, and scaling.Free 14 Day Trial for Routemize - https://routemize.com/Coaching Session Signup: https://calendly.com/dripjobs/breakthroughPurchase the 31 Days of Value and build an EMPIRE: https://www.amazon.com/31-Days-Value-home-service-businesses/dp/B0FQSH32X7Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v0D0SNSBofqJJE6zApEE1DripJobs Demo: https://calendly.com/dripjobsteam/dripjobsdemoGusto: https://gusto.com/i/tanner269OpenPhone: https://openph.one/referral/8Kc17aqFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/173750747824373/?ref=shareFollow me on Instagram: http://Instagram.com/officialtannermullen#PaintingBusiness #PaintingContractor #PaintingBusinessOwner #ContractorMarketing #PaintingLeads #ContractorSecrets

Most artists treat seasonal work as a gamble - feast when demand peaks, hustle for leads when it doesn't. Lindsey Stimpson Lewis - owner of Lindsey Mae Art - flipped the script. By building a loyal roster of clients who lock her in a full year in advance, she's turned seasonal work into predictable, recurring revenue. In this episode, she walks through her "Christmas in July" booking strategy, how she manages capacity with a priority system, and why eliminating the constant churn of new client acquisition is the real business move.Lindsey Stimpson Lewis is a Winston-Salem–based muralist and window painter who specializes in large-scale custom work for residential and commercial clients. After spending years painting sculptures at her husband's metal fabrication company, she went full-time with her own business and built it around predictable, recurring seasonal revenue by cultivating a roster of year-in-advance clients. Connect with Lindsey:WebsiteIGCreative finds:Zibra's NEW 1" Angled Brush is coming soon! Keep your eyes peeled on enjoyzibra.com and use code BANTER10 for 10% off your order.In this episode, we discuss:Why Lindsey Mae's "Christmas in July" booking strategy works and how to use it with your own client baseHow a priority system for repeat customers eliminates constant new lead acquisitionWhy capacity planning is actually the competitive advantage in seasonal creative workWhat Lindsey Mae's business coach helped her figure out about strategy and scalingHow predictable seasonal revenue beats year-round client churnWelcome to Brush & Banter—the podcast where creativity meets real-life hustle. Brought to you by Zibra, we go beyond perfect brushstrokes to explore the messy, magical, and meaningful side of being an artist. We're here to bring you conversations with working artists, practical tips to grow your creative business, and a built-in painting companion for your next project. Brush & Banter is co-hosted by Brie Hansen, President of Zibra; Annie Bolding, Founder of It's a Disco Day Designs; and Lauren Cooper, Founder of Rosemont Lane Design Studio.Connect with Zibra: WebsiteInstagramTikTokFacebook YouTubeBlog

This is the 2nd episode of our Work Series,  a three-part look at how painting companies are rethinking their organizational models. What if the right model for your painting business wasn't W2 or subs - but both? That's been the answer for ACP Painting in Maricopa, Arizona for over twenty years. Co-owner Russ Byers and Inside Operations Manager Shell Abbott walk us through how they deploy two different kinds of teams under one roof - the decision-making framework, the financial tradeoffs, and the cultural dynamics that make it all work.

Chad Bussell (@irunclade) and I met at GenCon and his painted terrain was EPIC!! We barely scratch the surface (hi) but it was a really fun hour. He does a cat benefit every year in Indianapolis and this year it's for the Cuddle Me Cat Rescue. They have fun charity cat shirts. ⁠https://interstellargamez.com/collections/cataclysm⁠ Heh. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠⁠⁠jackie@jackiekashian.com⁠⁠⁠ and venmo is @jackiekashian. There is MERCH: ⁠⁠⁠www.JackieKashianStore.com⁠⁠⁠ is the direct. Links to everything is at ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.dorkforest.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.jackiekashian.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Extra TDF/standup and a storytelling album are available here: ⁠https://jackiekashianinc.bandcamp.com/ ⁠YouTube has the videos: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@JackieKashianInc⁠⁠⁠ And it's @jackiekashian on all the social mediaz. Audio and Video by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg

Most painting contractors don't start a painting business for 90-hour weeks — they start it for time and money freedom. So why do so many end up doing estimates at 9 PM, taking customer calls on weekends, and covering jobs when a painter doesn't show?In this episode of the Elite Business Advice Podcast, host Chris Moore — founder of Elite Business Advisors and owner of a residential painting company — breaks down the Buyback Principle: the framework Elite Business Advisors has used to help hundreds of painting contractors remove themselves from the daily grind and run their painting company like a CEO instead of its hardest-working employee.You'll hear the real story of a painting contractor who went from 4 employees, $500K in revenue, and 80-90 hour weeks — taking home about the same as his own painters — to scaling toward $1.3M by fixing his job costing, pricing, and delegation.What you'll learn in this episode:How to calculate your Buyback Rate (and your ideal Buyback Rate)Why a simple 2-week time audit reveals exactly what to delegate or hire forHow to reinvest freed-up time into the high-value work only you should be doingWhy "I can't afford to hire for this" is the myth keeping painting contractors stuckThe job costing and pricing fixes that unlocked growth for one painting companyThis episode is for painting contractors and painting company owners across the U.S. and Canada who are ready to build a business that runs without them — not one that runs them into the ground.

