Women at the Helm

In Part 2 of my celebration of Pamela Colman Smith, we dive into her collaboration with Arthur Waite for the Rider Waite Tarot deck. (The first tarot deck to be mass marketed in English.) Join me in a journey through her "direct, captivating imagery." . Resources for this episode include: Mary K. Greer (marykgreer.com) Stephen Kaplan: "Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story" Allison Meier

Beyond the Paint podcast celebrates the visionary artist Pamela Colman Smith in two parts. Part 1, today's episode, focuses and highlights aspects of Smith's artistic life and practice. . Part 2-will take a deep dive into Smith's legacy as illustrator for the Rider-Waite tarot deck, a commission she described as "big job for very little cash." . Resources for this episode include Yale Art Gallery...

Ghislaine Fremaux or Ghi as she is known is a female artist from west Texas. Her evocative, large-scale figural works, intimately engaged, interrogate her canvases. In my conversation with Fremaux we explore the "nude body in a clothed society," the role of the camera placed against her belly in "uninstructed, spontaneous encounters," and more! . Learn more about Fremaux's work, practice and colla...

In celebration of Women's History Month, I invite you to experience the exhibition "Feminist Connect," at the Charles Art Project in Lubbock, Texas. (March 4-30, 2022). . And yes, I dedicated two episodes to this exhibition, but also to the co-curators, Sally Brown (Episode #151) and in this episode multi-media artist Leslie C. Sotomayor. :) . Link to the exhibition: https://www.les-femmes-folles-...

The contemporary artist Eileen Neff "works with photo-based images and installation, picturing the natural and constructed worlds. Her “straight-forward representations, constructed images and sheer abstractions reflect the breadth of pictorial approaches—these approaches make poetic sense of her experience in the world.” And the works are inviting! Neff's works shroud the viewer in its aesthetic...

In celebration of Women's History Month, I invite you to experience the exhibition "Feminist Connect," at the Charles Art Project in Lubbock, Texas. (March 4-30, 2022). . Two women artists Sally Brown and Leslie C. Sotomayor curated the show. In this episode I explore highlights of the show and celebrate the curators. I included my conversation with Sally Brown, from episode 96. Later this month,...

Explore with me printmaking through the lens of three 20th century black, women artists; Elizabeth Catlett, Faith Ringgold, Kara Walker. . This episode also contemplates the historical importance and the embedded narrative of the female experience of European and American women printmakers in the story of Western Art. . Resources and images are listed on my website; www.beyondthepaint.net Image cr...

I am thrilled to have Liezel Strauss, founder and creative director of Art Girl Rising and co-founder of the online gallery Subject Matter on my show. She is deeply committed to amplifying and elevating the voices of women artists. . In our engaging conversation, Strauss shares her work in "raising awareness about the inequalities that women artists face." She is candid in her concerns for women a...

Contemporary artist and visual storyteller Laurence de Valmy is back on my podcast to share her new body of works; her exploration of the social media platform Tik Tok and her investigation of hashtags. . Engage and learn more at https://www.laurencedevalmy.com/ Follow Laurence on IG @laurencedevalmy . Laurence is featured alongside 13 women artists in the exhibition, "Feminists Connect," curated...

Contemporary, mixed-media artist Jan Murray's deep desire is to create an “arts” experience, transposing her abstract and representational imagery and design, onto everyday objects. (linens, towels, small appliances, dinnerware--objects in the home) . In my engaging conversation with Jan, we talk her artistic process and practice, seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary and send out a BIG invitat...

Contemporary artist and printmaker Agathe Bouton is fascinated and curious by urban spaces and places. She interprets buildings and dwellings from the many places she has lived, from Paris where she was raised to London and her current residence in Philadelphia. Her engagement with the urban landscape is translated in vivid colors and abstract shapes and forms in layered monotype prints. This epis...

I am honored to have as my guest Kelly Groehler, co-founder of Alice Riot, an art licensing and consulting agency, and content series WTAF. In her collaboration with contemporary female artists from around the world, Kelly engages and connects art enthusiasts and collectors to "exceptional experiences by contemporary women artists." . In our spirited and engaging conversation, Kelly shares her ear...

"Artistic production was the weapon" for 20th century black, female printmaker and sculptor Elizabeth Catlett. Her impassioned prints and sculptors "present black people in their beauty and dignity for ourselves and others to understand.” . Resources for this episode are listed at beyondthepaint.net Join me on February 25, from 1-2 p.m. for a talk highlighting female printmakers through the collec...

