Art Dealer Diaries Podcast

Very interesting podcast today with an illustrator who's done illustration for 50+ years, Robert Rodriguez. He was dropping off a piece for our upcoming exhibition: Rodeo de Tucson (opening Feb. 3) and we figured why not record a podcast while he's here. Those that illustrate are such unique people. They really are. You know, they're driven. They have to be driven because they'...

Wow, what a fun podcast I had today with Ezra Tucker. He's just a unique human being and a joy to get to talk to and to get to know.  He spent most of his career in the illustration world doing all sorts of things, working for Hallmark for four years, going to Hollywood and working there for 20 years, and doing some amazing movie posters. You name it, he probably did it in L.A. in terms of ad...

Wow, what a fun podcast I had today with Ezra Tucker. He's just a unique human being and a joy to get to talk to and to get to know.  He spent most of his career in the illustration world doing all sorts of things, working for Hallmark for four years, going to Hollywood and working there for 20 years, and doing some amazing movie posters. You name it, he probably did it in L.A. in terms of ad...

I had such a fun podcast today with Maeve Eichelberger. I like to call her simply "Maeve" because it's just such an interesting, unique name and sometimes you have one of these iconic-sounding names where the entire thing can just be one-word. In my opinion, her name and her personality are equally interesting because she's so full of life and has an exciting presence. Maeve ha...

I had Thomas Blackshear on today... What a fun podcast. He's such an animated, interesting human being who's had a unique story from day one. Thomas was meant to be an artist. He's done things as varied as doing plates for collectibles. He was also intimately involved in a series of black figurines - sculptures in the collectible world, the series being a number-one seller for like...

I had Thomas Blackshear on today... What a fun podcast. He's such an animated, interesting human being who's had a unique story from day one. Thomas was meant to be an artist. He's done things as varied as doing plates for collectibles. He was also intimately involved in a series of black figurines - sculptures in the collectible world, the series being a number-one seller for like...

Today was fun. I had Lisa Danielle on and we've been trying to arrange a podcast for about three years. One day and she's down here in Tucson and she came in and we just had a great talk.  I've represented Lisa for almost 20 years or maybe even a little bit longer... but we've never had an in-depth conversation about her backstory. You see, that's one of the beautiful thin...

Today was fun. I had Lisa Danielle on and we've been trying to arrange a podcast for about three years. One day and she's down here in Tucson and she came in and we just had a great talk.  I've represented Lisa for almost 20 years or maybe even a little bit longer... but we've never had an in-depth conversation about her backstory. You see, that's one of the beautiful thin...

So, the title of my podcast is Art Dealer Diaries, and I named it that because it's all about the people that come through my life coincidentally and also by design. Well, today happened to be one of those special coincidental days. An artist happened to come into the gallery to poke around the Maynard Dixon Museum and it was like, "Oh, I love your material." I'd never known he...

I had Norah Diedrich on today, and she is going to be our new executive director running the Tucson Museum of Art, which we're very excited about. She's an interesting lady who has followed a unique and interesting path, as so many guests on this podcast have.  When she was first involved with art, she thought she would be a fine artist. At one point she was showing her photographs in ga...

I had Kevin Chupik on the podcast today and wow, what an interesting guy. I love this podcast on so many levels because, you know, he's had this really tough road to get where he is and not just from a point of just trying to make it as an artist.  It's always a hard road. But Kevin was a very active, athletic individual who was doing guided trips, you know, teaching biking and mountain...

I had Thomas Minckler on today and he is an art dealer, historian, book aficionado, photograph expert, you name it, he's probably an expert on it. He really is erudite in those fields, which is one of the reasons I've enjoyed spending time with him, though I haven't spent as much time with him over the last 30 years as I have recently. It's amazing what you can learn if you spe...

I had Thomas Minckler on today and he is an art dealer, historian, book aficionado, photograph expert, you name it, he's probably an expert on it. He really is erudite in those fields, which is one of the reasons I've enjoyed spending time with him, though I haven't spent as much time with him over the last 30 years as I have recently. It's amazing what you can learn if you spe...

