Art Dealer Diaries Podcast

I had Miriam Shulman on today. Miriam is such an interesting human being and she had to overcome some serious adversity to get where she is today. Miriam got an art history degree, but because of the way things sometimes go in life, she ended up doing other things. You know, I was a physician who became an art dealer. Well, Miriam was a Wall Street banker and hedge fund associate, but she really n...

I had Michael Clawson on the podcast today. I've known Michael for quite a while, he's the executive editor of "Western Art Collector" and "Native American Magazine" and the editor of "American Art Collector" and "American Fine Art Magazine".  You don't hear the backstories of the publishing world or the art world unless you do the sort of dee...

Updated: 9/23/2025 The beauty of what I do for a living is that I get to meet people like Jay Dusard. You see, I've been doing these podcasts for eight years, and part of the reason I do them is that I want to capture these important voices in the arts. Unfortunately, when you do this as long as I have, you have individuals that pass and Dusard, who was 88, recently passed.  Jay was a wonderf...

Today I had contemporary Western artist Josh Gibson on the podcast. I've known Josh since he was five years old and he's the youngest artist I represent at my gallery. He's almost 29 and was professionally trained at the California College of the Arts in the Bay Area. When Josh first cracked into the art scene, he was more of an illustrator/animator than a fine artist. He's don...

I had artist Mark Bowles on the podcast today via zoom.  One interesting component of doing this podcast is that I never really know what I'm going to learn about my guests. That's one of the reasons I like doing them so much. You know, the discovery aspect of it all.  In this episode, Mark and I went down some of the deeper, darker holes of life. Things like how the way a parent treats...

It's always fun when you get to talk to somebody that you haven't spent time with on an intimate level and he's the guest today, Dr. Jerry Smith. I've known Jerry for 25+ years and we've had lots of conversations over the years, just usually in a museum setting.  Here is an individual who was literally moving boxes on the night shift for almost ten years in his twenties an...

I had gallery owner Bill Rey on the podcast today and we spoke for quite a while, so this will be a two-part interview. This is part two. Bill is a very interesting guy who I've known for over 20 years. He's been in the art gallery business for almost 40 years, having started when he was 18 working with a Squash Blossom Gallery in Aspen, Vail, and Denver.  This is a fun interview - espec...

I had gallery owner Bill Rey on the podcast today and we spoke for quite a while, so this will be a two-part interview. This is part one. Bill is a very interesting guy who I've known for over 20 years. He's been in the art gallery business for almost 40 years, having started when he was 18 working with a Squash Blossom Gallery in Aspen, Vail, and Denver.  This is a fun interview - espec...

View Bill Anton's newest painting "Stirrup Deep" here: https://www.medicinemangallery.com/bill-anton-stirrup-deep-plv1341.html Now, I've done a long-format podcast with Bill, but you know, he brought this painting in that we just got for the gallery and it's such a fantastic painting. It's one of those really inspirational works that when you stare at it long enough i...

I had Joan and David Wenger on today, and it was really it was a great time. In the first part of the podcast, I really go into detail with David about dye analysis of Cochineal, Indigo dyes in serapes. There's some technical information in there as well, which is great to know and we talk about serapes, early Navajo textiles, and the meaning of dating. We also talk about his life as a bioche...

I had a really interesting podcast with Lyn Fox today, who owns Lyn A. Fox Fine Pottery in Santa Fe. I've known Lynne for probably since the day he started dealing in Pueblo pottery (his specialty) over 20 years ago. Lyn is a very kind human being who's really considerate in what he does as a dealer and how he looks about buying and selling art. I think there's a lot of commonalitie...

I had Glenn Dean on the podcast today. He came to my gallery in Tucson to film this podcast and was a fun podcast.  You know, the zoom podcasts are great and they make being able to see and talk to people from a variety of fields much easier, but I must admit - sitting next to somebody and having a meaningful intimate conversation is a whole different ball game, and we did just that.  You see, Gle...

I had Bruce Hartman on today, which was so much fun. He's a natural, gregarious, happy individual, and he's always been that way. I've known him for 20 plus years and any time I've ever seen him at a show (which is usually where I see him)  he's always laughing and giggling and just having a great time. You see, Bruce absolutely loves art and is a very knowledgeable former...

