Art Dealer Diaries Podcast

Ed Mell came by the studio today and I was thrilled to be able to record a 2-part podcast with him. Honestly, I've been trying to get Ed on the podcast for three whole years. I've had so many people on Art Dealer Diaries talk about Ed Mell in their own podcasts... I think it's probably up to about a dozen people now. It's just one of those things, you know? It's hard to ge...

Ed Mell came by the studio today and I was thrilled to be able to record a 2-part podcast with him. Honestly, I've been trying to get Ed on the podcast for three whole years. I've had so many people on Art Dealer Diaries talk about Ed Mell in their own podcasts... I think it's probably up to about dozen people now. It's just one of those things, you know? It's hard to get...

This is part two of a two-part podcast. I had a wonderful talk today with Santa Fe-based oil painter Kathryn Stedham. Kathryn is a very unique human being, to say the least. It's interesting when people are made to be artists, right? Not everyone finds their voice quickly, but it's clear that Kathryn found hers at a very early age. There were a few foundational aspects of her past that w...

This is part one of a two-part podcast. I had a wonderful talk today with Kathryn Stedham for our 150th episode of the podcast. Kathryn is a very unique human being, to say the least. It's interesting when people are made to be artists, right? Not everyone finds their voice quickly, but it's clear that Kathryn found hers at a very early age. There were a few foundational aspects of her p...

I thought you might enjoy my Zoom interview with David Meikle recorded for our virtual opening for Desert Elements. This event took place on December 4, 2020, and shows David's new body of work featuring recognizable imagery encountered during his travels across the southwest. Meikle created the images that are seen on the "Welcome to Utah" billboards found at all major entry points...

I had Navajo artist Shonto Begay on for his second episode of Art Dealer Diaries. I love Shonto because he's not only a wonderful artist that I've collected for a long time in my own home, but also because he's a truly mystical individual. Shonto has this innate ability to channel the earth and his heritage into his work, and then infuse his own creative sensibilities, producing the...

This episode was recorded during our virtual opening / Q&A event held on April 2nd, 2021  First-time "three-peat" guest Billy Schenck joins us for the 147th edition of the Art Dealer Diaries Podcast. It's always fun to have Billy on my podcast because no two interviews are the same. It doesn't matter how much I know about him, I always learn something new. In this case, we...

This episode was recorded during our live zoom opening / Q&A event held on March 19, 2021  Celebrated Western painter Dennis Ziemienski joins us on Art Dealer Diaries for a special episode discussing his new show "Grand Canyon State" with works celebrating Arizona's natural wonders and unique tourist destinations. Dennis goes in-depth about his background in illustration, recoun...

This is part two of a two-part podcast. In the second part of the Kristin Atwell Ford podcast, we elaborate on the involvement of Ed Mell on the production of "Riders of the Purple Sage" and discuss the films Kristin filmed earlier in her career. This includes a film produced for the Salt River Project narrated by Peter Coyote which received an Emmy - in fact, she has two Emmys for her p...

This is part one of a two-part podcast. I had Emmy-winning filmmaker Kristin Atwell Ford on the podcast today. Kristin has an interesting connection to the world of Western art. One thing you'll notice when you listen to my podcasts is that I love to go through the backstories of my guests. I've found that if I can get a better understanding of where they came from and their influences,...

************************************************************ At the time of recording, Bill Anton was slated to have an exhibition at the Desert Caballeros Museum in Wickenburg, AZ. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the exhibition has been postponed until December 2021. ************************************************************ I've probably said this on more than one occasion, that this is a p...

Part two of a two-part podcast. I had Star Liana York on the podcast back in December and we had a great chat that went long enough that I decided to make it a two-part interview. Star York is an amazing sculptor and an interesting human being. It's a fun podcast because you get the sense of how full of life and joy Star is and how it translates into her sculptures. When you see her bronzes,...

