Art Horse

A walking in the yard episode, just a little update where I talk about Art Class and Dancing in the Dark and feel hopeful. Also: quilting colour woes, a mama sew-in, and other blue-sky ideas.

I mention Modern Improv Quilting by Laura Veenema

Kristen Egan is a mixed media artist – primarily gourds, wood, and paper clay – based somewhere in the woods of Pennsylvania. Her folkloric and characterful masks drip with personality and take illustration 3 dimensional. See her work on Instagram at kristeneganart. You can hear more from Kristen in episode 126 and 130!

This episode is so good! And also there's a little bit of background fuzz but I'm practicing imperfection so I don't sit on this great conversation for 6 months. In this episode we chat about:

• Navigating gallery pricing with integrity
• Hanging bells on without looking 'Arts n Crafts'
• Playing the war pipes on a windy cliff in Ireland

Kristen has some pieces in some shows coming up!! There's a list on her website here: https://www.kristenegan.com/shop But she also mentions she's sending some pieces to Gallery Ergo in Seattle in November!

And here we are within it. In this walking episode, some successes and their accompanying fears.

• What if you could get paid to just show up and be yourself?? well then I wouldn't have time for anything else like another kid or taking my stuff to the dump so I'd better not
• Maybe have a snack and give yourself a little break from the intensity of hating your own work
• Some ideas for visual artists to overcome art block

I mention

1. Book: The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control, by Katherine Morgan Schafler
2. Book: Making Comics by Lynda Barry
3. Song: "Lollipop" by Aqua
4. The Quilty Nook of Zak Foster
5. Victoria Van der Laan, quilt sketches: https://victoriavanderlaan.com/

In this walking episode:

• That oil painting class emboldened me
• Polka disaster
• I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band?
• A revelation: what if life after social media just keeps getting bigger? and better???

I mention:

• Paul Silveria (square/folk dancing): https://paulsilveria.bandcamp.com/album/old-time-dance-party-full-album-and-booklet
• Coffee Coffee Cake from "Dessert Person" by Claire Saffitz
• The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
• The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas

Gabrielle is a learning and development coordinator in a small town in BC - and she got married this summer! In this episode we talk about planning the wedding she never let herself dream about, planning events to match your values, and reclaiming girlhood.

• You can do what you WANT
• ..... and how do you know do you want?
• A "full reset" isn't real
• It's never too late to learn to paint your nails (if you want to!)

A walking episode with a dog and a very chatty baby. In this episode:

• Just thread the machine and walk away
• Showing Up is a superpower that you can just choose to have
• Letting things sit and developing your taste and knowledge in the meantime

I mention:

• Start with Hello by Shannan Martin

Emily Schanowski (from episode 84) returns to us as a full-time artist, now based in Appleton, WI. Moving to Appleton has been a big juicy change and now she's making her own markets and (finally!!) making zines! In this episode:

• making an art market in an eager and supportive community
• paying it forward with vendor mentorship
• a book binding class as a catalyst for finally making zines
• what do you do when your heart says yes but your body politely declines?

Find Emily's stickers, prints, and zines here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EmTheJackalope

Found a clip of myself in a competition and here's some reflection, clarity and compassion.

Mentions the competition clip from episode 136: https://youtu.be/x2rcgBJbUnc

A walking episode, featuring

• ego obliteration and recovery
• fear does not keep you safe
• the "not so bad" trick
• you're (I'm) acting like it's life or death and it ain't
• do I... learn to shuffle?

This episode mentions

• Sarah J. Maas: https://sarahjmaas.com/ 
• Shuffle inspo: https://youtu.be/emcVExxKJFU
• Solo jazz competition (see what I mean? I was in the crowd and saw this one live!): https://youtu.be/Fx77E7m85Ic
• OH MY WORD I'm in this one, #73 hiding in the back: https://youtu.be/x2rcgBJbUnc

FINALLY A WALK! Some recent inspiration while carrying a big baby and walking a different big baby (the dog).

Topics include:

• Oil paint inspo-timidation (and giving it a shot anyway)
• A short list of things that are Not Better
• Continued jamming
• Making friends in a small town is maybe like thrift shopping
• Dipping a toe into a new therapist (...... ew)

I mention:

• Oil painter Audrey Elaine Garwood
• Painting Into the Light by Jenny Aitken
• Painting Brilliant Skies & Water in Pastel by Liz Haywood-Sullivan
• Slow Productivity by Cal Newport