Full time artist Andrew Norris explores the nuances of art, creativity and business, interviewing painters, musicians, creative entrepreneurs and more. Topics range from process and techniques, flow states and organization, to career advice, and personal stories. Whether art is your hobby or you’re a dedicated creator, this is the podcast for you. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/artsyaf/support
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Michael Roy, aka Birdcap makes whimsical and cartoon-like characters influenced by both historical paintings and street art His work is a product of the south, (he grew up in Mississippi) both a love letter to the region he calls home and a challenge to its problems. He creates densely colored scenes that slide between references to Jim Henson and …
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Abstract Artist Nick Bultman and I hopped on a Zoom call to discuss his story, process, and social media strategies amongst a buffet of other topics both art related and not.To support Artsy AF, join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/artsyAFpodcastWhere to find NickIG: https://www.instagram.com/nbultman_art/YT: https://www.youtube.com/@UC1Qq0vz3…
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He's a comedian, psychedelic proselytizer and scientific communicator. It's Shane Mauss! Shane is currently taking his unique psychedelic infused comedy tour on the road: https://www.shanemauss.comHe also has some very nice mind supplements ( https://www.mypurplelady.com ) that we discuss in this episode. Thanks for being here! SHOUTS! --- Support …
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Where to find Soulacybin Bandcamp: https://bandcamp.com/soulacybin Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0FVJbKYvs5oxBreELfI0vK?si=YmQ3difiThGjEr3-CHCBUw Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/soulacybin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulacybin/?hl=enIt's been a long 21 months, folks. We're back, baybeeeee!Artsy AF returns with a low-producti…
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Evan Skytree Snyder ( Bandcamp // @skytreemusic ) is a producer, synthesizer technician, and an engineer. Evan has developed a unique way of creating synthesizer patches using a method he calls geo-sonification; method whereby he uses material from the earth such as crystals or running water from streams as the signal/input for creating sounds on h…
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Steven Castillo (@steventheartist) is a painter from Indianapolis who is finally doing something tasteful with the paint pouring technique that has become so popular in the last decade. Definitely go check out his work! In this episode we talk lucid dreaming, his painting process, psychedelics, Bob Ross and Steven relates his story of splitting tim…
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Blake Foster (@blakefosterart) is a painter living in California, making epic images that connect the viewer to nature. In this episode Blake talks about going to digital art school, his early days spraying graffiti, how he approaches each day and a whole lot more. Blake currently has a solo show up at Threyda this month that you should go check ou…
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Steven Teller (@stevetellerarts) is a muralist, painter and live art coordinator living in Florida. In this episode Steven walks us through the process of procuring, mocking up and executing a mural. We talk about practicing spray painting, his time in art school and we go through some of his work in the video segment, the full version of which is …
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Amanda Sage (@amandasageart ) is a painter, teacher and community builder living mainly in Gunnison, Colorado. Amanda is a central pillar in the psychedelic and visionary art movement over the past two decades. Her work has been featured in galleries and at festivals around the globe. During the beginning of the pandemic, she started the Vision Tra…
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A improvisational, celebratory, roundtable discussion with friends Krystle Smith @krystleyez, Emily Kell @emilythefunkypriestess, Morgan Mandala @morganmandala, Randal Roberts @randalrobertsart and John Speaker @johnspeaker! Shouts to Andrew Size @iam_size, Mark Santos @markstylezproductions and Eliza Schultz @_spinkit for your tremendous support i…
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Autumn Skye Morrison (@autumnskyeart) is a painter living in British Columbia Canada. Topics in this episode include Autumn's unique upbringing, why she thinks the trope of the 'starving artist' is false, teaching and being taught by art, how she listens to her paintings and let's her intuition guide her process and many more interesting and inspir…
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This week my guest is Nome Edonna (@nomeedonna) We talk about dreams and consciousness, Nome talks about his artistic origins in the bay area in conjunction with the underground art and music scene that was burgeoning there in the early 2000s, along with how he and the Furtherr crew met during that time period. We talk about artistic process and th…