On this weeks episode of Trapped Under Plastic, Scott and Jon discuss specific moments through their hobby careers when they "Leveled up!" as painters.Support the Show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trappedunderplasticSupport the Show with Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/trapped-under-plasticFollow Jon: https://www.youtube.com/ninjonFollow Scott: https://www.youtube.com/miniacJoin the FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/395664561386239/Listen to the audio versons: http://www.trappedunderplastic.com/On patreon, we offer our patron's the ability to submit topics for us to discuss during a podcast, you get an extended version of the podcast, and you can submit miniatures for us to critique during an episode!TUP PartnersIwata:https://www.iwata-airbrush.com/Game Envy:https://gameenvy.net/Monument Hobbies:https://monhob.com/TUPhttps://www.twitch.tv/monument_hobbiesSteamforged Games:https://steamforged.com/The Army Painter:https://thearmypainter.com/Red Grass Games:redgrasscreative.comRelevant LinksWarhammer Weekly Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36dE6-jRpBU&list=PLcdsbwBroEmBGkTuXU79xqvTNctCiYAGW&index=3Miniac Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNuqLW0J7tQNinjon Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OoK2uqfSLYPatreon Mini Critique - Joe Blo:no link available :(00:00 Start01:25 Preamble Ramble19:37 TUP Partners (Part One)20:42 Hobby Update36:34 Patreon Mini Critique45:45 TUP Partners (Part Two)47:01 Topic DiscussionSupport the showSupport the Show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trappedunderplasticSupport the Show with Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/trapped-under-plasticFollow Jon: https://www.youtube.com/ninjonFollow Scott: https://www.youtube.com/miniacJoin the FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/395664561386239/Listen to the audio versions: http://www.trappedunderplastic.com/

Painting contractor sales, painting estimates, close rates, and in-home sales — Durant breaks down the exact sales process he uses to close roughly 75–80% of his painting estimates.In this episode of Contractor Secrets, Durant shares how he approaches an estimate from the moment he walks through the door all the way to asking for the business and overcoming objections.His philosophy is simple:If you're already in the house, don't just send the customer a quote later.Build trust, show your expertise, present the proposal, handle the real objection, and try to close the job on the spot.In this presentation, you'll learn:• Why Durant gives customers their estimate on the spot• How to change your mindset before walking into an estimate• How to build rapport without sounding scripted• The questions to ask before you start selling• How to uncover the real reason behind the project• Why you should lead the customer during the walkthrough• How to "assume the sale" without being pushy• How to present your company and proposal• Why detailed photos can help you close• How Durant uses same-day incentives• How to handle "I need more quotes"• How to handle price objections• How to handle "I need to talk to my spouse"• Why "I need to think about it" isn't the real objection• How to ask for the business confidentlyCHAPTERS:00:00 Routemize Launch Party01:27 Meet Durant02:49 Closing Painting Jobs on the Spot04:30 Why You Should Give the Estimate Immediately06:00 Change Your State Before the Appointment07:50 Build a Repeatable Sales Process09:00 Building Rapport & Asking Better Questions11:08 Show Up Like an Expert14:10 The Questions Durant Asks Customers15:59 Tell Your Story17:50 Set Expectations & Pre-Close19:48 Assume the Sale During the Walkthrough22:00 Building a Detailed Estimate24:30 Presenting the Proposal26:00 Finding the Real Objection28:00 Handling Multiple Quotes30:07 Handling Price Objections32:30 Using Incentives Without Killing Margin33:50 "I Need to Talk to My Spouse"36:00 "I Need to Think About It"37:16 Close the Deal Today38:05 Tanner's Biggest TakeawaysDurant's biggest point is that sales becomes much easier when you stop improvising and build a repeatable process.Show up sharp.Ask better questions.Build trust.Lead the walkthrough.Present with confidence.Find the real objection.Ask for the business.If you're a painting contractor looking to improve your close rate, sell more jobs, or build a better in-home sales process, this episode is packed with practical sales training you can use immediately.Start your Free 14 Day Trial for Routemize - https://routemize.com/Coaching Session Signup: https://calendly.com/dripjobs/breakthroughPurchase the 31 Days of Value and build an EMPIRE: https://www.amazon.com/31-Days-Value-home-service-businesses/dp/B0FQSH32X7Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v0D0SNSBofqJJE6zApEE1DripJobs Demo: https://calendly.com/dripjobsteam/dripjobsdemoGusto: https://gusto.com/i/tanner269OpenPhone: https://openph.one/referral/8Kc17aqFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/173750747824373/?ref=shareFollow me on Instagram: http://Instagram.com/officialtannermullen#PaintingContractor #ContractorBusiness #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #PaintingBusiness #HomeServices #BusinessGrowth #ContractorSecrets