I had Howard Post on the podcast today. We're talking about his new show "From Above" which opens on October 22nd  here at Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson and It'll run through the first couple of weeks in November.  Howard is just such an interesting guy. I love his work and his dedication to being an artist. I've represented him for 25 years and he has an amazing story. ...

I had Peggy Judy on the podcast today and she was just delightful. I love this kind of story where you have someone who's an artist, they're born with that special knack for art, but because of the way things play out in life, they don't end up getting into the fine art world right away. In Peggy's case, she worked as an illustrator, sort of orbiting a world in which she'd...

I had plein air painter Linda Tippetts on the podcast today. I actually met Linda at the C. M. Russell Museum when I was there giving a lecture on Maynard Dixon during their annual group show. There must have been close to 100 artists, if not more. It's a really fun experience and anybody who has not gone to that show should plan for next year. It’s typically in the third week of August, and...

I had Lance Laber on the podcast today. He's the Executive Director for the Ted DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun and he's been working with the museum for 40 years, the last 20 as the Executive Director. The DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun has been around since the 1980s and is in the same general area as Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson's Catalina Foothills.  Ted DeGrazia was a very well-know...

Today's guest was Shiloh Thurman and he's the Museum Director of the Woolaroc Museum in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Now, might have not heard of this museum, but it's always been a personal favorite of mine. The Woolaroc is a hidden gem of a museum up in northeastern Oklahoma, an hour out of Tulsa and I encourage you, if you're in that area, to go see it as it's not your run-o...

I had artist Tom Gilleon on today, which was wonderful. He has such an interesting story. From being in the Navy to finding his way to Disney and becoming an important component in the Disney illustration world. He worked with Disney for many, many years and did some amazing work with Disney, eventually transitioning to digital illustration in 1998, selling his entire beadwork collection to get hi...

I had Barbara Teller Ornelas on the podcast today.  I've known Barbara for a very long time. She's a Diné weaver who's won Best of Show at Indian Market in Santa Fe twice which, as far as I know, has never happened with any other weaver.  Barbara is an amazing individual, an artist that is completely dedicated to her art form. She does Two Great Hills tapestry weavings, typically 80...

I had Roger Eiteljorg on the podcast today. I've known Roger for a very long time and this is a unique podcast because we spoke not only about Roger and his background but also about his father.  You see, Roger's dad was Harrison Eiteljorg, an American philanthropist and businessman who founded the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis. It's an amazingly difficult thing to start a museum...

View the show Stephen Datz: AFTERIMAGES on medicinemangallery.com I had Stephen Datz on the podcast today. It was interesting because this is not the normal podcast where I talk about somebody's life as I've done that with Stephen before (Epi. 43 & 84). This podcast is about a show he had worked on for several years in the Grand Tetons. It was a prestigious plein-air show that he had...

Eveli Sabatie... this podcast is one of my favorites that I've done in the last 5 years. She's just a unique human being that has a story like no other so strap in and enjoy this one. It's a rollercoaster ride in a way. You're talking about this individual that was born in Algeria, grew up in Morocco, goes to Paris, has a moment where she knows she needs to come to America and...

I've known Leroy Garcia of Blue Rain Gallery for 30+ years and his trajectory and my trajectory are very similar. He opened his gallery in Taos and then moved to Santa Fe, having had another location in Scottsdale at one point as well. My gallery is in Tucson and was also in Santa Fe for a time. We share some of the same artists in our stable, as well as the way we do business. Leroy and I ar...

Priya Gore. Wow, what a joyful person.  I had so much fun with this podcast and I hope people that listen to it can hear the joy not only in her voice but in mine as well. If you are an artist and wondering: "how do I go about doing this? should I take that leap? Is it worth it? Can I do it?" Well, let me tell you. Priya did it. From growing up in India with 20+ cousins (essentially brot...