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My guest this week is the painter and digital artist Anthony Hurd! (@anthonyhurd ) Anthony also owns a gallery space in Albuquerque, NM called A. Hurd Gallery (@ahurdgallery) In this episode we talk about business, being instilled with confidence watching his father being an artist, his former job in an advertising (and a plethora of other gigs) as…
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My guest this week is Michael Camarra! (@mcamarra) Michael is a painter who's work touches on history, post-apocalyptic artifacts and sci-fi. We talk about freelancing, approaching galleries, the future of humanity, his process, narrative and allegory in art and a lot more. Are you getting value out of this show? Does it bring you joy, insight or e…
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Ashley Ann Austin (@trip_a) is a glassblower living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this episode Ashley talks about her journey in to blowing glass, self care and routine, and her fascination with Coogi sweaters and how it's influenced her work. If you'd like support this podcast, go check out https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast ! Currently there …
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My guest this week is Sarah Jane Jamison (@sarahjanejamison), an image maker using traditional media- colored pencil, gouache, ink, marker and paint pens- to create iconic imagery that "mirrors the uncomfortable feeling that she associates with scrolling through an endless feed that portends both limitless potential and impending apocalypse." In th…
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This week my guest is Juan Manuel Sanabria (@juanmasana // https://jmsanabria.com/) Juan is a painter currently living in Argentina. His work is a fever dream of distracted portraits, at once realistic and 8-bit Nintendo graphics. He has been featured in Juxtapoz magazine and several galleries lately. We get in to his story, his work, his process a…
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My guest this week is Gabriel Welch (@omeka_one): painter, storyteller and graffiti writer. We talk about his story growing up and realizing he was an artist, writing and making the art for graphic novels, going sober in the context of festivals and we go off on the complexity of social media for a bit there near the end. If you're not already fami…
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Manuel Zamudio (@raid_33) is an oil painter living in south Texas. Manuel has been an artist since age 10, and his story of discovering his purpose is powerful and inspiring. We also discuss the different forms of mentors, his influences, psychedelics, and a whole lot more in this episode. You're sure to enjoy this one and definitely go and gaze at…
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Episode 90- Michael Garfield; Amphibious AF or How to Adapt and Navigate in Changing Complex Systems
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Michael Garfield (@michaelgarfield) is an artist, musician and writer with an ability to drill down into subjects' detail while simultaneously expanding them in to a broader space. He does that well in this episode as we talk on everything from free will, to the future of civilization; from incentivizing integration over innovation, to staying chil…
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Jessica Perlstein (@jessicaperlstein // https://www.jessicaperlsteinart.com) is a painter living in San Francisco. In this episode she details her story; from growing up with creative parents who were always pushing her towards being an artist, to her eventual break from painting altogether, only to re-emerge with a completely new style. We cover a…
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Hannah Webb (@theobanoth) is a painter living in Los Angeles, California. We talk about her back story, her style and simplifying her painting process, keeping your creative process fresh by WANTING to be there, "The War of Art", time management, the distortions of social media on an artist's psyche and staying consistent in making art. I think thi…
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Emily Kell (@emilythefunkypriestess) returns! Emily is a painter living in Boulder, Colorado. In this episode we talk having a sense of humor in tough times, sense of purpose , art vs. the artist, and the sneaking suspicsion that being a painter might be a bit self-indulgent. Big old heckin' SHOUTS to Tom Pink (@t0m_pink) this week's newest Patreon…
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This week's guest is Micah Ofstedahl! < @micahofstedahl // michaofstedahl.com > In this episode we go in depth into Micah's work; his influences in the unknown and scientific realms, his attention to detail and his overall take on consciousness. Please do go to Ryan Joseph Gallery this Saturday the 14th for Micah's solo show. I can personally attes…
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My guest this week is Roman Villagrana! (@synchromystic) Roman is a painter and co-founder of Tribe 13 Art Gallery with Jen Ingram (episode 71) We talk about synchromysticism, multi-dimensional living and Roman's time in Seattle during the rise of grunge music and his realization that he was an artist. This is a heady, interconnected whirlwind of a…