Painting contractor leads, painting business marketing, Facebook Ads, Google LSA, and booked estimates — Cayleb Pletos reveals how painting contractors can build a predictable lead generation system.In this episode of Contractor Secrets, Cayleb breaks down his Ultimate Estimate Engine — a system designed to generate painting leads, automatically schedule qualified estimates, optimize routes, and create predictable growth.The system combines Google Local Services Ads + Facebook Ads + Routemize + DripJobs + appointment setting to move prospects from lead to booked estimate without relying on constant manual follow-up.In this episode, you'll learn:• How to generate more painting contractor leads• How to get more estimates booked on your calendar• How to improve Google Local Services Ads• How Facebook Ads work for painting companies• Why your ad creative needs to build a personal brand• How to target higher-quality painting leads• Why fast follow-up matters• How to automate appointment scheduling• How route optimization improves estimator efficiency• How to create consistent year-round lead flowThe goal isn't just more leads.It's building a system that consistently turns:TRAFFIC → LEADS → BOOKED ESTIMATES → JOBSCHAPTERS:00:00 Routemize Launch Party01:27 Meet Cayleb Pletos01:42 The Ultimate Estimate Engine06:04 The Original Estimate Engine07:30 What Happens When You Get More Leads09:19 Why Appointment Setting Breaks Down11:33 Google Local Services Ads12:52 How to Get More LSA Leads16:15 Facebook Ads for Painting Companies18:40 How to Create Better Facebook Ads20:00 Why Personal Branding Matters22:27 Example of a Painting Facebook Ad23:09 Why This Facebook Ad Works24:52 Automating Lead-to-Estimate Scheduling26:45 Building Predictable Lead Flow27:34 The Ultimate Estimate EngineIf you're a painting contractor or painting business owner looking for more leads, better marketing, more booked estimates, and predictable growth, this episode is for you.Subscribe to Contractor Secrets with Tanner Mullen for more on painting business growth, contractor marketing, lead generation, sales, systems, and scaling.#PaintingContractor #PaintingBusiness #PaintingLeads #ContractorMarketing #GoogleLSA #LeadGeneration #ContractorSecrets

A 15-foot painting stops Ty cold, and it kicks off a conversation that keeps getting bigger: what does it look like to keep making serious work when you're old, tired, and no longer trying to prove anything to anyone? After a London walk from a heavy Tracy Emin experience to Georg Baselitz at White Cube, we can't shake the feeling that we just saw a masterclass in artistic longevity.We connect that late-career power to the Raphael Nadal Netflix documentary and the brutal reality of sport: your mind can still be hungry while your body forces the ending. Painting works differently. Baselitz talks about continuing “despite an almost complete absence of pressure,” and we wrestle with whether a younger artist can reach a version of that freedom sooner. We get into confidence built on discipline and time, the role of career momentum and visibility, and the trap of making work on other people's terms.From upside-down paintings to walker marks dragged through wet paint, Baselitz becomes a case study in adapting studio practice to aging and illness without shrinking the ambition. We also unpack self-doubt, the difference between public failure and inner conviction, and why time tells in art more than any single moment. If you care about creative discipline, expressionism, contemporary art, and building a sustainable art career, this one goes straight to the nerve. Subscribe, share with a friend, leave a review, and tell us: what helps you stay free in the studio when the pressure spikes?Send us a message - we would love to hear from you! Make sure to follow us on Instagram here:@justmakeartpodcast   @tynathanclark   @nathanterborgWatch the Video Episode on Youtube or Spotify,https://www.youtube.com/@JustMakeArtPodcast

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Hey now, Cabalists! Today we crash into another episode of The Cabal by talking about a strange Instagram account called PokeStreetz, where morons engage in fisticuffs over Pokémon cards. Then we gab about the games we've been getting into, including Ants, Doggerland, Carnegie, Horror on the Orient Express, and Dark Pact, before featuring Avalon: The Riven Veil from Jamie Jolly. Then, after Tony T's gaming news segment, we get into a discussion about gaming spaces and what we think is important to maximize fun and comfort. Ants: 00:06:51, Doggerland: 00:20:55, Carnegie: 00:28:48, Horror on the Orient Express: 00:37:17, Dark Pact: 00:46:10, Avalon The Riven Veil Review: 01:03:30, News with Tony T: 01:41:27, Gaming Spaces: 02:27:44. Check out our sponsors Restoration Games at https://restorationgames.com/, Game Toppers at https://www.gametoppersllc.com/ and Prester's Painting at https://www.presterspainting.com/

What does it look like to spend 30 years growing inside an organization and ultimately step into the top seat? In this episode, Jon Meyer, President and CEO of Nolan Painting, shares the story of his path from the company's very first estimator to leading an $18.5M business through its next chapter. Jon opens up about the deliberate, years-long succession process Kevin Nolan built, what it's meant to inherit a company in strong shape, and how Nolan Painting is now formalizing that same intentionality through its newly formed Board of Directors. Whether you're thinking about your own exit, your leadership pipeline, or what long-term stability really looks like, this one's worth a listen.