I had Bruce Hartman on today, which was so much fun. He's a natural, gregarious, happy individual, and he's always been that way. I've known him for 20 plus years and any time I've ever seen him at a show (which is usually where I see him)  he's always laughing and giggling and just having a great time. You see, Bruce absolutely loves art and is a very knowledgeable former...

I had Museum Director James Burns on today. James is an interesting guy because he's done so many things. He is a curator, a director, an individual who has always loved history and art. It's a fun ride because we get to see what it takes to get in that world, to be in the world of being an executive director for a museum. You can tell from his story that it's not easy. He's go...

I had Andy Nettle on the podcast today. He is the owner of Back of Beyond Books in Moab, Utah; I met Andy when I was in Moab the summer hiking the Canyonlands and Arches National Monument.  Moab is amazing - both geographically and archeologically. There are so many unique early petroglyphs and pictographs from all time frames. Signs of human civilization ranging from 4000 years ago, Barrier Canyo...

I had Erin Hanson on today. She's a very interesting person and I've always been a big fan of her work. In fact, I represent her work. I don't get a lot because she has her own galleries, but I do get some great things occasionally. She is a unique human being in many, many respects. She's not only extremely talented ​as an artist, but she has the same skill set when it comes t...

Today's podcast is a special one because I'm actually the one who's being interviewed and I'm not going to lie, it's kind of different to be on the other side of the mic, so to speak. This is for Eric Rhoads' program Plein Air Podcast (which is a wonderful podcast by the way), having done over 200 interviews and it's a historically artist-centric podcast so for m...

Three years and  150+ podcasts later I figured it was time for a small break. Until new episodes return this Fall, I'll be posting compilations of some of my favorite Art Dealer Diaries moments. Part seven features (in order) Western plein air painter Bill Gallen, Associate Director of the BYU Museum of Art Ed Lind, master San Ildefonso potter Russell Sanchez, Western sculptor Susan Kliewer,...

Three years and  150+ podcasts later I figured it was time for a small break. Until new episodes return this Fall, I'll be posting compilations of some of my favorite Art Dealer Diaries moments. Part six features (in order) Western landscape painter Jill Carver, gallery owner and former president of ATADA John Molloy, celebrated Arizona artist Ed Mell, master Santa Clara potter Susan Folwell,...

Three years and  150+ podcasts later I figured it was time for a small break. Until new episodes return this Fall, I'll be posting compilations of some of my favorite Art Dealer Diaries moments. Part five features (in order) chief curator of Tucson Museum of Art Julie Sasse, Western painter Bill Anton, Hopi katsina expert Barry Walsh, modern landscape painter Deladier Almeida, modern landscap...

Three years and  150+ podcasts later I figured it was time for a small break. Until new episodes return this Fall, I'll be posting compilations of some of my favorite Art Dealer Diaries moments. Part four features (in order) Native American jewelry hallmark expert Bille Hougart, museum director and curator Tricia Loscher, 3rd generation silversmith Sam Patania, Western painter and sculptor Jo...

Three years and  150+ podcasts later I figured it was time for a small break. Until new episodes return this Fall, I'll be posting compilations of some of my favorite Art Dealer Diaries moments. Part three features (in order) artist and TV personality Lynette Jennings, plein air painter Matt Smith, international art show producer Kim Martindale, Hopi/Laguna silversmith Duane Maktima, Native A...

Three years and  150+ podcasts later I figured it was time for a small break. Until new episodes return this Fall, I'll be posting compilations of some of my favorite Art Dealer Diaries moments. Part two features (in order) Navajo artist, educator and author Shonto Begay, producer of Woodstock John Morris, Executive Editor of True West Magazine Bob Boze Bell, master silversmith Tim Yazzie, ow...

About 10 years or so ago I decided I wanted to capture the voices of those in my profession. At the time I was thinking of the dealer community - mostly because, let's face it, we're getting older. I figured if I captured these voices somehow, their stories wouldn't be lost forever. When I eventually started the podcast, the project evolved into one that would document all of the va...