Bold Artist Podcast

Here we are at Episode 12 of the Bold Artist Podcast!  We are delighted to introduce Anita McComas of Kelowna BC, Canada. In this episode we will hear about Anita’s journey from realism in portraits and landscapes into bold color wildlife art. Anita will also tell us how one of the most hurtful insults given to her by another artist propelled her to paint bolder and brighter than ever before...

Welcome back to another episode of the Bold Artist Podcast! In this show we feature bold artist Tricia Faulkner of Nashville, Tennessee, USA. We will hear all about how Tricia made big changes to move away from her professional career as a pharmacist and realtor to pursue her passion for painting.  “I am in love with art. It’s everything to me, it’s my heart, it’s my soul.” Some highlights of...

Welcome to a bonus episode of the bold artist podcast. This is Black Friday 2021 and this interview is featured only here on our audio apps, that’s right, this one is not on YouTube.  We wanted to give a little extra special bonus here in audio world.  You’re going to get the treat of hearing an interview with bold artist Shandra Smith of Kelowna, BC who is an abstract and colorful surfa...

It’s Black Friday and while the world is in a shopping frenzy Charla Maarschalk and Marijanel talk about artists' value and making money with art. “You deserve to get paid for the value that you’re giving people in their lives.” Charla says, but there’s more to it than that. Making money starts with knowing your worth as an artist, your value on the inside. Charla shares a little of her personal s...

Welcome! This episode of the Bold Artist Podcast is a continuation of our conversation with portrait artist Corey Moortgat of Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Corey is a mentor at Bold School who paints captivating portraits full of emotion. Some highlights of this episode include Corey sharing: How she creates out of love and not only to sell Practical advice on exercises to find your own style How to...

Welcome! In this episode of the Bold Artist Podcast you’ll meet Bold School’s very own mentor Corey Moortgat of Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Corey delivers heart wrenching and compelling portraits full of emotion and story and this podcast reveals the why and how behind her captivating artwork. Some highlights of this episode include Corey sharing: How she captures emotion in her work How vulnerabi...

Welcome to Episode 06 of the Bold Artist Podcast!  We are happy to introduce Adam Meikle, who is a talented artist, entrepreneur and risk taker from British Columbia, Canada. Adam tells the story of how he opened his storefront studio and bravely welcomes spectators to see his work in progress. A few years later he opened a café adjacent to his studio where he boldly speed-paints for commissi...

Episode 06 - Bold Artist Podcast It’s the season in October where you see spooky skulls and skeletons! How does this pertain to your art? Our hosts Marijanel and Charla Maarschalk reclaim and reframe the frame! That’s right, the skull and skeleton will take on a whole new life-giving meaning after today's show, and you’ll also see the importance of studying the frame to empower your portrait and f...

Episode 05 - Bold Artist Podcast Dive deep into an artist-to-artist conversation about the 'time of waiting'. Artists often lay down their tools for one reason or another. Then they ask, 'Is it too late for me?' ... 'Did I miss it?" Be encouraged and inspired as you listen in on the Bold Artist Podcast hosts share heart to heart about deeper matters that form the wholehearted artist. HIGHLIGHTS: -...

Welcome to Episode 04 of the Bold Artist Podcast!    We are happy to introduce one of Bold School’s very own mentors, Axel Martinez, who is a talented bold color portrait artist and ceramicist. Axel interviewed with the Bold Artist Podcast all the way from Puerto Rico to share with us about his art background, how he paints with bold color, and what made him take big risks to leap into p...

Here we are at Episode 03 of the Bold Artist Podcast!  Today's guest lives on the wild side as a Toronto zookeeper who is also a bold color painter of animals! Who gets the chance to paint the the giraffes they have helped raise? Bethany Aiken! This is an artist you won't want to miss! Bethany will fascinate you with her stories of zookeeping and painting with greatest inspiration...anim...

We've made it to Episode 02 of the Bold Artist Podcast!  In this episode you’ll meet portrait and figurative artist Luzdy Rivera of Massachusetts USA. Luzdy’s story is one about pursuing freedom to paint how and what she wants to paint, not what everyone else expects.  Some highlights of this episode include Luzdy sharing: her freedom story how she approaches her color palette with...

We’re here at Episode 01 of Season 01 of the Bold Artist Podcast! There’s so much more than the pilot episode could express that it was only fitting that Charla Maarschalk is also our very first guest here in Episode 01. In this show we are going to find out how Charla became the masterful bold color portrait painter that she is, how and why she founded Bold School, and hear her message of why you...

Welcome to the Bold Artist Podcast! In this pilot episode you will get to meet our host, Marijanel, and special guest co-host Charla Maarschalk. Get to know them both and hear what this Podcast is all about and who the creators of this show are and how it all got started. Marijanel is a multi-form artist and creativity mentor with a diverse history in the arts and a broadcasting background. In thi...