This week Mia Risberg returns to the podcast to talk about her studio practice and recent series of drawings that began during the pandemic quarantine. The solo exhibition“Quiet Contemplation” runs from May 12th- June 16th at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago with an opening reception on May 12th from 5-8PM.
Read MoreLILLIAN YOUNG
This week Lillian Young joins the podcast to talk about her work, which utilizes lost or forgotten moments of Black history through painting and mixed media installation works.
Lillian currently has work in the exhibition She/Her, at Ro2 Art Gallery in Dallas (TX) through April 29th as well as an upcoming solo exhibition at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center in June of 23’.
Read MoreKELLIE LEHR
This week Kellie Lehr joins the podcast to talk about her studio practice, which explores painting, installation, site specific works, and collaborative performance.
Kellie has an exhibition opening at Boswell Mourot Fine Art that opens June 10th - July 1st with an artist talk taking place June 30th.
Read MoreAMY SACKSTEDER
Amy Sacksteder joins the podcast to talk about her studio practice that includes, painting, mixed media, and installation based works. Her work is currently being exhibited in “There Just Isn’t” at Tiger Strikes Gallery in Greensville (SC) & “18: A collection of abstract works at Janice Charach Gallery in West Bloomfield (MI).
Read MoreANN BLAAS & ERIC OCKRASSA
This week Ann Blaas & Eric Ockrassa return to the podcast to discuss their studio practice, which largely focuses on abstract paintings. Ann & Eric have an upcoming two-person exhibition entitled: “Shapes and Colors” that opens at Studio Break Gallery on December 10th from 4-8PM.
Read MoreJOSHUA JAY JOHNSON
Joshua Jay Johnson is known for his print and drawing based works that take anywhere from three to nine months work to complete.
Read MoreANN BLAAS
Ann Blaas joins the podcast and talks about her early creative life in advertising and how she inevitably returned to painting, exhibiting, and teaching.
Read MoreMIA RISBERG
This week Mia Risberg joins the podcast to discuss her colorful mixed media paintings that explore our relationship to nature, place, and memory.
Read MoreMEGAN HINDS, NICHOLE ROLLER & DAVID LINNEWEH
This week Megan Hinds, Nichole Roller, and David Linneweh sit down for a group discussion about their work for the three person exhibition entitled “Pathways” that runs April 23rd-June 4th at McLean County Art Center in Bloomington (IL).
Read MoreSEAN CAULFIELD
Sean Caufield joins the podcast this week to discuss his abstracted environmental landscapes that explore the boundaries of the biological and mechanical.
Read MoreDOUG RUSSELL
Doug Russell joins us to talk about his amazingly detailed drawings, which explore themes of history, decay, and renewal through a variety of works based off ruins, travel, imagination, intuition, and observation.
Read MoreBRIAN FRINK 5
This week Brian Frink returns to the podcast to share a bit about his current paintings and drawings, which are influenced by the landscape, water, and the moon amongst other things.
Read MoreBETHANIE IRONS
Bethanie Irons joins the podcast to discuss her recent series of Vanitas Still Life Paintings/Illustrations that use symbols to explore ideas of life, death, and the passage of time during the global pandemic of 2020.
Read MoreRY MCCULLOUGH
Ry Mccullough joins the podcast to share a range of work that include collage, sculpture, and installation through a variety of materials and processes that include creative writing, language, and intuition to explore what he describes as the “know and unknown.”
Read MoreMEREDITH MATTHEWS
Meredith Matthews joins the podcast to discuss her work which has investigated a range of figurative, animal, and landscape elements in rich and vivid detail.
Read MorePAUL LOUGHNEY 2
Paul Loughney returns to the podcast to discuss his meticulous and beautiful collage work made from printed analog materials.
Read MoreALICE STONE COLLINS
This week Alice Stone Collins joins the podcast to talk about her work, which examines the ordinary and universal through her mixed media works that incorporate paint, paper, and collage.
Read MoreMATTHEW T. MCLAUGHLIN
This week Matthew T. McLaughlin joins the podcast from the Washington D.C. area to talk about his multimedia works which incorporate printmaking, drawing, and installation based works, which explore the environment, landscape, and boundaries.
Read MoreLISA BERGANT KOI & GREG EDMONDSON
Lisa Bergant Koi & Greg Edmondson join the podcast to discuss their studio practice and the direct or indirect influence of landscape in their work.
Read MoreLISA LOFGREN
Lisa Lofgren joins the podcast this week to discuss her work which explores a multitude of printmaking techniques to create layered prints as well as installations that based on her experiences of landscape.
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