Blake Paul Neubert is a Colorado artist that focuses on figurative painting. He references themes from his experiences working in the criminal justice field with substance abuse and mental illness. He is the Co-Founder of Death of a Coworker.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Growing up in Wyoming
• Childhood
• How painting gave him a tool to fit in with the other kids
• Pushing through failures
• How working in the criminal justice / judicial field influences the way he views the world
• His new body of work coming from a deeply personal and dark place
• Leaving behind a legacy
• Not getting distracted by our own ego and self-image
• The emotional rollercoaster of trying to have a career in the arts
• The harsh realities of being an artist
• Uninformed perspectives on how much quality paintings are worth
• How we're living in a world run by technology, which has its pros and cons. We have accessibility to everything, however because of this it has a ripple effect that devalues things that once held a stronger value.
• How Death of a Coworker came to be

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