Passionate Painter Podcast

 The paintings of Terry Trambauer Norris are executed in oils using the traditional techniques of the old masters, infusing them with a modern sensibility and vision. She has been studying art since childhood, receiving recognition in high school and junior college before entering the Atlanta College of Art, where she studied design, painting, printmaking, and photography, emerging with a Bachelor...

Ernest Hemingway said, “There is nothing to writing. All you have to do is sit down at the typewriter and bleed.” I completely agree with Hemingway. And I think that being a visual artist is much the same thing. And many times, knowing when our painting is done can be the most painful part of the creation. Today I’m going to talk about how to know when your artwork is done. Much of this audio was...

 Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Tristin St. Mary, Administrative manager of The Art Garage, a community-based non-profit arts organization located in the Olde Main Street Arts District in downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin. Tristin grew up in Eden, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay in May, 2018, with a double major in Dance and Arts Management. Soon after...

In this Q&A episode, I answer two questions that I often get which are closely connected. QUESTION (s): "How can I get more time to make my Art?" and , "How can I get more energy to make my art?" ANSWER: When you have more energy, you can make more time. When you have more time, you'll be able to create without exhausting yourself. Let's look at 8 ways you can hav...

Thanks for joining me for part 1 of my interview with Pam Ingalls, where we find out just how a painter who specializes in portraits is able to sell through galleries. Sounds like the "holy grail" to me! Pam's also got some fantastic product information to share. And please drop me a line and let me know how you're enjoying the podcast so far. I would love to hear about what yo...

Thanks for joining me for part 2 of my interview with Pam Ingalls, where we find out just how a painter who specializes in portraits is able to sell through galleries. Sounds like the "holy grail" to me! Pam's also got some fantastic product information to share. If you haven't yet listened to part 1, you may want to go back and listen to episode 31 first. And please drop me a...

Eric Rhoads is an artist, an author, a marketing expert, and a career entrepreneur, with several decades of launching and building businesses and more than 40 years’ experience in radio broadcasting, 35 years in publishing, and two decades in the art industry. Rhoads is founder and CEO of Streamline Publishing, Inc., which creates consumer and trade magazines, digital media properties, virtual con...

Eric Rhoads is an artist, an author, a marketing expert, and a career entrepreneur, with several decades of launching and building businesses and more than 40 years’ experience in radio broadcasting, 35 years in publishing, and two decades in the art industry. Rhoads is founder and CEO of Streamline Publishing, Inc., which creates consumer and trade magazines, digital media properties, virtual con...

Cheri Christensen was born in Enumclaw Washington, a small rural town of horse, dairy and cattle ranches at the foot of Mt. Rainier. Cheri's grandfather was a cattle rancher there and he was a big influence on her choice of subject matter today.     Cheri studied oil painting and drawing intensely for three years with Ron Lukas, a protege of Sergei Bongart, who taught in the tradition of the...

Cheri Christensen was born in Enumclaw Washington, a small rural town of horse, dairy and cattle ranches at the foot of Mt. Rainier. Cheri's grandfather was a cattle rancher there and he was a big influence on her choice of subject matter today.     Cheri studied oil painting and drawing intensely for three years with Ron Lukas, a protege of Sergei Bongart, who taught in the tradition of the...

This is part 1 of a 2-part interview. A.J. Alper's journey to find passion and growth as an artist was a bumpy one, filled with frustration and disappointment. In his late 40’s, he was sure that he had reached his full potential as an artist and gave up painting altogether, which he did for 7 years. It was the mental work that he did during that time which allowed him to quiet the negative vo...

This is part 2 of a 2-part interview. A.J. Alper's journey to find passion and growth as an artist was a bumpy one, filled with frustration and disappointment. In his late 40’s, he was sure that he had reached his full potential as an artist and gave up painting altogether, which he did for 7 years. It was the mental work that he did during that time which allowed him to quiet the negative vo...

