Speaking with Toronto based Expressionist Artist Gwen Tooth we take a deep dive into her practice on how she assimilates her travels into techniques in her toolbox; how staying with teachers too long can change your creativity in ways you didn't expect, and how she never thought art school was for her - when ultimately she went later on to three different institutions. 

Join Carolyn Botelho as she discusses with Gwen where her influences in Art really came from, how textiles, printmaking, and even playing a variety of instruments played a part. When does she decide the painting is complete? How do memory and visualization work together? And what gave her the initial inspiration to take her down this artistic path?

Working backwards Tooth describes her early years with her mother and all that she learned from her, how sewing, and even copying calendar pictures, were part of the fabric that made her creativity what it has become today. Reflecting on all the tools she has gathered over the years from her Mother's hands, workshops, galleries, and classes, to fellow students, and friends. 

Gwen's wealth of knowledge she unfolds for us methodically in this discussion on her practice, her process, and what few rules she sticks to as she breaks the rest; while she holds thousands of landscape snapshots  in her psyche nearly ready to be revealed to the world in her next exhibition.

You can enjoy more of Gwen Tooth art here:  https://propellerartgallery.com/members/gwen-tooth/

Gwen Tooth Podcast Interview Credits
Audio Links from https://freemusicarchive.org/
Podcast by Carolyn Botelho

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Join Carolyn Botelho as she takes a deep dive with her first Artist on inspiration, perspectives, and what it takes to be truly authentic.  What being true to yourself means; why she likes people not liking her art, and the challenges of finding spaces to show her creativity.

Talking with artistic professionals like Claudia Dorey is a real enlightening process because they have allowed me to see thru the windows into their creative process that can go unnoticed or unrecognized; when they can be  essential. We need to nourish our innovation. These are gifts that need to be inspired regularly. Whether it is writing, drawing, reading, cooking - there is creativity in everything we do.

On the Creatively Speaking Podcast we enjoy the candid conversations with these professionals.  Feeling as if we are looking behind the magic curtain, revelling in this truly personal intimate space, that in itself is another creative arena. A place where we discuss the intricacies and details within the actual practice of inventive proliferation. 

Claudia Dorey Podcast Interview Credits:
Audio Links from https://freemusicarchive.org/
Podcast by Carolyn Botelho

Connect with Claudia Dorey:

https://www.claudiadoreyart.com/

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