Join our next FASO Show Live!https://artists.boldbrush.com/p/the-faso-showLearn the magic of marketing  with us here at BoldBrush!boldbrushshow.com--For today's episode we sat down with Rich Nelson, a signature member of both the Portrait Society of America and Oil Painters of America, with a career that grew out of an unlikely start playing in a rock band before formal illustration training pulled him toward fine art. In this episode, he breaks down Sargent's blunt advice that you can't shortcut your way into portraiture: you have to become a real, all-around artist first, mastering anatomy, landscape, and still life before you ever specialize.  He'll also make you rethink what goes in your portfolio, with a simple rule: never show work you don't want to get hired to do more of, because clients will always call back asking for exactly what they saw. And he shares the deceptively simple habit that's opened more doors for him than almost anything else: reaching out to other artists and asking real questions, and maybe even visiting their studio. If you're anywhere near Tryon, North Carolina, don't miss Rich's stacked 42-piece solo show at the Tryon Fine Arts Center — up through October 17th and almost entirely painted from life. And this October, his Plein Air Painters of the East crew rolls into Charleston for a week that culminates in a can't-miss group show at the Meyer Vogel Gallery. Rich's FASO site:richardchristiannelson.com/Rich's Social Media:instagram.com/richardchristiannelson/facebook.com/RichardChristianNelson/Rich's YouTube Channel:youtube.com/@richnelsonpainterRich's Band:richnelsonband.com/

Welcome back to the First of the Month Files for September 2026. This episode opens with well wishes for the month ahead, the kind worth sitting with slowly until they do their own bit of magic. Then we're diving into the personal curriculum, which is back by popular request after a member on our end of month Salon call specifically asked about it and several others chimed in that yes, they had been reading and enjoying it all along. Which is a good reminder. If you think nobody is interested in the thing only you find fascinating: hello pot, meet kettle. Three units for September: Zines and newspapers. This one has taken over completely. We're talking vintage magazine archives, YouTube zine creators, a special stapler, and a very exciting paper project coming to Substack on Friday. Stay tuned. Close reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. The writing craft is extraordinary. If you've never done a close read before, this episode walks through exactly how to do it: three passes, a notebook for beautiful passages, and a section called Noticings. Painting hair with acrylics. The portrait series of women with books on their heads continues. Hands remain on the do-not-attempt list after an incident friends have not let go of. Alternates for when the main units need a rest: Teaching myself calculus. Yes, really. Mary Cassatt and her Japanese-inspired work. And a personal pumpkin bread recipe contest this fall. How to keep track of all of it: A five-subject five-star binder with rings. Old school, analog, inexpensive, and you genuinely cannot beat it. If you're working on your own personal curriculum this season, come find us on Substack and tell us what you're learning. The Tuesday Question community thread is where we gather every week: one question, the same question, and the answers are always worth reading. Until next week.  Find the full Maison Gaton collection at: maisongaton.substack.com Connect: Instagram @judithgaton | Substack for weekly essays

Welcome back to When Words Fail, Music Speaks—the show that explores how melody, rhythm, and creative fire can lift us out of the darkest moments. I'm your host, James Cox, a longtime “handicapped” skater‑turned‑podcaster who knows first‑hand how a good track can pull you through the toughest days.In today's episode we sit down with Brett Ashby—a world‑traveling contemporary artist, performance painter, motivational speaker, and ten‑year cancer survivor. Brett has turned a childhood love of skateboarding into a breathtaking art form: he paints vivid portraits while cruising on a skateboard, often on a half‑pipe, with live musicians providing the soundtrack. From his early days drawing in primary school, to collaging a Barack‑Obama piece for Art Basel Miami, to painting Tony Hawk‑inspired canvases on vert ramps, Brett's journey proves that creativity can be far more than self‑expression—it can be a lifeline.We'll hear how a U2 album became his chemotherapy companion, how he transformed a near‑fatal neck injury into a triumphant return to the board, and why he now mentors emerging artists while rolling, painting, and composing his own songs. Expect stories about:The “Energy” live‑skate portrait series that fuses rock, African drumming, Gregorian chant, and the natural sound of wheels on wood.The surreal surf‑board easel that birthed his “Understanding Life and Death” blue‑whale triptych displayed on Times Square's 32‑story billboard.Brett's favorite music that fuels his flow state, the moments when silence is essential, and the bands that helped him survive cancer.Quick‑fire lightning‑round answers that reveal his coffee‑first mornings, sunset preferences, favorite color (blue), and the dream of painting James from Metallica.If you've ever wondered how music can become a healer, how art can turn pain into purpose, or simply want to be inspired by a man who literally paints while he rolls, this episode is for you. Grab your headphones, turn up the volume, and let Brett's story remind us that when words fall short, the beat always carries us forward.Stay tuned—after the break we dive right into the conversation.

