Episodes
May 11, 2023
Mini Ep: Where is the Field of Dreams
This episode is a Mini! A little jalapeno popper for your ears and also a little nudge about putting ourselves out there more, being louder and taking up more space. Don't forget that the world needs our voices. You'll also l...
April 30, 2023
Bonus: 10 Tips for Writing Your Artist's Statement w/ Paddy Johnson of VVrkshop.art
Ready your note-taking typing fingers because this week's guest is none other than Paddy Johnson of VVrkshop.art and she's here to give us 10 best-practice tips for writing our artist statements, thank God! Paddy is the found...
April 12, 2023
Ep 47: Let's Be Nothing Burgers
This episode is about letting play and non-seriousness back into our studios, with a dash of silly rabbits and mind-boggling space telescopes thrown in. Come along with me as I dive into the Nothing Burger state of mind. Ment...
March 23, 2023
Ep 46: Dear Grete Stern...
This episode is a valentine of sorts... an homage to the German-Argentinian artist, Grete Stern, and how she snuck her incredible tragicomic feminist photomontages into a dream interpretation column into a 1950's Buenos Aires...
March 8, 2023
Ep 44: Unblocking Creative Block
What do we do if we get blocked in the studio? It's the absolute worst feeling and we all occasionally come down with this fever plague. I'll look at some books, some artist-to-artist tips, explore the strangely-relevant hist...
Feb. 8, 2023
Ep 43: Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting / "Tree of My Life" by Joseph Stella
Our beloved guest host and artist, Elisabeth Condon, and her series "Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting!" are back for a new installment! This time Elisabeth chose to describe Joseph Stella's oil on canvas painting "Tree o...
Jan. 13, 2023
Ep 42: Should Artists Attend Art Fairs? w/ Jennifer Coates
Should artists go to the fairs? Or should we just leave it to the galleries and collectors? Is it too soul-crushing, or are there benefits? The hilarious Jennifer Coates is back to cohost with me this week (yay!) and I took t...
Dec. 22, 2022
Ep 41: Artist Pet Peeves w/ Jennifer Coates
The wonderful Jennifer Coates is back in the co-host seat this time to help me kvetch about all things art and being an artist. We come correct with a panoply of over 35 heartfelt pet peeves. It was our pleasure to also dive ...
Nov. 23, 2022
Ep 40: Interview w/ Natalie Beall
Collage artist and sculptor, Natalie Beall, joined me to chat about her work this week. We spoke about both her paper collage series "Utility Suite" and her painted wood and clay sculptures that tweak 2-D and 3-D space throug...
Nov. 10, 2022
Ep 39: "Soft Play" w/ Olivia Baldwin, Melissa Dadourian, Sidney Mullis & Kelsey Tynik
Join me this week as I speak to 4 artists working in mixed media and textiles (Olivia Baldwin, Melissa Dadourian, Sidney Mullis and Kelsey Tynik) about their show at Collar Works in Troy, NY called "Soft Play." We spoke about...
Oct. 30, 2022
Ep 38: Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting / "Wanderings, Bilbao" by Jules Olitski
Break a bottle of bubbly beverage over the hull, because today, Pep Talks is launching the very first installment of..."Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting!" In this episode, Elisabeth chose to describe Jules Olitski's "Wa...
Oct. 20, 2022
Ep 37: Interview w/ Paula Wilson
As a super fan, I was thrilled to welcome multi-media artist, Paula Wilson to the podcast this week. Paula joined me to talk about her current show, "Imago," at Denny Dimin Gallery in NYC (up right now through Oct 29, 2022) a...
Oct. 10, 2022
Ep 36: Warding Off Bitterness
Today's episode is all about avoiding the trap of that old heap of coffee grounds and lemon peels: Artistic Bitterness. I investigate how artists of history, like Carmen Herrera, Louise Bourgeois and Laurie Simmons, persevere...
Sept. 30, 2022
Ep 35: Interview w/ Liz Weiss
This week, join me as I talk to Liz Weiss about her fascinating "Paxlovid Nightmare" series of watercolors that she made at the kitchen table in her New York City apartment. These small, vibrant works were directly inspired b...
Sept. 14, 2022
Ep 34: Interview the Interviewer w/ Etty Yaniv, Artist & Founder of Art Spiel
I welcome Etty Yaniv to the podcast this week! Etty lives and works in Brooklyn but is from Tel Aviv. She makes small paintings, drawings and sculptures, but also creates room-sized installations of swirling vortexes of plas...
Sept. 5, 2022
Ep 33: The Post-Exhibition Blues w/ Jennifer Coates
It's just like old times having Jennifer Coates back to co-host the podcast! This week we're talking about the miasmic malaise that descends upon each of us after a show closes (and also the "narcissistic fugue state" that de...
Aug. 25, 2022
Bonus: The Longevity of an Art Practice w/ Sarah Grass of The Pack Art School
Sarah Grass, Artist and Founder of The Pack Art School stopped by Peps this week to talk about her new upcoming class "The Artist Rebirth Cycle" and also, how artists can foster a long healthy relationship with their art over...
Aug. 14, 2022
Bonus: How to Host a Studio Visit w/ Catherine Haggarty of NYC Crit Club
This week, Painter and NYC Crit Club director, Catherine Haggarty, joined me to talk about that old enigma wrapped in a riddle: How to Host a Studio Visit. She gave tons of helpful tips for managing in-person visits, zoom vis...
July 27, 2022
Ep 32: Book Talks: Ways of Seeing by John Berger w/ Mandolyn Wilson Rosen
Mandy is back to help me dissect this beloved classic book "Ways of Seeing" 1972 (and BBC TV show) by John Berger . Welcome back, Mandy! And, as always on Book Talks, much art-nerdery was indulged. Come along with us as we co...
July 16, 2022
Ep 31: Interview w/ Adie Russell
This week I had an amazing conversation with artist, Adie Russell. We discussed her incredible new "Lacuna" series of charcoal works on cotton rag paper (based on old Victorian glass negative studio portraits that are put thr...
July 6, 2022
Ep 30: Hope For the Artists
As an artist, do you find yourself climbing up the "caterpillar pillar"? Or, are you "risking the butterfly"? These analogies are from a wonderful book from the early 1970's called Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus. And in...
June 27, 2022
Ep 29: Interview w/ Ever Baldwin
Come listen along as I speak with the incredible painter and sculptor, Ever Baldwin. Ever makes abstract oil paintings that loosely reference the body, eyes, nature, roads and even drag makeup...all enclosed in carved and bur...
June 16, 2022
Ep 28: Interview w/ Melissa Capasso / The Dream in Art (Part 2)
I was so excited to have painter, Melissa Capasso, whose visionary style is inspired by daydreaming, join me this week to continue my series on the Dream in Art. Melissa makes charcoal drawings and oil and acrylic paintings t...
June 6, 2022
Ep 27: The Dream in Art (Part 1)
Come along on a ~~Dream Quest~~ with me to discover works of art that show real dreams...not just images of sleepers or "dream-like" paintings. I set out to discover the bonafides. I began in 1525 with Albrecht Durer, then mo...