Art Dealer Diaries Podcast

I had Jamie Schulze say today, she is just a terrific individual and I just love her upbeat, happy demeanor. You can just feel in her something that is giving. She's the perfect person to be the executive director of SWAIA.  Jaimie is someone who really cares about the artists and understands the process. She has the responsibility of promoting not only the art, but the cultural sensitivity o...

I had Mark Rossi on my podcast today and we had a really wonderful talk. I've known Mark for almost 30 years and he's been in my gallery almost that long as well. He's known for his sculptures of animals. He's focused primarily on the animals of the Sonoran Desert, but because he's involved in so many museum collections as well as zoo collections, he's gotten to do a...

I had a Russell Case on the podcast today. I'm such a fan of his artwork. He captures the Southwest in a way that few others do.  In this podcast, we delve into what it means to paint and how he tries to paint like how a musician makes music, which is a very interesting concept to me. We cover the struggles that he had to go through to get where is today and how all of these experiences, whil...

I love the type of podcast where I get to go in-depth with the person I'm speaking to, so much so that I begin to feel a connection that's hard to describe. Well, I had that experience with Bo Joe. He's an amazing silversmith and an incredibly interesting person. I've known his father, sculptor and painter Orland Joe for many tears, but I hadn't really had the opportunity...

I love the type of podcast where I get to go in-depth with the person I'm speaking to, so much so that I begin to feel a connection that's hard to describe. Well, I had that experience with Bo Joe. He's an amazing silversmith and an incredibly interesting person. I've known his father, sculptor and painter Orland Joe for many tears, but I hadn't really had the opportunity...

Cathy Smith joined us on the podcast today and we had a delightful talk. She is a world-renowned costume designer and has worked on major motion pictures and in television. Her big break was 'Dances with Wolves,' a movie that dramatically changed Native American representation in film. Cathy went on to win an Emmy and is honored in the Cowgirl Hall of Fame for her contributions to Wester...

This podcast was particularly interesting and fun for me because I knew the person that I did it with pretty darn well. I've known Anne Gartner and her husband, Jeffrey, for almost 20 years. They're, wonderful collectors, and I wanted to talk art, which of course this is what this podcast is all about, but also the fact that she was in the military. Anne was a Navy nurse in Vietnam on on...

I had oil painter Summer Spitsbergen on my podcast today. She is a young and upcoming artist that I happened to have met last summer at the C.M. Russell Museum. They have their big show every third week of August (which you should all go to). It's a great show and while I was up there I fell in love with her work. Summer is a self-taught artist, hyper-focused on what she wants to achieve with...

I had Ann M. Wolfe on today, and she is the chief curator and associate director of the Nevada Museum of Art. One of the first things we did is made sure everybody knows what the word is. "Nuh·vada" not "Nuh·vaw·da".  She really is an interesting person. You can tell Ann has this great dedication to her job and what she does and that there's a big vision for what they&apos...

I had David Meikle on today, which was really wonderful. I've had David on my podcast in the past, but today we are talking about something that is just so interesting and different from the previous episode. You see when you're an artist, sometimes you get these opportunities that come out of nowhere. In this case, David had a unique opportunity to work with one of the best directors of...

Had a wonderful podcast today with Sarah Webber. I've known Sarah for over 20 years and she's a very interesting person. Sarah brings a unique perspective to the podcast because she's an individual who's not only been an artist for over 20 years, but was in art sales, working for various art galleries.  As a result, she has this component that allows her to look at the world th...

I had fine artist and Illustrator Keith Batcheller on the podcast today. He went to ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, got his BFA, and worked with all these interesting folks afterward, including Bob Peak, Mark English, and Bernie Fuchs.  When Keith became a professional illustrator he worked with big firms in New York, Chicago, and L.A.  He eventually started working for Walt Disney Produc...

