Passion Behind The Art Show | “For Creatives Struggling with Fear”

In this episode, Darold speaks to the listeners and provides a wrap up for 2019 and offers advice for the New Year. He starts out thanking you, the listener, for continued support. “I want to say thank you for just listening; that’s the most important thing to the podcast, you listening and subscribing and sharing the podcast.” Darold makes mention of his achievements as he was asked to join an ag...

Emily  Cohen joins Darold Pinnock for this episode of Passion Behind the Art  Show. Emily makes her living as a consultation, speaker, strategic business adviser, and author. She grew up with encouragement from her father to pursue art. She graduated with a design degree and practiced art for seven years before feeling within herself that it was time for a  change. Emily’s change an...

If you’re a fan of someone landing their dream job, this episode will be a great one for you. Darold sits down with Michael Baron, who is a graphic design artist for the New York Jets. If you’re wondering how he landed such an amazing job, don’t worry he’ll reveal that and  more. Michael was creative even during his early years as he  spent his days drawing, painting, coloring and buildi...

“Talent is maybe 25% of it, and 75% is actually connections and how you use the technology with your work to connect to people.” Passion Behind The Art Show is back with another episode for you to enjoy. This week Darold sits down with Andrew Thompson an art director and designer at Vayner Media. Andrew spent a lot of his earlier years drawing, even spending time in the library during his high sch...

Darold is back with another episode of Passion Behind The Arts and this week he’s sitting down with Nick Longo. Nick Longo is a designer, educator, and one of the co-hosts from The Deeply Graphic DesignCast, one of the first podcasts that highlighted graphic designers. As Nick recalls his childhood, he talks about being drawn to creative toys. He loved to draw, and because he never considered it h...

On the road to success, every day will not bring sunny skies and smooth pavements. We will have our share of driving on uneven pavements during unfavorable weather. Sometimes, it will get so bad that our visibility will be obstructed and we can’t see down the road. We may start to doubt and wonder, “Should I pull over to the side of the road; should I turn around and go back to where I came from?”...

“I don’t think so much that we’re short of advice, we’re short of knowledge, we’re short of the know-how. I think we’re missing one thing, and one thing only, action.” In this week’s episode, Darold talks to us on the topic of being relentless.  It’s just the motivation you’ll need to help you kick your pursuits up a notch, or to get back in the game. We all have dreams, we all have a greater...

Think about where you are right now in life. What’s going well for you? How can you build upon those things? What are the areas that you want to improve upon? What’s preventing you from doing so? There are times when we feel as if we’ve hit a brick wall and no matter how hard we try, it feels as if we can’t free ourselves. This starts a downward spiral and a back and forth game of naming off out f...

Hello everyone, it’s Talent Tuesday here at Passion Behind The Art and this week Darold speaks to hand-lettering artist Hayley Barry. Don’t be deceived by her age; she may only be 22, but her design skills are far beyond her years. At the age of 16, working at an antique store, her sale signs drew clients looking to purchase them instead of the items advertised. When she was 18, due to her tenacit...

In this episode, Darold sits down with talented illustrator Dave Mottram. So what’s his story you ask? As a child, Mottram grew up watching Sesame Street and reading The Monster At The End of The Book to which he credits sparked his desire to draw. In high school, although he felt like he was an outsider, his drawings provided a way for him to gain access to many groups as they would request him t...

If you’ve been listening to this podcast, you know what Darold J. Pinnock does. He introduced us to multiple talented individuals, thus allowing us access to their creative journey. If you’re new, then you’re in for a treat because today, Darold J. Pinnock, graphic designer and the creator of Passion Behind The Art Show, shares his story and fills us in on what’s new. Darold’s design career starte...

This week, Darold Pinnock sits down with Veronica Ruiz. This is an episode you don’t want to miss because Veronica will inspire you. You will hear about how her love of drawing developed into a passion for graphic design and hand lettering. Her skill level eventually allowed her to get a job coveted at Disney as a personalization artist. She also details the steps she took, which resulted in an in...

If you have been listening to this podcast, or if this is your first time, you have some familiarity with Simplecast.com. In this episode, Darold talks to Brad Smith, the man with the creative vision to start the platform. In this episode, you’ll learn about Mr. Smith and see that he has certainly come a long way from a little kid who was only interested in time travel and bike riding. Brads’ love...

Darold Pinnock meets with two special women who are creatives that specialize in art licensing. If you’re like me, you have no clue what that is. Thankfully for us, Ilana Griffo, who is a hand lettering artist, surface designer and author of Mind Your Business, was available to spend some time and shed light on the field. She is joined with her business partner Katie Johnson, a lettering artist, f...

There is something to be said about a person that gives of their time and resources to help others. Alicja Colon is a great example of such a person. In her interview with Passion Behind The Art Show creator, Darold Pinnock, she discusses her freelance journey. She is a 15-year veteran artist and the creator of Thrice Studio. This interview addresses her inspiration to branch out on her own stems...

Stop what you’re doing, take a seat, grab a pen a paper and get prepared to be blown away by this episode! Darold Pinnock sits down with Jackie Horbook, but you may know her as the Jackie the Educator. The name doesn’t do her justice for she is so much more. Ms. Horbrook is a mother, daughter, sister, minister, missionary, counselor and entrepreneur. She’s a people person with an authentic passion...

Passion Behind The Arts is back again with another insightful interview. Rob McClurkan is a husband, father, graphic designer, illustrator and co-creator of the creative networking group, Small Town Creatives. This interview will give hope to other creatives who struggle to find their place in the world. On working a traditional job, McClurkan discusses how he, “Didn’t fit the culture of the compa...

This week, Darold sits down Gia Graham. Graham, a Barbados native, is a lettering artist whose creative journey started as a child who would always love to draw and doodle. Her high school art teacher introduced her to the work of graphic design prompting her to search out universities that offered that curriculum. Graham gives a great interview as she further details her creative passage. She det...

In this episode, you will get to hear from Amy Hood. She is the co-founder of Hoodzpah Design, Odds, and Sods, as well as connecting things.co, businesses that she shares with her twin sister Jennifer. In addition to that, Amy is also the co-author of FREEDOM, AND BUSINE$$ AND STUFF. In the interview, Amy shares how she got her start in the design field, how she took on education, and how she got...

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