Posts Tagged ‘fine art’
Passionate Painter Podcast Episode 22: Painter Mark Fehlman on How to Use Design Strategies for Powerful Paintings
I’m happy to bring you an interview with painter Mark Fehlman. I just finished his online course, “Design Strategies for Powerful Paintings”, and got a lot out of it. The instruction is clear and actionable, and Mark has a warm, engaging style that is pleasant to follow along with. You probably know that podcasts and…
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 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…
Read MorePassionate Painter Podcast Episode 5 – Mosaicist Joseph Kaftan elevates the everyday with the translucence of glass
Joseph Kaftan was born in northeastern Wisconsin. His mother was a newspaper photographer and his father a self-taught mosaicist. Encouraged by his parents, Joseph began drawing and painting at a young age. He later studied art at UW-Madison and graphic design at American University. He worked as a graphic designer, his favorite projects were creating…
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