Part one of a two-part podcast. I had Star York on the back in December and we had a great chat that went long enough that I decided to make it a two-part interview. Star York is an amazing sculptor and an interesting human being. It's a fun podcast because you get the sense of how full of life and joy Star is and how it translates into her sculptures. When you see her bronzes, you'll se...

Part two of a two-part podcast with Gary Ernest Smith This is the second episode of Gary Ernest Smith's artist story,  we discussed his field paintings and how they resonate with not only myself but with others.  This is a wonderful podcast to watch as Gary shows some of his paintings.   He's been painting his entire whole life and he tells us some very interesting stories including how...

This is part one of a two-part podcast. Part one of a two-part podcast. Now Gary Ernest Smith is a guy who has been painting basically his whole life and he tells us some very interesting stories, not only of how he got to do what he did in life, but also how he became the successful western landscape painter he is today. I love that about doing a podcast by the way. I get to be a part of that mom...

Dr. Tricia Loscher and I did a podcast back in December,  I've been fortunate enough to be a co-curator with Tricia on the major Maynard Dixon exhibit "Maynard Dixon's American West" and she wrote the foreword for my Dixon book.  That Maynard Dixon exhibit is hanging at the Scottsdale Museum of the West and will run through August 2021. If you haven't visited the Scottsdal...

Kevin Macpherson took time a month ago from his painting schedule to Zoom with me on the podcast. He's a renowned painter and author who has written four instructional books and was one of the very first artists to start writing these types of books in the early 90s. Kevin also had a PBS show that lasted for two years with 26 episodes - and he's an amazing painter, I've always been...

Dr. Larry Peterson joined me for a podcast in November. He's a fascinating, interesting man and you know every once in a while you meet somebody and you say to yourself "this guy's done a lot more than I have" and in this case he really has.  Dr. Peterson is a dermatologist that published numerous medical research papers before pivoting at the age of 56 to focus on his writing...

Had a great time with Eric Rhoads. Eric is the publisher of Fine Art Connoisseur as well as PleinAir Magazine. He does live interviews on his Facebook and his Youtube every day at noon for an hour, as well as two podcasts - The Art Marketing Podcast and Plein Air Podcast. Eric is very committed not only to his own artistry but to the art community as a whole. This was much fun and is part two with...

Had a great time today with Eric Rhoads. Eric is the publisher of Fine Art Connoisseur as well as Plein Air Magazine. He does live interviews on his Facebook and his Youtube every day at noon for an hour, as well as two podcasts - The Art Marketing Podcast and Plein Air Podcast. Eric is very committed not only to his own artistry but to the art community as a whole. This was so much fun; it is a t...

I had Forbes and Essential West writer Chadd Scott on the podcast today. Chadd is such an energetic person that it's hard not to get revved up when I get to talk to someone that is even more enthusiastic about art than I am, and it's hard to find because I really love art. Whether it's collecting, seeing art, or being around artists. Chadd has that, right? He has that in spades!  Ch...

I had Martha Braun on the show today. You know this is an interesting podcast for those who are into interior design. Martha was a world-class interior designer who had her own company in San Francisco for 25 years. She also built high-end spec homes and sold them in San Francisco but really found her calling in being an abstract painter. We get a different sensibility of somebody who's paint...

I had David Michaels on today. He is one of the more unique guests I've had quite frankly, an artist with a background probably like no other. David Michaels has produced and directed some of the largest sporting events for television. Think the Olympics, the Tour de France - he has like 14 Emmys so he's extremely gifted in that field and he's done documentaries as well. However, wh...

I had New Mexico landscape painter Bill Gallen on the podcast today. He's such an interesting guy and his heart and soul are poured into every painting he does. We get to hear his story about struggling to find a path in the art world. Bill had an encounter with an artist during an art fair, and after seeing this artist's painting that resonated with him to an immeasurable extent, and BO...

I had William Haskell on the podcast today and it's interesting - all of these podcasts I do have common threads running through them which you can pick up, in this case, it happens to be one that I hear from many artists. Somewhere early on in their lives, they had an art teacher or mentor that affected them greatly. William find's his own commonality which helped him find his artistic...