Artsy AF

This week Molly Gardner ( @mollygardnerart ) returns for round two on Artsy AF! Molly is a long time friend and fellow painter who recently moved to New Orleans. We discuss how the move (and a recent wrist surgery) has impacted her and her art, mental health and well being, Squish Mellows, and her upcoming teaching gig/art retreat! For more on that send a message to Mad House Art . Big shouts to C...

Miles McDonald ( @theartofwire // theartofwire.com ) is a wire wrap jeweler based in Boulder, CO. In this episode of the podcast Miles goes in depth on his back story; from manifesting a meeting with a creative legend to a synchronistic experience that led him to go all in on his craft. We also go off script and talk about guns for a bit (I know this is supposed to be an art podcast) but bring it...

Big shouts to this week's newest patron Kathryn Williams ( @rynvision ) ! She has some badass art, so go check her out! Go give the Patreon a look and subscribe to help me reach my goal of 1k per month, which will cover my living expenses and allow me to focus more on the podcast as well as my own art. Vladimir Kraynyk ( @vladimirkraynyk ) is this week's guest on Artsy AF! Vladimir talks about his...

This week's episode features Martin Stensaas ( @martin_stensaas ) painter of etheral, non-linguistic imagery of the collective unconscious! Martin and I talk about Alan Watts' telephone, his process in painting, a novel that he's working on, UFOs, some of his creative influences and the idea of utopias. Martin has a lot of insights on art as well as life and I think you'll get something enriching...

Welcome to another episode of Artsy AF podcast. Thanks for being here! First off, I wanna give a big big shouts to Justin Valentine for becoming the newest Patreon subscriber this week. You can find him on instagram @thejustinvalentine ! Please go check out the Patreon to support the show! https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast This week's guest is the super talented oil painter, Olivia Jane ( @ol...

Greetings, friends! Welcome to another episode of Artsy AF, thanks for being here! In this episode of the podcast I connect with Uri Martinez ( @uriginalbcn ) and Irene Lopez Leon ( @irenelopezleon ) all the way from Spain! Irene and Uri are both painters living in Barcelona. We chat about several topics including whether paintings are helping the world, what it's like being a weird kid, the diffe...

Shouts! to the three new Patreon subscribers this week! Chris McCall ( @chrismccallart ), John Endicott (social handle coming soon) and Josh Tjapkes ( @tjapkesart ) !! Please check out the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast to support the show and my sanity.  So, if you want to see the show grow, watch videos of each episode, make guest suggestions and snag some exclusive merch...

This week's guest is Logan Walden ( @loganwaldenart ). Logan is a painter and full time artist living near Cincinnati, Ohio. His style blends sci-fi art influenced by John Harris, Frank Frazetta and Moebius with the psychedelic and abstract contemporary art of the festival art world. We goof off and improvise a lot in this episode so, for those who are looking for a bit of entertainment as well as...

Ryan Connell is a gallerist and art curator and collector. His new space, Ryan Joseph Gallery just opened up a new spot in Denver featuring an opening solo show from Andrew Davis (the guest on episode 73).  In this episode we talk about Ryan's journey from selling art work for friends (for free) to opening up his own gallery here in Denver. It's an inspiring story who's moral is to follow you...

Big ol' shouts to the one and only Jarred Michael Trantham aka @lostsailorleather  for becoming the newest Patreon subscriber this week! Support the podcast by going to https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast and getting a monthly subscription. You'll find three different tiers of support starting at $4/month and each tier has things like shoutouts, video access and merch.   This week I b...

This week's guest on the podcast is Andrew Davis! (@andrewdavisart) // https://www.andrewdavisart.com/   Andrew creates amazing paintings and has a solo show coming up this weekend on May 15th at Ryan Joseph Gallery in Denver. Details for that show can be found HERE On this episode we talk about Andrew's history of growing up in Virginia, dropping out of art school, former jobs and how mental...

This week's newest Patron is @observatroysystem! Thank you for your subscription! If you'd like to support this podcast and get benefits like: patron-only posts, merch, a shoutout, guest suggestions (that I will listen to) and video to go along with the audio you already enjoy... Head over to https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast and sign up!  This week's guest is Matt Mills ( @mattmillsart...

