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Send us Fan Mail Join Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa for a fascinating conversation with Kirsten Anderson, owner and founder of Roq la Rue Gallery.   Kirsten comes from artist parents and describes her journey to evolving into the successful gallerist she is today.  Kirsten gives valuable insight to artists looking to show with her or any gallery.   She discusses a little history of her...

Send us Fan Mail Are you drawn to larger than life Art or do you gravitate to tiny art treasures?  This week Skye Becker-Yamakawa and Catherine Moore talk all about tiny art.   The ladies define what is tiny art?  They discuss the pros and cons of working small, and debate whether it could be the beginning of a new art movement.   The episode ends with a fun Art News Segment about a new art enterp...

Send us Fan Mail Join Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa for an amazing artist interview with the fabulous Annie Owens!   Annie comes to us from Northern California where she creates her thought provoking introspective art and runs Hi Fructose Magazine with her husband Attaboy.   Annie explains how she creates, why she creates the art she makes, and tells us about building a house in the mid...

Send us Fan Mail Join Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa for an eye opening episode about diversifying your art income.  What does this mean?  Why should artists do it?  How do you diversify your art business?  Let's find out this week on Off the Easel Podcast! Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at: Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG:  https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web:   ht...

Send us Fan Mail From Singapore to New York to California, we have the lovely Malisa Suchanya on Off the Easel this week!  Malisa, the artist, illustrator, and art educator comes to us from Helvella Arts in Oakland, California.   Malisa has an extensive education from Rhode Island School of Art and Design, and the Academy of Arts in San Francisco.  She pursued teaching Art to High School Students...

Send us Fan Mail Habits are hot!  Do you have good habits as an artist?  Do you know what habits are?  Find out this week on Off the Easel with Skye Becker-Yamakawa and Catherine Moore.   The ladies will help you understand what a habit is, the importance of habits, bad habits, and good habits to adopt today.   The episode ends with a lively Art News story about Master Artist’s Real Estate.  Get r...

Send us Fan Mail Join Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa for a delicious interview with the amazing sculpture, painter, and overall creator Scott Hove!   Scott describes his artist journey, and unveils his observations and experience with art school.  He discusses life as an artist and growing up in the Bay Area.   Scott also explains why he relocated and shares what he has observed when mak...

Send us Fan Mail This week Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa discuss our favorite art supplies!   The ladies go over drawing materials, paints, framing materials, apps for marketing and creating, and lastly studio furniture.   The episode ends with an ArtNews review for top art products.  If you create, how many of the products discussed have you used?  Maybe you are interested in trying so...

Send us Fan Mail Join Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa for an amazing artist interview with the incredible artist Victor Grasso.   Victor comes to us from Cape May, New Jersey.  Victor is a self taught artist who specializes in stunning photo realistic surreal paintings of people and animals in oil and watercolor.   Victor started his art career straight out of high school, and learned on...

Send us Fan Mail Join Skye Becker-Yamakawa and Catherine Moore for a brand new episode about discovering your why.  This week the ladies will help you discover your personal prerogative.  They will define the elusive Why Statement.   What is the importance of a Why Statement?  How do you find your why?  They will explain some of Simon Sinek's beliefs and processes.  The ladies also discover h...

Send us Fan Mail This week Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa had the privilege of interviewing the amazing Daniel Attaboy Seifert.   Atta comes to us from the Bay Area.  He is originally from Long Island and currently runs his art business, and magazine from Northern California.  Atta started his art career as a toy designer, and moved into being a professor at the Academy of Art in San Fra...

Send us Fan Mail What is ‘Artist Block'?  Why are you experiencing it?  How do you get past it?  These are some of the questions Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa will answer this week on Off the Easel Podcast.  Artist Block, also known as Creative Block, can be a frustrating part of the creative process.  Is it rooted in fear?  Fear of the unknown, fear of the lack of acceptance?  Lis...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Off the Easel Podcast, Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa interview the incredibly talented and hard working Matthew Grabelsky.   Matthew comes to us from sunny Los Angeles, California where he creates beautiful photo realistic oil paintings of people with animal heads with tongue in cheek style and themes.   Matthew graduated Rice University with a double...

Send us Fan Mail Join Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa for a captivating episode about ‘How to write an Artist Statement.’   First the ladies explain what an Artist Statement is.  Next they discuss the difference between an Artist Statement versus an Artist Bio?  Lastly they give helpful tips and personal experience on how to take on this monumental task.   The episode ends with an enterta...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Off the Easel Podcast.  This week Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa have a fantastic interview with the captivating Juliet Schreckinger.   Juliet  teaches us about the native language of black and white.  As a pen and ink artist, Juliet utilizes the traditional method of stippling with tiny micron pens and graphite.   Wise beyond her years, Juliet seeks to educat...

Send us Fan Mail This week Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa have a special guest host, Cassandra Kim !   Cassandra joins the ladies for a discussion on how to add value to your artwork.  What does this mean?  Listen to the ladies, because they will define what value means to a small business, and describe three specific methods to add more value to your artwork.   The episode ends with a d...

Send us Fan Mail Coming all the way from Canada, Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa have a wonderful interview this week with Jacub Gagnon.   Jacub is an acrylic artist who specializes in animal paintings with thoughtful clever titles.  He describes  the inspiration behind his work and explains his process, and technique.   Jacub shows at Thinks[ace Gallery and has started curating shows, su...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Promo  Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at: Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG:  https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web:   http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG:  https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web:  http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Send us Fan Mail This week Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa have an in depth conversation about Proactive versus Reactive Behavior.   What is Proactive Behavior?  What is Reactive Behavior?   Find out this week when the ladies define these behaviors, list the pros of each one, and personal experiences.   The episode ends with a fascinating Art News Story about a new software to protect art...

Send us Fan Mail Join Skye Becker-Yamakawa and Catherine Moore as they travel all the way to the UK to interview Craww, or Shaun Friend.   Shaun delights the ladies with his evolution from art director to full time fine artist.  Shaun describes his process and inspires artists to sketch and save those moleskins.  Shaun explains the mystery and meaning behind his beautiful artwork as well as what i...

Send us Fan Mail This is a re-airing of the Josh Coffy interview episodes. If you would to purchase or view Josh's work, go to https://undersong.com/ To view the GoFundMe setup by Josh's supporters to assist Josh's family, contribute  at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-for-josh-coffy-his-family-as-they-sit-vigil Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at: Skye Becker-Yamakaw...

Send us Fan Mail This week Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa celebrate their 2 year anniversary of doing a podcast together.   The ladies discuss 10 tips they have learned from doing the podcast, interviewing artists, and discussing the professional side of being an artist.   The episode ends with an empowering Art News story about Women Artists. Check out Skye's and Catherine's w...

Send us Fan Mail Join Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa for a delightful interview with Simona Candini.   Simona comes to us all the way from Italy.  She creates beautiful oil paintings of her big eyed dolls with their animals.  Simona shares her journey to becoming an artist, explains her technique, and describes what motivates her to create her lovely art.   Please listen to this inspirin...

Send us Fan Mail Is there a difference between a successful artist and a successful art business?  Join Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa this week for a deep dive into the definition of a successful art business.   The ladies discuss tried and true tips from successful artists, basic business tools, and define successful artists from the past, and how they did it.   The episode ends with a...

Send us Fan Mail Join Skye Becker-Yamakawa and Catherine Moore for an amazing interview with the awesome Greg Craola Simkins!   Greg shares his artist journey, inspiration, invaluable advice, and so much more!  Greg describes his techniques, and offers suggestions on the products he loves to use, as well as how his father helped him and his artist friends.   Greg also describes his daily routine,...