Art Supply Posse

Gina-Marie Cincinnati is a collage artist participating in the XIV Florence Biennale 2023. She chats with Kim about her art journey from the USA to Germany, the UK, and now Japan. https://ginamariecincinnati.com https://www.instagram.com/awomanwithoutacountry/

Rachel chats about her eclectic crafting interests, the joy in being able to craft any time, and 15 years of blogging about crafting. https://thebarefootcrafter.com

Rutuja is co-founder of Viviva Colors, a manufacturer of easily portable watercolors. The paints are on sheets of paper making them lightweight and as easy to carry as a sketchpad. https://vivivacolors.com

Anna (@alchemist_anna) chats with Kim about struggling to accept the creation of art as something truly worthwhile.

Rachel Pierman went from presenting a crafting show on TV, to starting her own crafting business called Crafty Monkies. Rachel chats with Kim about how she rediscovered her creative side after being reminded how she had crafted with her dad as a young girl. https://www.craftymonkies.com

Kim and three guests discuss The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron.

Hannah Austin tells how a move to Oregon inspired her art of creating landscapes with embroidery techniques. Hannah runs an online store. She talks about what its like to run that full time, deal with social media marketing, and care for her family. Hannah also creates embroidery kits available in her shop. You will find her everywhere under the name "needle or thread". http://needleorthread.com/

Sarah O'Halloran joins Kim to talk about the art and craft of Sashiko. Wikipedia on Sashiko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashiko

Vered Brett is an abstract artist living in Portugal. Vered always wanted to be an artist, but had a long journey before taking up art professionally. https://www.veredbrett.com

Kim chats with Rebecca Weeks Howard and Alan Trautman about various art-making topics like the immediate feeling after creating a piece of art, versus how you feel after gaining distance to your art.

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Mary D'Rozario was fed up of being confined to her home due to illness and exchanged her house for an RV (recreational vehicle). Her art supplies take up a significant amount of space in her RV. Mary now creates art while travelling. She has written a book titled "The Airstream that Ran Away with the Spoon". Mary is on Instagram as @loafingcactus

Denise Smith talks about how creating art calms her mind, and finding her way to art later in life.

Jaclyn Gordyan talks about collecting, appreciating, and using natural objects like tree bark as the main focus for her artwork.

Holly Forbes talks about the freedom of painting abstracts. Visit Holly‘s website to see her paintings. https://www.hollyforbes.com /

A panel of previous guests and one new guest look back over the past two years to discuss how the pandemic and other changes have influenced their art and lives as artists.

Usha Shukla talks about studying art as a mature student, becoming a professional artist, growing up in India and moving to California. Visit Usha's website to see her art. https://www.ushashuklaart.com/

Jack Hines has set himself the goal of drawing every building in the Greater London area. It's a massive, presumably a lifelong project. Jack chats with Kim about how the project developed out of his architecture studies, and how he organises the project. Originals and prints are available at the project website. Jack currently also accepts commissions. https://drawingalloflondon.co.uk

Sarah Burns talks about plein air painting, its joys and challenges, and her plan to walk the entire Scottish coastline and paint it. Visit Sarah's website for her painting tutorials. https://www.sarahburnsstudio.com/paintalong

Julia van der Wyk was already on the podcast in episode 86. Julia returns to talk about transitioning from oil paint to acrylics, gouache, and ink. Julia will be teaching an ink painting course at the San Francisco pen show on August 28 2022, and plans to make the course available online in the future. More info at Julia's website. https://juliavanderwyk.com

Ida Henrich and Julia van der Wyk return to chat about their top three favourite art supplies. http://idahenrich.com/ https://juliavanderwyk.com/

Bri de Danann is a comic book artist and illustrator. Bri also gives us an introduction to live streaming as an artist using the twitch platform. Bri's website: https://www.bridedanann.com

Ida Henrich is an illustrator, mural artist, and designer. Ida talks about painting outdoor murals in local communities, as well as commissioned illustrations. idahenrich.com

Edith Dormandy chats with Kim about her very traditional art college education, different approaches to oil painting versus watercolour, and the rewards of teaching art. https://www.edithdormandy.co.uk/

Jacq Hancock is a watercolourist and illustrator. Jacq talks about her fantastical watercolour paintings of animals and nature. http://thearborwytch.com