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This week Molly Gardner (@mollygardnerart) returns for round two on Artsy AF! Molly is a long time friend and fellow painter who recently moved to New Orleans. We discuss how the move (and a recent wrist surgery) has impacted her and her art, mental health and well being, Squish Mellows, and her upcoming teaching gig/art retreat! For more on that s…
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Miles McDonald ( @theartofwire // theartofwire.com ) is a wire wrap jeweler based in Boulder, CO. In this episode of the podcast Miles goes in depth on his back story; from manifesting a meeting with a creative legend to a synchronistic experience that led him to go all in on his craft. We also go off script and talk about guns for a bit (I know th…
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Big shouts to this week's newest patron Kathryn Williams (@rynvision) ! She has some badass art, so go check her out! Go give the Patreon a look and subscribe to help me reach my goal of 1k per month, which will cover my living expenses and allow me to focus more on the podcast as well as my own art. Vladimir Kraynyk (@vladimirkraynyk) is this week…
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This week's episode features Martin Stensaas (@martin_stensaas) painter of etheral, non-linguistic imagery of the collective unconscious! Martin and I talk about Alan Watts' telephone, his process in painting, a novel that he's working on, UFOs, some of his creative influences and the idea of utopias. Martin has a lot of insights on art as well as …
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Welcome to another episode of Artsy AF podcast. Thanks for being here! First off, I wanna give a big big shouts to Justin Valentine for becoming the newest Patreon subscriber this week. You can find him on instagram @thejustinvalentine! Please go check out the Patreon to support the show! https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast This week's guest is …
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Greetings, friends! Welcome to another episode of Artsy AF, thanks for being here! In this episode of the podcast I connect with Uri Martinez (@uriginalbcn) and Irene Lopez Leon ( @irenelopezleon ) all the way from Spain! Irene and Uri are both painters living in Barcelona. We chat about several topics including whether paintings are helping the wo…
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Shouts! to the three new Patreon subscribers this week! Chris McCall (@chrismccallart), John Endicott (social handle coming soon) and Josh Tjapkes (@tjapkesart) !! Please check out the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast to support the show and my sanity. So, if you want to see the show grow, watch videos of each episode, make guest s…
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This week's guest is Logan Walden (@loganwaldenart). Logan is a painter and full time artist living near Cincinnati, Ohio. His style blends sci-fi art influenced by John Harris, Frank Frazetta and Moebius with the psychedelic and abstract contemporary art of the festival art world. We goof off and improvise a lot in this episode so, for those who a…
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Ryan Connell is a gallerist and art curator and collector. His new space, Ryan Joseph Gallery just opened up a new spot in Denver featuring an opening solo show from Andrew Davis (the guest on episode 73). In this episode we talk about Ryan's journey from selling art work for friends (for free) to opening up his own gallery here in Denver. It's an …
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Big ol' shouts to the one and only Jarred Michael Trantham aka @lostsailorleather for becoming the newest Patreon subscriber this week! Support the podcast by going to https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast and getting a monthly subscription. You'll find three different tiers of support starting at $4/month and each tier has things like shoutouts, …
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This week's guest on the podcast is Andrew Davis! (@andrewdavisart) // https://www.andrewdavisart.com/ Andrew creates amazing paintings and has a solo show coming up this weekend on May 15th at Ryan Joseph Gallery in Denver. Details for that show can be found HERE On this episode we talk about Andrew's history of growing up in Virginia, dropping ou…
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This week's newest Patron is @observatroysystem! Thank you for your subscription! If you'd like to support this podcast and get benefits like: patron-only posts, merch, a shoutout, guest suggestions (that I will listen to) and video to go along with the audio you already enjoy... Head over to https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast and sign up! This…
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This week features Jen Ingram! ( @ancientdigital // @tribe13gallery ) is a curator, festival art co-ordinator, art history student and co-founder of Tribe 13 Gallery with Roman Villagrana- an OG artist in the live painting and visionary art community. You can find Roman's work @synchromystic on instagram. We talk about the genesis of Tribe 13, some…