Fernanda Zamera is a contemporary artist from Ecuador, now living and working New York. In my conversation with Zamera, the artist expresses the visual world through a variety of media including, paint, charcoal, drawing inspiration from her frequent visits to museums. . Please learn more and follow Zamera at: Website: fernandazamera.com IG: @fernandazamera.studio Book Collaborative: "Infinite Mir...

This episode is inspired by a recent presentation I led at the New Britain Museum of American Art, an exploration of the Reclining Female Nude Figure through both artistic traditions in Western Art and through the lens of female artists. . Resources for this episode are listed at beyondthepaint.net Works highlighted from the New Britain of Museum of Art collection: nbmaa.org Featured contemporary...

Brandon Graving is a female experimental printmaker. Her large-scale monoprints have a sculptural quality; "their embossed surfaces and different viscosities of inks have a presence unlike other prints.” The viewer can decipher the layers and see the history of the decisions that make up the work. It is an immersive looking experience into Graving's creative expression. . Resources for this episod...

In this episode we will explore through the creative hands of three American women painters, Agnes Martin, Almas Woodsey-Thomas and Helen Frakenthaler what is recognizable in nature (trees, flowers, water) through Abstraction; “representations pared down to the minimum." . Resources and images discussed are on my website: www.beyondthepaint.net Follow me on IG @beyondthepaintpodcast in my continue...

As we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the United States, Beyond the Paint with Bernadine presents best of episode with writer, historian John Launius. I will be back next week with artist and printmaker Brandon Graving. . Learn more about John's Book, "The Life and Times of Missouri's Charles Parsons: Between Art and War" -- www.parsonsbook.com . Follow John: https://twitter.com/johnlaun1 IG: @john...

Art historian Hall Rockefeller leads your gaze and awareness to the "unsung heroines" in the visual arts world. Through her Less than Half Salon and upcoming course on Art Collecting, she is building an engaging community of artists, collectors, gallerists, and art lovers. . Art Collecting class: https://lessthanhalf.org/collecting-masterclass Less than Half Salon: https://lessthanhalf.org/salon H...

Photographer Justyna Neyrng "spent much of her childhood playing with her father's cameras and darkroom while roaming the forests of Chelmsford on the Czech border." The poetics of her childhood influenced Neyrng's prolific emotive portraits. She composes images, documenting "something she feels rather than something she can see." . Resources are listed on my website: www.beyondthepaint.net Experi...

Bridgette Mayer is an art adviser, gallerist, supporting artists and creatives through her ArtMBA Mindset program. In my conversation with Mayer, we talk mindset, the impact art advisers and gallerists have in the contemporary story of art and her role fostering artists with collectors. . Learn more about Mayer's ArtMBA Mindset for artists and creators: https://www.bridgettemayer.com/ Follow Bridg...

Bonus Episode--Beyond the Paint hosts a conversation with the collaborative partners behind Seeds of Initiation tarot deck: siblings Amy Scott-Young and Grant Walker. . This bonus episode is a companion to Episode 133: Amy Scott-Young: Tarot Deck and the Contemporary Female Figure. . Seeds of Initiation Links: Website: seedsofinitiation.com IG handles: @amyb.tarotillustrator; @seeds_of_initiation_...

Melanie Carr is a contemporary sculptor and female gallery owner. In part one of the show, an invitation to explore her geometric sculptural works "concerned and consumed with touch, geometry, interactivity and human experience." (bio) . In my conversation (part 2) with Carr, we journey through her gallery space, Melanie Carr Gallery (Essex, Connectiut) and her dedication to artists, their practic...

Amy Smith-Young is an illustrator. In collaboration with her brother Grant, Amy is re-envisioning tarot deck imagery. Her contemporary, female figures engage Divine Feminine principles and connects the tarot reader with figures relevant to our times . . Resources for this episode are listed on my website: beyondthepaint.net Links to Amy Scott-Young's works and her collaboration with her brother Gr...

Journey with me the "complicated and imperfect women," of figural and still life painter Anna Weyant. . Resources for this episode are listed on my website: www.beyondthepaint.org Follow and explore Weyant's works on IG @annaweyant and www.annaweyant.com Image Credit: Anna Weyant website . Shout out to artist Amy Chaiklin and her series, "Cultured Pearl Portraits," featured in Create magazine: htt...