This week features Jen Ingram! ( @ancientdigital // @tribe13gallery ) is a curator, festival art co-ordinator, art history student and co-founder of Tribe 13 Gallery with Roman Villagrana- an OG artist in the live painting and visionary art community. You can find Roman's work @synchromystic on instagram. We talk about the genesis of Tribe 13, some of Jen's most memorable festival moments, the imp...

To kick things off this week I want to give a big SHOUTS to my first round of Patreon supporters; Brendan Kadey: @bredndankadey Rick York: @reflective_intuition Sam Andrus (last week's guest): Bandcamp Soundcloud @5ammusic @5amvisuals  Derek Verzuh: @derek.day.9999 and Austin Weber! (Austin, send me your social media handle and I'll add it in next week's description) Thank you all for your support...

Welcome, to another Artsy AF Podcast! Today I’m launching a Patreon for any of you wanting to support the podcast! Please check that out HERE ! This week’s guest is Sam Andrus ( @5ammusic // @5amvisuals ) Sam is a music producer and visual artist going by the moniker 5AM. In this episode we talk about how the pandemic has effected the music industry, Sam’s journey into art and music, reality tunne...

Mike Dempsey (@mad.house_art) is an avid art collector and supporter of artists who just started his own brand with MAD (Michael Albert Dempsey) House Art. We talk about focusing on digital content in the pandemic year, his journey from business school to working with artists, and he shares what makes him excited about artwork and the artists themselves in the context of buying and selling art. We...

Natasha Chomko goes by the brilliant name POST WOOK ( @postwook ) and her art is just as amazing. She’s a digital collage artist who’s work is inspired by nature and color. We talk a lot about her routine; setting boundaries with how much and when to engage with social media while also being super consistent with posting on Instagram; coming up in the festival scene; why she chose the name POST WO...

Welcome, my dear, creative friends: To the very first Artsy AF NFT episode and one of the first podcasts to be minted on the blockchain!  In this episode Ally Grimm and I talk about artistic styles; free will; the clubhouse app; and some of the broader social implications emergent in the NFT space. Ally also shares her process and remixes the Artsy AF logo on-screen during our conversation. T...

Salutations my beautiful, creative friends! On this week’s episode the great David Heskin ( @davidheskinart / @chrysopoeia.tattoo ) joins me to talk about balance, continuing education in art (and life), NFTs (of course), changing up styles, teaching and approaches to creativity. If you’re not familiar with David’s work, it’s on another level. Not only in technical skill and profundity but also in...

Greetings and welcome to another Artsy AF episode! This week features Vajra ( @visionaryartbyvajra ) - an artist who’s work is infinite, magical and fractal, guiding viewers to new perspectives about themselves and the world they live in. We talk about selling big ticket paintings; turning adversity into a positive outcome; looking at suffering in the context of a life; NFTs; his back story and so...

Yo! If you don’t know Zach Jackson’s work, do yourself a favor and go check it out ( @zj_ratio // www.zjratio.com ) right this instant! It’s like a tiny interpretive dancer poured their literal soul out on to the canvas and created a beautiful expression of pure genius! We talk about how Zach makes these incredible works of art; his inspirations from other mediums; how he got in to painting; and w...

I sat down with the one like Patrick Boyle (@digitalvagabond) who is a media manager, dj/producer, and jewelry maker- as well as Jöshy (@5ive_9ine)  set designer, visuals wizard and carpenter/fabricator extraordinaire - for an epic conversational quest last week. We talk about Pat and Joshy’s new production project called Towr Media (@towrmedia) combining live music streams, storytelling and...

This week’s guest is none other than the legendary electronic music producer Mr. Bill ( @mrbillstunes ). Not only is Bill an excellent producer, but he’s also a teacher of production via his online tutorials. You can sign up for some exclusive sample packs, live streams and project files via his hardcore Abletoneers package on his website: live.mrbillstunes.com On top of all that Bill also has the...

My guest this week is Justin Aversano. Justin ( @justinaversano ) is the co-founder of Save Art Space ( @saveartspace ) , a non-profit that buys billboard space and replaces images used for advertising with public art from local artists. We talk a lot about that project, the impact of public art, his photography book Twin Flames, how technology is influencing art and how art is influencing technol...

Painter, sculptor and digital artist NFN Kalyan ( @nfnkalyan ) joins the Artsy AF podcast! Kalyan's work is a clinic in photorealism and creative composing, sampling work from renaissance painters, Marvel comics, and images from pop culture. You NEED to check out his work and give him a follow.  We talk about his journey into making art- from being able to draw photorealist images when he was...