Archive for November 2019
Passionate Painter Podcast Episode 11 – After a Career in Environmental Education, Daniel Sivek Launches His Second Act as a Naturalist Artist
Daniel Sivek is a painter, sculptor and mixed-media artist. Nature and natural landscapes inspire much of his work – from Wisconsin’s Northwoods and southern bluffs to the beaches and parklands of Florida. Extensive international travel – in Western Europe, China, Central America, Australia, and New Zealand – and travel across most the U.S. have broadened…
Read MorePassionate Painter Podcast Episode 10 – Independent curator Heather Bhandari on her book, Art/Work and the business of art
Heather Bhandari is an independent curator; a co-founder of the project-based curatorial team and podcast, The Remix; an adjunct lecturer at Brown University where she teaches professional practice to visual arts majors; and the Program Director of Art World Conference (AWC), a business and financial literacy conference for visual artists which debuted in New York…
Read MorePassionate Painter Podcast Episode 9 – Artist Jessie Fritsch walks a perfect line between control and spontaneity with the ancient art of encaustic painting
Jessie Fritsch paints because she was raised surrounded by a creative and arty family who always supported her artistic talent. Her internal drive is to make art, teach art, and help create a strong art community. She is inspired by random moments and paint what she finds to be calming beauty in her busy life.…
Read MorePassionate Painter Podcast Episode 8 – Artist Betty Franks Krause unleashes joy through her abstract floral paintings
Betty Franks Krause was born in Toronto, Canada and raised in San Jose, California. She is a self-taught abstract artist who started painting when she turned 50. Although it seems late in life to take up painting, the timing was just right for her. After a long career in customer service management, she was ready…
Read MorePassionate Painter Podast Episode 7 – Sculptor Kristin Thielking on interdisciplinary collaboration and evoking layers of meaning through fused glass
Sculptor Kristin Thielking received a BA in Fine Art and Comparative Literature from Brown University in Rhode Island and an MFA in Sculpture from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Kristin has taught sculpture at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point since 2001. She has also taught at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, University…
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