One of the great things about this podcast is I get to go down memory lane with people that have these insane historical interactions and today that person is Beverly Miller. Her father was Clay Lockett. Now, Clay is this amazingly complex, interesting man who was an archeologist, had a doctorate in anthropology, and was a well-known Indian trader. He ran the Museum of Northern Arizona's trad...

Had one of my favorite people on the podcast today. Bill Robertson. I've known Bill for more than 30 years and he worked for me for at least 15. Bill's got an amazing story. He moved to Albuquerque in 1950, and he was an English teacher for 30 years He even taught a young Bob Gallegos, a native arts dealer who's also been on the podcast so that tells you how long Bill's been ar...

I had artist Jordan K. Walker on today and it just so happens that he's the newest addition to Medicine Man Gallery. I don't get to take new artists on very often, especially younger artists (he's only 28, but he paints a lot older). You see, Jordan trained at the Rhode Island School of Design and then came out to the West after he graduated. He was already a naturalist, but since m...

I had Laura Worthington on today and it became one of the most interesting podcasts I've ever had because I know so little about this field, even though it's an art form.  Laura makes fonts.  She comes from a calligraphy background and it's so unique because at a very young age, she knew exactly what she wanted to do. She was focused and completely obsessed with the written word. La...

I had Francis Livingston on the podcast today. I'd had Francis on probably three or four years ago and we talked about his life and the backstory of how he became an artist.  This time, he's here for a show that we're doing, 'Forests and Beyond' and I thought I would really like to spend a little time just talking about the nuance of his place in the art world. This podcas...

I had Francis Livingston on the podcast today. I'd had Francis on probably three or four years ago and we talked about his life and the backstory of how he became an artist.  This time, he's here for a show that we're doing, 'Forests and Beyond' and I thought I would really like to spend a little time just talking about the nuance of his place in the art world. This podcas...

I had Duke Beardsley on today. He's something else. I just love his energy. When that man walks into a room, he has a presence, and if you look at his art - it's the same thing. These big, beautiful works with a modern sensibility, cowboys, and Western life. He's got his own voice, which again, is what I love in an artist and what I look for in my own artists that I represent. Duke...

I had Travis Humphreys on today, and he owns Gold River Gallery in Cedar City, Utah. Travis is such an interesting guy. He surprised us at the gallery, delivering a group of hand-carved frames that he made for two of my artists, Dennis Ziemienski and Josh Gibson. So I asked him, "Would you like to do a podcast?" I only kind of knew his backstory before this podcast. It's an interest...

So this was a different interview for me. My guest was John Hallett. He's a unique guy because he's a veterinarian who has just always been in love with the arts and probably should have been an artist off the bat. But he went a different route, which many artists do. He pursued a professional life with guaranteed income and stability and then toward the end of that career, they start th...

Had Mick Doellinger on today. Wow. He has got an interesting life. At 18 months old his family experiences an extremely traumatic event when the ship that his parents are taking to emigrate from Germany to Australia sinks in the Indian Ocean. So that's where it starts, folks.  It's clear to me when I listen to this man talk that he was always meant to be a sculptor. He had to find his ca...

Some people are just meant to be artists. John Fawcett is one of those individuals. He has a great story and I had a wonderful time talking with him.  You see, John was a veterinarian before becoming a full-time artist. He worked with small animals and big animals alike and loved horses since he was a kid, having bought his first horse at age ten.  For a long while, John was committed to building...

I had Andrew Walker on today and he's the Executive Director of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Andrew was kind enough to fly out to Tucson to do this in person at my studio and wow, it was really worth it for me and I think for him as well. Also, the podcast went for 2 whole hours so we're going to make this into a two-part podcast. The thing that's unique about this podcas...

I had Andrew Walker on today and he's the Executive Director of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Andrew was kind enough to fly out to Tucson to do this in person at my studio and wow, it was really worth it for me and I think for him as well. Also, the podcast went for 2 whole hours so we're going to make this into a two-part podcast. The thing that's unique about this podcas...