Studio Break

Erika B. Hess returns to the podcast to discuss her recent paintings that explore the figure and we talk a bit about her podcast I Like Your Work.

Kelda Martensen joins the podcast to discuss her work as a printmaker utilizing woodblock and other techniques to create prints, collage, and artist books.

Danny Joe Rose III sits down to discuss his paintings that are loosely based off imagined landscapes that are packed with beautiful color combination. He also talks all about his background in design and how that influenced his compositions through a variety of materials.

Joshua Jay Johnson joins the podcast to discuss his print and drawing based works that take anywhere from three to nine months work to complete.

Ann Blaas joins the podcast and talks about her early creative life in advertising and how she inevitably returned to painting, exhibiting, and teaching.

This week Ben Cohan, Brett Beery, & Studio Break Host David Linneweh join the podcast to talk about their band Golden Shadow.  

Kendra Bulgrin joins the podcast to discuss her paintings, which include portrait and figurative works, miniatures, and animals as a means of exploring themes of identity, home, and nature.

David Kassan joins the podcast this week to discuss his studio practice, he’s currently working on a series of portraits of Holocaust survivors.

This week Mia Risberg joins the podcast to discuss her colorful mixed media paintings that explore our relationship to nature, place, and memory.

Iain Anderson joins the podcast to talk about his photo works that range from landscapes to a series of portrait works for his BFA Thesis exhibition that explore a moment in time between the viewer and the subject.

Maia Stern joins the podcast to discuss her work, which is influenced by fairy tales and folklore through a variety of glass and mixed media based sculptures and installations.

This week Megan Hinds, Nichole Roller, & David Linneweh sit down for a group discussion about their work for the three person exhibition entitled “Pathways” that runs April 23rd-June 4th at McLean County Art Center in Bloomington (IL).

Carin Mincemoyer joins the podcast to discuss her multimedia sculpture, installation, and public works that explore the relationship between humans and the natural environment.

Anastasia Sitnikova joins the podcast to talk about her conceptually driven mixed media and installation works that explore the relationship between technology, psychology, and human nature.

Wansi Ieong joins the podcast to discuss her paintings which are created through a combination of observation and memory.

Robert Fifield joins the podcast to discuss his studio practice and evolution as a painter and teacher.

Paolo Arao joins the podcast to discuss his colorful abstract paintings that are mixed media and include a variety of  fabric and textile materials.

This week Gabe Langholtz joins us to talk about his work and how his passion for playing music transitioned to creating narrative based paintings, which he describes as Naive Modern.

Sean Caufield joins the podcast this week to discuss his abstracted environmental landscapes that explore the boundaries of the biological and mechanical.

This week Ashleigh Morton joins the podcast to talk about her colorful paintings that explore themes of isolation and anxiety through a variety of mixed media drawings & paintings based on experiences working at a grocery store.