Painting contractor marketing, painting business marketing, Facebook Ads, Google Ads, SEO, and painting leads — which marketing strategy should you actually use to grow your painting company?Brandon Pierpont, founder of Painter Marketing Pros, breaks down exactly which marketing channels painting contractors should focus on at each stage of growth — from starting at $0 to scaling beyond $1 million in annual revenue.Instead of throwing money at every new marketing strategy, Brandon lays out a roadmap for choosing between free marketing, Facebook Ads, Google Local Services Ads, Google PPC, SEO, referrals, social media, and more.In this episode, you'll learn:• The marketing fundamentals every painting company needs• How to market a painting business from $0–$500K• When painting contractors should start running paid ads• Facebook Ads vs Google Ads for painting leads• Why some contractors think Facebook Ads “don't work”• When Google PPC actually makes sense• How to use Google Local Services Ads• Why reviews and referrals are so valuable• When to invest in SEO• How to build long-term brand equity• Why your sales system matters just as much as lead generation• How local Facebook groups can generate painting leadsStart your Free 14 Day Trial for Routemize - https://routemize.com/Coaching Session Signup: https://calendly.com/dripjobs/breakthroughPurchase the 31 Days of Value and build an EMPIRE: https://www.amazon.com/31-Days-Value-home-service-businesses/dp/B0FQSH32X7Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v0D0SNSBofqJJE6zApEE1DripJobs Demo: https://calendly.com/dripjobsteam/dripjobsdemoGusto: https://gusto.com/i/tanner269OpenPhone: https://openph.one/referral/8Kc17aqFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/173750747824373/?ref=shareFollow me on Instagram: http://Instagram.com/officialtannermullen#PaintingContractor #ContractorBusiness #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #PaintingBusiness #HomeServices #BusinessGrowth #ContractorSecrets

In this episode, we're joined by Flora Bowley, artist, top-selling author, and internationally recognized creative guide whose work has helped shape the modern intuitive art movement.For more than fifteen years, Flora has inspired thousands of people around the world to see creativity as more than an artistic practice. Through painting, movement, writing, retreats, and online programs, she helps people reconnect with their intuition, move through change, and live with greater courage and aliveness.Creativity as a Way ForwardFlora believes creativity belongs to all of us. Her approach encourages us to loosen our grip on perfection, trust the unexpected, and allow the creative process to show us something new about ourselves.It's a philosophy that reaches far beyond the canvas: creativity can be a source of resilience, self-discovery, and possibility, especially during times of transition.The Art of AlivenessFlora is the author of four books, including Brave Intuitive Painting and The Art of Aliveness, and the founder of FREE FLO, a global creative community centered around creativity, courage, and connection.Her invitation is beautifully simple: trust your intuition, stay curious, and make space for what brings you alive.Connect with FloraWebsite: https://florabowley.com/we-are-the-revolution/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florabowleyUntil next time — peace, love and rebloom

What's the story you're telling yourself about your painting business — and is it true?In this episode of the Elite Business Advice Podcast, host Chris Moore, founder of Elite Business Advisors, breaks down the #1 factor that determines whether a painting contractor succeeds: mindset. Not capital, not crew size, not experience — the internal stories painting company owners tell themselves every day about their ability to lead, grow, and scale.Chris walks through a practical, three-step framework any painting contractor can use to take control of their thinking and, in turn, their results:Awareness — Learn to catch the "lies" you believe about yourself as a business owner (a concept borrowed from Craig Groeschel), and why one bad moment doesn't make you a bad leader, bad boss, or bad painting contractorRewire — Use "I am" statements, affirmations, and gratitude practices to physically rewire the brain out of negative thought ruts — even when it feels uncomfortable or "dumb"Never Stop — Understand why mindset work isn't a one-time fix but an infinite game every painting business owner has to keep playingIf you're a painting contractor who feels like something invisible is holding your business back — even when the numbers, the crew, and the systems are in place — this episode gets to the root cause.Your thoughts control your actions. Your actions control your habits. Your habits control your results. Change starts here.

