Episodes
May 26, 2022
Ep 26: Interview with Shari Mendelson
Sculptor, Shari Mendelson joined me this week to discuss her work. Shari lives and works in Brooklyn and Upstate NY. She is represented in New York by Tibor de Nagy Gallery and has won many prestigious grants, including 4 NYF...
May 16, 2022
Ep 25: Book Talks: "How to Work a Room" (or an Opening) w/ Mandy Wilson Rosen
Mandy Wilson Rosen is back to co-host another Book Talks for Artists! Welcome back, Mandy! This week we are discussing "How to Work a Room" by Susan RoAne to see if it jusssttt might have some helpful tips inside for artists....
May 5, 2022
Ep 24: Slow Work & Agnes Pelton's Silver Baby
This episode I look at the plusses of slowing down and taking our own sweet time in the studio. Artist slow-poke examples include Giorgio Morandi (read by Frank Bango ), Jay Defeo , Charles Burchfield 's "reconstructions" lik...
April 26, 2022
Ep 23: Interview w/ Artist, Portia Munson
Installation artist, painter and photographer, Portia Munson, joined me on the podcast to talk about her work with cast-off objects, cultural waste, and girl kitsch. Tune in to hear our conversation about her work's feminist ...
April 15, 2022
Ep 22: Art Made in Kitchens
Think you can't make work unless you have a big palatial studio? Think again! Great art can also be made in kitchens! Here's proof: Ida Appelbroog : Art 21 episode "Power" & Jo Applin essay Martha Rosler: "Semiotics of the Ki...
April 11, 2022
Bonus: What's After Art School w/ Catherine Haggarty of NYC Crit Club
Catherine Haggarty, a friend of the show, painter and Executive Director of NYC Crit Club stopped by this week for a Bonus Episode to tell me a bit about her upcoming summer courses online and in person. She's got some great ...
April 6, 2022
Ep 21: Expressive Figuration w/ Keisha Prioleau Martin & Emilia Olsen
Painters, Keisha Prioleau Martin and Emilia Olsen joined me this week to talk about their work. Both painter's painters, they work primarily with the figure and use vibrant luscious color to add to the content of their work. ...
March 30, 2022
Bonus: Using Instagram as a Fine Artist w/ Paddy Johnson of VVrkshop.art
Friend of the show, Paddy Johnson, is back on Peps! Welcome back, Paddy! She gave me tons of Instagram tips for artists (that old enigma wrapped in a riddle) and she also told me a bit more about " Netvvrk ," her business ne...
March 24, 2022
Ep 20: Collage and Landscape w/ Todd Bartel
Where did the phrase "That gave me the willies" come from and how did it kick off the American Sublime? And what was the first landscape on Earth? Find out in this week's episode as my guest, collage artist, Todd Bartel joins...
March 17, 2022
Ep 19: The Proof is in the Punctum
This weeks on Pep Talks, I am taking a quick dive into Roland Barthe's concept of the "Punctum" from his book "Camera Lucida," to explain why some artworks and films stick in your mind and others don't. Find out why Stanley K...
March 7, 2022
Ep 18: A Meditation on Artist Residencies, The Twilight Zone & A Provincetown Dune Shack
Come along this week to find out why I think an episode of the Twilight Zone is the perfect analogy for going on an artist residency ...AND also hear a little radio play I made about going to a Provincetown/Truro dune shack f...
Feb. 25, 2022
Ep 17: When Is an Artwork Finished?
This week on Peps, we're going to tackle the metaphysical question: When is a work finished? I explore some texts that try to pin down a definition and also share some of my own thoughts and metaphors... But I am most excited...
Feb. 18, 2022
Ep 16: Caucus of Collage w/ Kathy Greenwood, Todd Bartel, Ginnie Gardiner and Michael Oatman
This week I had 4 fellow collage enthusiasts join me for a great roundtable about contemporary collage: Curator, Kathy Greenwood and Artists, Ginnie Gardiner, Todd Bartel and Michael Oatman. If you love collage, aka "the find...
Feb. 11, 2022
Ep 15: Book Talks: "The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985" w/ Mandy Wilson Rosen
Friend of the show, Mandy Wilson Rosen is back to co-host with me this week! Welcome back, Mandy! At a recent artist meet up on Clubhouse, we learned that many many artists cite "The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1...
Feb. 4, 2022
Ep 14: Beware the Leave-It-Like-That
Gather 'round, me hearties, for a tale of a fearsome creature of the deep: a sea monster that feeds on #wip posts, called the "Leave-It-Like-That." This week's podcast is about how this unsolicited comment on our social media...
Jan. 29, 2022
Ep 13: Interview w/ Artist, Ann Toebbe
I was so thrilled to have Ann Toebbe in my clutches this week as she joined me on the Peps Pod this week to discuss her show "Cooler by the Lake" at Tibor de Nagy Gallery at 11 Rivington through Jan 27, 2022. We talked about ...
Jan. 22, 2022
Ep 12: Interview the Interviewer w/ Sharon Butler, Painter & Founder of Two Coats of Paint
This week I was really excited to have Sharon Butler on the podcast for the second installment of my "Interview the Interviewer" series. Sharon is a painter, writer and founder of the Two Coats of Paint Blog-azine which offer...
Jan. 12, 2022
Ep 11: Interview w/ Artist, Jennifer Coates
It was a complete honor to interview painter, Jennifer Coates , during the run of her solo exhibition in NYC at High Noon Gallery titled 'Lesser Gods of Lakewood, PA" that featured both large and small stunning acrylic and sp...
Jan. 2, 2022
Ep 10: Book Talks: "The War of Art" w/ Mandy Wilson Rosen
In this episode, artist, Mandy Wilson Rosen and I did a deep dive into Steven Pressfield's "The War of Art." We criticized where criticism was due, but we also highlighted many of the helpful and brilliant insights about the ...
Dec. 23, 2021
Ep 9: Fear & Philip Guston
This week on the Peps pod, I look at the exact minute that Philip Guston switched his work from abstraction to the radical cartoony style he is famous for today - as proof that change is hard, but worth everything if you can ...
Dec. 13, 2021
Ep 8: Interview the Interviewer w/ Brian Alfred, Artist and "Sound & Vision" Podcast Host
This week I am launching a new miniseries called "Interview the Interviewer" and I'm excited to welcome my first "Interviewer," Brian Alfred, an accomplished painter and the host of Sound & Vision podcast to the pod. I enjoye...
Dec. 2, 2021
Ep 7: Midlife Artistic Big Bangs
If you've ever felt old and uncool as an artist (like I have, and often), then this episode is for you. I set about to get hard data about when the artists that we revere in museums created their most admired works. What I un...
Nov. 22, 2021
Ep 6: Sustaining a Sculpture Practice w/ Courtney Puckett & Carl D'Alvia
This week on Peps, I interviewed Courtney Puckett and Carl D'Alvia (2 amazing contemporary artists working in sculpture) and we really got down to the nitty gritty of what it takes to be a sculptor in this year or our lord 20...
Nov. 12, 2021
Ep 5: The Perks & Perils of Procrastination w/ Mandy Wilson Rosen
In this episode, multi-media artist, Mandolyn Wilson Rosen, and I debate whether Procrastination is a good or a bad thing in the studio. We also cluck our tongues at famous procrastinating artists and writers throughout histo...