ANN FLEMINGS is an abstract painter from Austin, Texas who seeks ways to stretch color and draw out the light source in her forms. After an early career in graphic design, Ann shifted to development and fundraising work, which left no room for artwork. Ann candidly shares her thoughts on balancing motherhood and art, overcoming feelings of selfishness, and the importance of finding your own dedicated art space, community and role models. Ann also gives us a behind-the-scenes look at being an artist participant in one of the biggest antique shows in the United States—Round Top, Texas.

Find Ann:
Website:   www.flemingsart.com
Instagram: ann_flemings_art
Facebook: AnnFlemingsArt

Mentioned:

• How We Do Both: Art and Motherhood, Michi Jigarjian   (book)
• Round Top (visit) / The Arbors (visit)
• Lucy MacQueen (see)
• Travis Seeger (see)
• The Other Art Fair- Dallas (visit)
• Big Medium / Austin, TX (learn more) 
• Brian Rutenberg (see)

Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:
Website:   https://www.kristybattani.com
Instagram:  kristybattaniart
Facebook:  kristybattaniart

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Julie Fritz is an abstract landscape artist from Richmond, Virginia. Rooted in a deep appreciation for the land around her, Julie uses a cold wax technique to create works with a strong sense of place. Starting with a quote to ground the piece, Julie shares her process of building 30-plus translucent layers to capture the essence of a place, frequently for commission projects.

With a prior background in event marketing, Julie may have started painting later in life but she has embraced art with the same work ethic and sense of adventure that has characterized all her endeavors. From traveling cross-country by motorcycle to penning two books, Julie generously shares experiences that have fed her spirit and the practices she has embraced to develop relationships in her art career.

Find Julie:
Website: https://www.juliefritz.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliefritzart

Mentioned:

• Messermeister Scrapers (available here)  
• Cold Wax Medium (available here)
• Rebecca Crowell
  • Rebecca's Artwork (see)
  • Classes / Cold Wax Academy (explore)
• Keepers of the Sangres, Julie Fritz (read) 
• Remembering A Hill, Julie Fritz  (read) 
• Big Medium / Austin, TX (learn more) 
• Sawyer Yards / Houston, TX (learn more) 

Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:
Website:   https://www.kristybattani.com
Instagram:  kristybattaniart
Facebook:  kristybattaniart

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Arielle Austin is an abstract painter from Austin, Texas whose work radiates graceful energy. In this conversation, Arielle generously shares her experiences with transitioning from an unfulfilling career, re-establishing her art presence in a new city, and the recent transition— leaving her "day job" to devote her energy full time to being an Artist.

Comparing her work to a "visual diary," Arielle offers candid insight into the role art has played in her life journey. "Start where you are with what you've got."

Find Arielle:
Website:   https://www.arielle-austin.com/
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/arielle_austin/

Mentioned:

• Princeton Catalyst Tool: (available here)
• Blanton Art Museum, Joan Mitchell's "Rock Bottom" (see)
• Ninth Street Women, Mary Gabriel (book)
• Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, Mason Currey (book)
• BBATX / Boss Babes (learn more)
• Maverick City Music (listen)
• ATX Gals (learn more)
• Six Square, Austin TX (learn more/visit)
• Austin Art Garage (visit)
• Aimée Everett (see work)

Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:
Website:   https://www.kristybattani.com
Instagram:  kristybattaniart
Facebook:  kristybattaniart

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Tamiko Braun is a Munich-based, mixed-media artist with a love for vibrant colors, textures, and unexpected additives like sand, coffee, and marble dust. As a process-oriented artist, she focuses on creating layers in her work, stripped away to reveal designs of varying depth underneath. Fluent in Japanese, English and German, Tamiko also has over 20 years of consulting, strategic planning, business development and marketing experience with international technology companies. 

Just a Southern California "beach girl" at heart, Tamiko shares how a health scare made her re-evaluate her intense, international travel-oriented career and reconnect her to art. Tamiko shares how she grew her art practice, developed commission work and learned to trust her intuitive practice.  As Tamiko says, "It's never too late to reset."

Find Tamiko:
Tamiko's Website: https://www.tamikobraun.com
Tamiko's  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamikobraun.art
Tamiko's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tamikobraun.art

Mentioned:
14" Non-Serrated Cake Knife: (available here)
Brian Rutenberg (website),  Clear Seeing Places (book)
Professor Lalo Srkalovic (website)
Alice Sheridan / Connected Artists (website)
Louise Fletcher (website)
Mark Eanes color workshops (website)*
*Tamiko mentioned this off-air but raves about Mark's online workshops

Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:
Kristy's Website:   https://www.kristybattani.com
Kristy's Instagram:  kristybattaniart
Kristy's Facebook:  kristybattaniart

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Sharon Kyle is a multidisciplinary artist best known for her unique use of texture and materials. Sharon often incorporates found ordinary objects like rusted metal, wood, paper and cloth, alongside industrial materials such as concrete, asphalt and insulation foam. Sharon’s work transforms old, rusted, discarded materials into elegant but provocative statements on aging, gender, and cultural values.

In this conversation, Sharon Kyle discusses how her early experiences in real estate and construction influenced her choice of materials, how she made the plunge to return to college in her early 30s, and how she supplemented her early art practice with sales positions working with educational materials.

Sharon's infectious laugh and candid discussion of aging make this a particularly engaging conversation.

Find Sharon:
Sharon's Website:   www.sharonkyle.art
Sharon's Instagram:  sharonkyleartworks

Mentioned:

• Janet Fish, contemporary American realist artist  learn more
• Real Artists Don’t Starve, by Jeff Goins  available here
• Lois Wilson, American folk artist learn more
• Treasures from the Rubble, documentary about artist Lois Wilson  watch here
• Fayette Art Museum (Fayette, AL)  learn more

Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:  
Kristy's Website:  www.kristybattani.com
Kristy's Instagram:  kristybattaniart

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Welcome to ARTish Plunge! A podcast for anyone interested in the curious relationship between artists and the other professions, day jobs, or past vocations that have allowed them to make the art they do.

Are you intrigued by the infinite ways artists have found the means to sustain an art practice? Perhaps you are contemplating taking the plunge to be a full-time working artist? Maybe you question whether such a thing is even possible? 

If you said yes to any of those thoughts, you are in the right place.

Your host Kristy Darnell Battani,  a full-time abstract artist from Austin, Texas, seeks out kindred spirits who have had winding career paths on the way to making their own unique art plunge.

Join Kristy for weekly studio chats with artists from around the country and uncover their unique stories and vocations:  the combinations are as limitless and fascinating as their artwork. 

Find Me:
Kristy's Website:  www.kristybattani.com
Kristy's Instagram:  kristybattaniart

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