Johanne Mangi has been drawing all her life. Painting came later, but drawing was the foundation. Dogs have always been an important part of her life. Richard Schmid famously told Johanne, “Paint what you love, love what you paint”, and she took it to heart. Johanne took that to heart and decided that she wouldn’t just dabble in her chosen subject. She’d elevate it to Fine Art. She was taught to p...

ABOUT THE GUEST Michael Arterberry is a Master Encourager and Dynamic Motivational Speaker. As a teenager, Michael was fortunate to receive guidance from positive adult role models who helped him overcome adversities and set high expectations for his future.  Grateful for the role these mentors played in his own development, Michael decided to dedicate his profession to helping people navigate the...

Award-winning plein air painter Mark Fehlman shares his strategies and advice for strengthening your paintings through strong design, whether your work focuses on landscape, portrait, still life—it all comes down to strong design. In this interview, Mark shares gems from his new online course, " Design Strategies for Powerful Paintings ."

Vicki Krohn Amorose is an artist, writer, and arts advocate. Her book, Art-Write: The Writing Guide for Visual Artists is used internationally by artists and art schools. Based in Oregon, Vicki works with several organizations in the service of artists, with a focus on contemporary art and writing. Vicki is a faculty member at ArtMBA.com and she recently addressed over 23,000 artists at the global...

Christina Miller’s paintings offer a mystical and modern take on the ancient iconography of Catholicism. As the pressures on the environment and animal species have increased horribly over the past couple of decades, Christina’s work evolved toward environmental themes. Her Modern Icons now celebrate the intersection of Nature, Animals, and Sacred Images, embodying that we live on this Earth toget...

Cesar Santos’ art education is worldly and his paintings reflect a well-traveled mind. Santos studied at the Miami Dade College, where he earned his Associate in Arts degree in 2003. He then attended the New World School of the Arts. Before graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, he left to study abroad and amplify his understanding of art. In 2006, he completed the Angel Academy of Art in Floren...

Actively involved in the contemporary art world throughout her career, Crista Cloutier has been called “The Artist Whisperer” by many of the artists who have learned from her. Working internationally as a visual story-teller, artist and educator, Crista is the founder of The Working Artist, a unique online business experience for artists and other creatives. Through her program, Crista has served...

 Marc Dalessio is a classically trained naturalistic painter who has established himself as one of the foremost landscape painters working today. He was recently described as the world’s best living Plein air painter by Eric Rhoads of Plein Air magazine. Born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California, Marc’s artistic training began at the University of California at Santa Cruz where he graduated Phi Beta...

This week I had the privilege of speaking with painter Chris Long, whose gorgeous work I discovered on Instagram. Born and raised in CT, Long earned a degree from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Art in 2000. After several years of exhibiting and teaching figurative sculpture throughout New England, he took to the road in an RV with his family in 2008. After a couple years of traveling, he had the...

Maria Brophy has been an art licensing and art business consultant for 20 years. She is author of the Amazon Best Selling book, "Art Money & Success". This book has helped thousands of artists learn how to earn money from their art! Maria is a world traveler, surfer, and backpacker. She designed her business to be run from anywhere in the world so that she is free to travel anytime....

Alan MacDonald had a very different childhood. Born in 1962, he was brought up in Malawi, Central Africa.  It was a fantastic place for a child to grow up; days were filled with imaginative play, as there was no TV.  When he was 13, Alan moved with his family to Scotland and went to school in Dundee. Everything was different and fascinated him. After school, Alan successfully applied to Duncan of...

Over the past thirteen years, Rob Tarbell has developed and drawn from two unique processes – “Smokes”, smoke based work and the “Struggles”, porcelain sculptural ceramics. In 2006, a failed portrait attempt using cigarettes and liquor collided with a lingering what – if :  What if I burned my credits cards and used the smoke to make marks? The first attempt at burning credit cards yielded a deep...

After completing his BFA in sculpture (1993-1995) and a summer print-making workshop in Florence, Italy (1995), Don began sculpting part-time while partnering in the establishment of Vanguard Sculpture Services, a full service sculpture foundry (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) where he specialized in the casting and fabrication of monumental bronze sculpture. In 1997, Don began to focus on the development o...