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To kick things off this week I want to give a big SHOUTS to my first round of Patreon supporters;Brendan Kadey: @bredndankadeyRick York: @reflective_intuitionSam Andrus (last week's guest): Bandcamp Soundcloud @5ammusic @5amvisuals Derek Verzuh: @derek.day.9999and Austin Weber! (Austin, send me your social media handle and I'll add it in next week'…
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Episode 69- Sam Andrus (5AM Music): Pandemic Experiences, Multidisciplinary Humans, and Storytelling through Art
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Welcome, to another Artsy AF Podcast! Today I’m launching a Patreon for any of you wanting to support the podcast! Please check that out HERE! This week’s guest is Sam Andrus (@5ammusic // @5amvisuals) Sam is a music producer and visual artist going by the moniker 5AM. In this episode we talk about how the pandemic has effected the music industry, …
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Mike Dempsey (@mad.house_art) is an avid art collector and supporter of artists who just started his own brand with MAD (Michael Albert Dempsey) House Art. We talk about focusing on digital content in the pandemic year, his journey from business school to working with artists, and he shares what makes him excited about artwork and the artists thems…
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Episode 67- POST WOOK (Natasha Chomko) on Routine, Setting Boundaries, and How She Got Her Name
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Natasha Chomko goes by the brilliant name POST WOOK (@postwook) and her art is just as amazing. She’s a digital collage artist who’s work is inspired by nature and color. We talk a lot about her routine; setting boundaries with how much and when to engage with social media while also being super consistent with posting on Instagram; coming up in th…
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Welcome, my dear, creative friends: To the very first Artsy AF NFT episode and one of the first podcasts to be minted on the blockchain! In this episode Ally Grimm and I talk about artistic styles; free will; the clubhouse app; and some of the broader social implications emergent in the NFT space. Ally also shares her process and remixes the Artsy …
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Salutations my beautiful, creative friends! On this week’s episode the great David Heskin ( @davidheskinart / @chrysopoeia.tattoo ) joins me to talk about balance, continuing education in art (and life), NFTs (of course), changing up styles, teaching and approaches to creativity. If you’re not familiar with David’s work, it’s on another level. Not …
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Greetings and welcome to another Artsy AF episode! This week features Vajra (@visionaryartbyvajra) - an artist who’s work is infinite, magical and fractal, guiding viewers to new perspectives about themselves and the world they live in. We talk about selling big ticket paintings; turning adversity into a positive outcome; looking at suffering in th…
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Yo! If you don’t know Zach Jackson’s work, do yourself a favor and go check it out ( @zj_ratio // www.zjratio.com ) right this instant! It’s like a tiny interpretive dancer poured their literal soul out on to the canvas and created a beautiful expression of pure genius! We talk about how Zach makes these incredible works of art; his inspirations fr…
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I sat down with the one like Patrick Boyle (@digitalvagabond) who is a media manager, dj/producer, and jewelry maker- as well as Jöshy (@5ive_9ine) set designer, visuals wizard and carpenter/fabricator extraordinaire - for an epic conversational quest last week. We talk about Pat and Joshy’s new production project called Towr Media (@towrmedia) com…
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This week’s guest is none other than the legendary electronic music producer Mr. Bill ( @mrbillstunes). Not only is Bill an excellent producer, but he’s also a teacher of production via his online tutorials. You can sign up for some exclusive sample packs, live streams and project files via his hardcore Abletoneers package on his website: live.mrbi…
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My guest this week is Justin Aversano. Justin (@justinaversano) is the co-founder of Save Art Space (@saveartspace) , a non-profit that buys billboard space and replaces images used for advertising with public art from local artists. We talk a lot about that project, the impact of public art, his photography book Twin Flames, how technology is infl…
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Painter, sculptor and digital artist NFN Kalyan (@nfnkalyan) joins the Artsy AF podcast! Kalyan's work is a clinic in photorealism and creative composing, sampling work from renaissance painters, Marvel comics, and images from pop culture. You NEED to check out his work and give him a follow. We talk about his journey into making art- from being ab…
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