Daejon Love posed as a San Francisco 49ers receiver and took more than a million dollars from at least 26 women. Fake jerseys. Fake bank apps. An 18-year-old playing financial adviser. The internet was right there. People still paid. Kehinde Wiley's Obama-era girl-power canvas hung in the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo until Trump's State Department tarped it and ripped it down. Same fraud, nicer frame. Men told to sit. Women take the chair. Jason Whitlock on the costumes, the embassy art, and a culture that cannot smell a lie. ➢ Show Outline 0:00 - The Daejan Love NFL Impersonator Scam 3:05 - Red Flags Everywhere, But Women Believed the Fantasy 3:23 - Kehinde Wiley: Obama's Portrait Artist 7:35 - What the Scam Reveals About "High Value" Men 11:17 - Obama, Wiley, and the "Weak Black Man" Archetype 15:58 - Athletes, Materialism, and Social Media Expectations 23:08 - Final Thoughts: Modern Relationships and the Obama Legacy ➢ Follow Our GUESTS https://www.youtube.com/@TheShemekaMichelle  https://www.youtube.com/@DreAllDay ➢ Subscribe to Jason's other channel https://www.youtube.com/JasonWhitlock?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockHarmony?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockBYOG?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockClips?sub_confirmation=1 ➢ Connect with Jason on Social Media:  https://x.com/JasonWhitlock  https://www.instagram.com/realjasonwhitlock/ https://www.facebook.com/jasonwhitlock ➢ Send Jason an Email FearlessBlazeShow@gmail.com ➢ Support The Blaze Visit https://TheBlaze.com. Explore the all-new ad-free experience and see for yourself how we're standing up against suppression and prioritizing independent journalism. Support Conservative Voices! Subscribe to BlazeTV at https://www.fearlessmission.com and get $20 off your yearly subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you translate the memory of a landscape into a rich, tactile painting? And how do you sustain a meaningful studio practice when life and work get demanding? In this episode of the Create! Podcast, Kat sits down with Lansing, Michigan-based visual artist and educator Laurén Gerig. Laurén shares her thoughts on place attachment, building expressive paint surfaces, and using poetry to set the stage for intuitive studio sessions. We also dive into the realities of balancing a demanding day job in academia with an active exhibition schedule, and how small micro-moments in the studio can help you overcome creative fatigue and keep momentum alive. In this episode, we talk about: Capturing the psychological bonds we create with landscapes and nature The tactile joy of thick mark-making, paint accumulation, and surface texture Using poetry as a studio ritual to transition into making work Navigating life as both a practicing artist and a university gallery director Making room for low-pressure, small-scale work like 20-minute charcoal drawings How running and stepping away from the easel can serve as the ultimate creative reset Connect with Laurén Gerig: Website: www.laurengerigart.com Instagram: @laurengerigart Stay connected with Create! Magazine: Subscribe to the Create! Substack for more artist stories and reflections: www.createmagazine.substack.com Submit your work for an upcoming issue of Create! Magazine: www.createmagazine.co/call-for-art

What if being a caring person didn't require constantly giving more of yourself away? When you care deeply, it's easy to look around and see need everywhere—and then quietly turn that awareness into another expectation of yourself. I should help. I should do more. I should care more. I should have more to give. But maybe "Where am I needed?" isn't the only question worth asking. In this episode of Don't Cut Your Own Bangs, I'm joined by social worker, author, and community advocate Jalysa King for a conversation about finding the sweet spot between being of service to others and staying connected to what makes you come alive. Jalysa has a remarkable way of showing up for meaningful work without making service synonymous with heaviness. From helping young people find their dream formal wear through The Gifted Gown to supporting grieving families through Brooks Place, she reminds us that helping can look like listening, playing, shopping, creating, smiling, or simply bringing something you already love into a place where it's needed. Because there will always be more good work that could be done. In This Episode, We Explore Why helping doesn't always have to feel heavy How play, creativity, shopping, art, and connection can all become meaningful forms of service How our natural interests can point us toward places where we have something meaningful to contribute Why representation matters—and the power of seeing yourself reflected in books, stories, and possibilities How to recognize when something simply isn't right for this particular season of your life What it might look like to let joy help determine where you invest your energy Jalysa's examples continually expand the definition of what "helping" can look like—from playing with children to helping someone find a gown to simply sitting beside someone experiencing grief. Three Things to Carry With You 1. Where you're needed isn't the only question. If you care deeply and pay attention to the world around you, you can find someone who needs something almost everywhere you look. Instead, try asking: Where do I come alive while helping? Where does something you naturally love, enjoy, understand, or know how to do meet something another person genuinely needs? 2. The way into something heavy can be small, simple, or light. Sometimes a problem feels so enormous that we assume our response needs to feel enormous, too. But service might look like planting flowers. Cuddling a shelter dog. Playing with a child. Helping someone find a dress. Painting beside someone when talking feels impossible. The seriousness of someone's need doesn't necessarily dictate the heaviness of what you have to offer. 3. Being of service doesn't have to mean giving all of yourself away. Your joy doesn't disqualify the contribution. In fact, the things that light you up may contain useful information about what you uniquely have to offer. As Jalysa says about The Gifted Gown, she's doing something she genuinely enjoys while simultaneously meeting a real need—and that experience fills her cup, too. The Heart of This Conversation Maybe you don't need another reminder that the world needs help. Maybe you need permission to remember that you get to exist inside the equation, too. Your capacity matters. Your interests matter. Your energy matters. Your joy matters. Being of service doesn't have to require disappearing from your own life in the process. A Line to Keep "Where do I come alive while helping?" The Clip Moment "When the problem feels big, and hard, and heavy, it almost doesn't feel accessible that…the way into a solution can be either small, or simple, or light." — Danielle A Gentle Reflection Instead of asking yourself what else you should be doing, try asking: What do I genuinely enjoy? And then: Where might that be useful? You don't have to manufacture a passion for something simply because it's important. You might already have something to offer hiding inside the things that make you feel most like yourself. About Jalysa King Jalysa King is a social worker, children's book author, and community advocate whose work spans service, representation, grief support, and community connection. In this conversation, she shares her work with The Gifted Gown and Brooks Place, along with the experiences that first shaped her relationship with service. She is the author of When I Grow Up I Can Be Anything and The World Needs More People Who Smile. Her work as an author grew partly from recognizing how powerful it can be for children to see themselves represented in the possibilities they're imagining for their own lives. Jalysa's Books When I Grow Up I Can Be Anything — Jalysa King The World Needs More People Who Smile — Jalysa King Organizations mentioned in the episode Brooke's Place — grief support and services for children, teens, young adults, and families. The Gifted Gown — provides free formal wear, shoes, and accessories so cost doesn't prevent someone from participating in meaningful milestone events. If This Episode Resonates Send it to the person who cares about everything and is quietly wondering how they're supposed to keep caring without becoming exhausted by it. And if you're that person, perhaps you don't need to leave this conversation asking: How can I do more? Try: Where does what I uniquely have to give meet something I genuinely care about? Because being of service doesn't have to mean giving all of yourself away. Connect With Danielle Danielle Ireland YouTube — Don't Cut Your Own Bangs Instagram — Don't Cut Your Own Bangs The Treasured Journal Wrestling a Walrus Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts  

