Season 1
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...
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...