Conversations

Opening Reception: Friday September 23, 6-8 pm
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Wow! What a show this year. We had such a fun opening on Instagram Live last Friday. I talked with most of our award winners and a handful of other great artists in the show. And in fact, this was the longest-running opening to date just because we were having so much fun. Big thanks to all the artists and collectors who tuned in and made it so great!

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You’ve probably heard the acronym N.F.T. before, but if you don’t know what it is, what it means or why it’s important to the art world, you’re not alone.

Buying an NFT is still a little intimidating for non-techy types. It will get easier, but for now, you still need to have some cryptocurrency in a wallet. I made some videos of my experience buying Grackle #08 from getting a wallet to owning the NFT. Hopefully this helps!

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Join me for an interview with western pop artist GL Richardson in his Santa Fe studio. We chat about his journey to finding himself as a fine artist and his latest body of work, available for now in the Impermanent Collection.

West Texas, Career origins, Park residencies and finding your voice with @aliceleese

Plein air, vintage Broncos, stainless steel and alternative surfaces and Texas galore with @kerriasm

JFK as an Indian, assemblage, rocket ships and a little bit of the business with @jimmydescant

Watercolor, Connection with the Outdoors and YouTube as Instructor with @annaleighmoo

Live/work space, watercolors, tattoos and more with @pdx_barker

Shootin’ (and painting) bull, process and pallette with @nathannovackart

Genres, the biz, calavera with @danielsartwork… and a special guest cameo 😆

Bozeman, career, flow and more with @k_raejohns

I was able to visit Colorado-based painter and ceramicist Erika Donaghy in her Dillon home studio. Take a look to see her space and work as we talk about her art career and processes.

Andrew Pelster honors working ranch families by capturing moments of modern ranch life in accurate and highly detailed drawings. Join us for our talk about working in graphite, truth, engineering detail and documentation.

Whitney Gardner (“Whit” to her friends) is a desert soul. After finishing her BFA in San Francisco, she left the big city for a simpler life in the remote “town” of 29 Palms, and rented a shack with her tax return money at the high price of $600.

Sirena LaBurn is an oil painter living and working from her home in the Houston area. Join us for our talk about small spaces, that #momartist life, thick paint and instarelatioships.

Johnny DeFeo is an artist living and working just outside of Taos, New Mexico. He shows us around his studio and we talk about some of his works, art career development, Adventure Painting and inspiration in the form of animal avatars.

We had a bit of a connection issue, but it seems to have mellowed out part way into our conversation. If you can’t take the echo, fast forward a bit until it drops out.