Thousands of languages are used around the world today, and this linguistic diversity is a precious part of our human heritage. But it's also more than that. Linguistic diversity provides clues—a vast crazy quilt of clues—about how language works, about how history has unfolded, about the dynamics of culture, and about the nature of the human mind. My guest today is Dr. Damián Blasi. Damián is an ICREA Research Professor based at the Center for Brain & Cognition at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. Over the last decade or so, Damián's emerged as one of the most innovative researchers in the study of language and linguistic diversity. He's been widely recognized for this work, and most recently was awarded the 2026 FABSS Early Career Impact Award from the Cognitive Science Society. In this conversation, Damián and talk about why scientists should care about linguistic diversity. We do a bit of linguistic diversity 101—how many languages there are, how we can enumerate them, how they vary from another. We discuss a recent paper in which Damian and his colleagues reconstructed the explosive rise and precipitous fall of human linguistic diversity over the last 12,000 years. We talk about the factors that drive language change. And we discuss how cognitive science relies too much on English and English speakers—and how this may be holding the field back. Along the way, Damián and I touch on the Tower of Babel, a golden age of linguistic diversity, the human bite configuration, scientific aesthetics, whether children shape language, polygenetic theories of language evolution, the pace of language change, schooling, linguistic inequality and behemoth languages, and why Damián thinks that possibility space of human language might be bigger and wilder than we currently imagine. This is a special episode of the Many Minds podcast. As I mentioned, Damián is this year's winner of an award from the Cognitive Science Society, in recognition of his outstanding early-year contributions to the field. He recently gave a keynote at the society's annual conference in Rio de Janeiro, and we've partnered with the Cognitive Science Society to feature this conversation about his work. I'll also mention that this wasn't my first time chatting with Damián—he's an alumnus of the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI), the sponsor & incubator of this podcast. We met there a couple years ago, and so it was all the more fun to reconnect with him here. Alright friends, without further ado, on to my conversation with Dr. Damián Blasi. Enjoy!   Notes 10:00 – The UNESCO page on multilingualism and linguistic diversity. 17:00 – The Ethnologue database. 20:00 – For examples of Dr. Blasi's work on "behemoth languages" and on how languages are not represented equally in terms of technological and development investment, see here and here. 26:00 - For the paper in which Dr. Blasi and colleagues introduced Grambank, see here. For the database itself, see here. 29:00 – For Dr. Blasi's earlier work on sound-meaning associations across languages, see here. 33:00 – For discussion of Darwin's views on monogenesis vs polygenesis and race, see our recent episode. 36:00 – For more about pronouns—and how they do and do not vary across the world's languages—see several chapters in the World Atlas of Language Structures. 39:00 – The paper—'Babies aren't persons'—by David Lancy. 41:00 - For Dr. Blasi and colleagues' recent Science paper on the rise and fall of human linguistic diversity, see here. 59:00 – For a recent study of linguistic diversification, including discussion of so-called schismogenesis, see here. For an example of Cristina Moya's work on ethnic identity in the Andes region, see here. 1:00:00 – For an example of Dr. Blasi's work on how ecology shapes language—a topic not discussed in this conversation—see here. 1:01:00 ­– For the study by Dr. Blasi and colleagues about changes in human bite configuration and how these changes have shaped sounds systems, see here. 1:14:00 – For the recent paper by Dr. Blasi and colleagues about the (non-)role of children in language change, see here. 1:22:00 – The paper by Dr. Blasi and colleagues about the over-reliance on English in the cognitive sciences (and how it hinders the field). 1:24:00 – See here for work by Aitor Egurtzegi, in collaboration with Dr. Blasi and others, on ergativity and gaze patterns across languages. 1:27:00 – For the preprint—'Which humans?'—led by Mohammed Atari (and including Dr. Blasi and others), see here. 1:30:00 – For a recent argument that psychology needs to overcome its "ahistorical" bent, see here.   Recommendations A Myriad of Tongues, Caleb Everett The Secret of Our Success, Joseph Henrich Linguistic Diversity in Space and Time, Johanna Nichols   Tile art credit: Painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (detail)   Many Minds is a project of the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute, which is made possible by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation to Indiana University. The show is hosted and produced by Kensy Cooperrider, with help from Assistant Producer Urte Laukaityte and with creative support from DISI Directors Erica Cartmill and Jacob Foster. Our artwork is by Ben Oldroyd. Subscribe to Many Minds on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also now subscribe to the Many Minds newsletter here! We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. Feel free to email us at: manymindspodcast@gmail.com. For updates about the show, visit our website or follow us on Bluesky (@manymindspod.bsky.social).

