Wild At Art

Artist and sculptor Jon Moro creates life from wood in a most unique way. He has combined his passion for sports and human movement with the history and character of games to literally carve out a unique space in the world of art. His twenty year career includes sculptures of sports legends like Yogi Berra and Wayne Gretzky, and heroic episodes like David and Goliath and Robin Hood. His works capt...

Liz Snowden is an artist, colorist, creating bright, bold, whimsical art with a happy heart. As she puts it. Her current series entitled "Story Ladies" is a study in bold color and personality. She connects her love of unique words with  portraits of ladies who vividly spring from her imagination. Liz's style embodies her idea that art doesn't necessarily need to be serious. Qu...

Andrea Nelson is a full-time artist with a bright, colorful and whimsical style. Her primary inspiration is animals, and she loves painting them in a mix of realism and color abstraction. Her style is a reflection of her infectious enthusiasm and non-stop drive that has combined to make her a successful entrepreneur, a Tik Tok influencer, and an inspirational creator. She shares her journey, how s...

Brother & Sister, John Gifaldi and Patty Heiden, were born into an Italian family in Western NY. That would tend to mean that there was a culture of cooking as a love language, and they learned from the best, their Italian mom and grandma. Some years ago they were able to finally bring their love of cooking and entertaining to life in their Atlanta business. They create experiences for their c...

Meet Scooby and Kissie, the Hippie Kids. These dynamic and talented sisters have evolved from kids playing models on homemade runways to hard working young entrepreneurs launching an international online fashion and lifestyle store. And the Hippie Kids retail shop opens in Acworth GA in the Summer of 2021. You can find them with their pop-up shop at markets around the south, selling fashion and &q...

Our title, “It’s not just a job – it’s an adventure” is an 80's tagline from the US Navy and particularly apt for this episode with Summer Skillman. Summer joined the Navy as a nuclear engineer and traveled all around the world. She talks about her time in Japan where her artistic and entrepreneurial spirit began to flourish, creating and marketing origami flowers. Unlike many artists Summer...

Jack LeGrange is an energetic painter hailing from South Africa and now makes his home in Atlanta. He and his wife came to the US ten years ago and were just recently granted US citizenship. In this episode we discuss how life in America has influenced his creative direction and how his solitary beginnings with canvas and brush became a fulfilling career full of friends, family and a community of...

Writer Jack Nicholas is in the process of publishing his first children’s book called Fox and Butterfly. Jack taps into his recent life experiences where he learned valuable lessons about ones responsibility to others, and how obsession with capturing one object above all else can do damage – just like the fox who chases the butterfly. He talks about the inspiration for his story and how he was ab...

Traveler, adventurer, videographer and photographer, Drew Balfour, talks with us about discovering his hidden talent through exploring the world, extreme adventure and soul searching. He found himself in college pursuing a major he didn’t like and a life that didn’t feel authentic. Then, he realized his passion was merging his wanderlust, his talent for making images, and his love of extreme sport...

Dionne White is an artist, writer and speaker and she graciously leads us through her journey from a life depressed, to now a life beautifully expressed. She found her purpose through reconnecting with her faith and becoming inspired by an ancient Japanese art form called Kintsugi. She is as courageous as she is an inspiration and her art is a bright reflection of her core theme – “acknowledge the...

Beth Affolter is a well-known Nashville artist, and now teaches AP Art in a Nashville area high school (Update: Now retired and doing art full time). We talk with her about her spiritual journey in art, that has taken her from graphic design in Switzerland to art galleries in Nashville, to teaching. And how she overcame that old snarky adage, “Those who can, do – and those who can’t, teach.” And w...

A young, up and coming talent, Chris Maximin combines his love of cartooning and his music for a truly unique artistic expression, from music video to cover art to acrylic and sculpture. He is bringing cartoons into the contemporary art scene, a genre he says has been overlooked up to now. Chris grew up loving 2D animated movies and cartoons and he wants to spearhead a renaissance of the classic s...

Laura Coston Anrud developed her artistic style in Portland, OR along what she says was a rocky path, before coming back home landing in the idyllic setting of Farmington, GA near Athens. She is a self-proclaimed horse person with a heart for all creatures great and small. In her studio there she works magical pieces of art that reflect a beautiful mind and depth of spirit. See Laura's art - inclu...

Meet self-made artist Annie Thrasher in a beautiful story of redemption as Annie discovers who she is. Through devastation and rejection she empowers herself to grow in her art and realizes her vision, which inspires and delights us all. Walk a mile in her bare feet and learn what it means to “rock on barefoot!” See Annie's art at https://www.wildatartpodcast.com/   See omnystudio.com/listener for...