Look Forward breaks down Trump escalating his trade war with Canada by signing an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America;" a genuinely bizarre 400 year old naming dispute born entirely out of tariff spite. Meanwhile, Trump's beef import plan is already causing real problems: 30,000 pounds of Argentine beef just got recalled in Texas and Florida, raising real questions about the plan's quality controls even as ranchers and consumers alike push back.Hakeem Jeffries met privately with Jared Kushner weeks before midterms that could make him Speaker of the House, a decision that's drawing serious criticism from the leftwing of the Democratic Party. SCOTUS handed Trump a technically favorable but ultimately inconsequential ruling on mail voting. A Republican midterm convention is shaping up to be an expensive, tone deaf disaster, with House members reportedly paying up to $100,000 to attend.In corruption news: the State Department is trying to sell a Kehinde Wiley painting because it's "too woke," the Trump administration is threatening to demolish The Kennedy Center if it doesn't get its way on renaming it, and Trump's own crypto ventures have left other investors nearly $5 billion underwater while he personally profits. We cover all of it; the pettiness, the corruption, and the genuinely bizarre.Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).

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On this episode of Trapped Under Plastic, Scott and Jon discuss questions sent in by our Patrons!Support the Show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trappedunderplasticSupport the Show with Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/trapped-under-plasticFollow Jon: https://www.youtube.com/ninjonFollow Scott: https://www.youtube.com/miniacJoin the FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/395664561386239/Listen to the audio versions: http://www.trappedunderplastic.com/On patreon, we offer our patron's the ability to submit topics for us to discuss during a podcast, you get an extended version of the podcast, and you can submit miniatures for us to critique during an episode!TUP PartnersSteamforged Games:https://steamforged.com/The Army Painter:https://thearmypainter.com/Red Grass Games:redgrasscreative.comIwata:https://www.iwata-airbrush.com/Game Envy:https://gameenvy.net/Monument Hobbies:https://monhob.com/TUPhttps://www.twitch.tv/monument_hobbiesRelevant LinksScott's Meeple-A-Thon Classes:https://www.facebook.com/share/1FG8WNnrvU/?mibextid=wwXIfrPatreon Mini Critique - Jake:https://www.instagram.com/p/DH2ZKtCMcik/?img_index=1Ninjon Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OoK2uqfSLYMiniac Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNuqLW0J7tQ00:00 Start01:28 Preamble Ramble17:54 TUP Partners (Part One)19:30 Hobby Update30:15 Patreon Mini Critique36:17 TUP Partners (Part Two)38:42 Topic DiscussionSupport the showSupport the Show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trappedunderplasticSupport the Show with Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/trapped-under-plasticFollow Jon: https://www.youtube.com/ninjonFollow Scott: https://www.youtube.com/miniacJoin the FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/395664561386239/Listen to the audio versions: http://www.trappedunderplastic.com/

We're closing on 2 of our most exciting boutique hotels yet —Catalina Island + Bodega Bay visit somerscapital.com/investJoel Mercado went from being homeless at 16 to building a painting business doing $12 million a year. In this episode, he breaks down why he believes the trades are one of the biggest opportunities of the next decade, how someone can start a painting company with very little money, and why residential painting can be one of the best places to begin.Joel also shares the exact fundamentals behind scaling: finding your first customers through door knocking, building a four-week backlog before starting production, knowing when to hire an admin and sales rep, and creating a business that can eventually operate without you doing every estimate or managing every job yourself.Connect with Rich on Instagram: @rich_somers