Paint & Clay

Have you thought about dabbling in pastels, but are unsure where to start? Well this episode is for you! Gabor and Lorenzo Chavez discuss the rising popularity of the medium and how learning about color palettes actually drew Lorenzo towards his love of pastels.

About the Artist: Lorenzo Chavez's first inspirations and foundation as a young artist were formed by the local landscape and the art history in New Mexico. Lorenzo now makes his home in Parker, Colorado and uses this location as a base to travel and paint the American West and Southwest. Through the years, while searching for subject matter, he realized there are many similarities throughout the Rockies. The deep blue of the vaulting sky, majestic cloud formations, rabbit brush, chamisa, pinon, pine and juniper, the willows that line the stream banks, the granite in the mountain ranges, aspens and the endless seas of grasses are continuing inspirations.

To see more from Lorenzo Chavez, visit: https://www.lorenzochavez.com/

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Taking criticism about your work is never easy, but according to Colley Whisson, if you want to improve your art, it is necessary. Tune into this week's episode to listen to a discussion about why we need to hear the bad news. 

About the Artist: "I have long believed “It’s not what you paint but how you paint it”.  With this in the fore-front of my mind I’ve dedicated myself to developing my skills to the highest level possible. I’m aiming to tell a visual story with clarity and sophistication but I am also driven to distort and abstract the image as much as possible while still maintaining a realistic image.  I am deeply honoured to be able to regularly hold exhibitions, tutoring appointments, judging and demonstrations in Australia and abroad.  To carry the tag as quoted "one of Australia’s finest Impressionist painters" is a great personal achievement."

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Behind every great athlete are thousands of hours of practice, preparation, and training. Painting and sculpting also require practice in order to grow, and that requires time, which can be frustrating to the new artist. Tune into this episode to listen to Gabor and Lorenzo Chavez offer their thoughts and stories on this topic. 

About the Artist: Lorenzo Chavez's first inspirations and foundation as a young artist were formed by the local landscape and the art history in New Mexico. Lorenzo now makes his home in Parker, Colorado and uses this location as a base to travel and paint the American West and Southwest. Through the years, while searching for subject matter, he realized there are many similarities throughout the Rockies. The deep blue of the vaulting sky, majestic cloud formations, rabbit brush, chamisa, pinon, pine and juniper, the willows that line the stream banks, the granite in the mountain ranges, aspens and the endless seas of grasses are continuing inspirations.

To see more from Lorenzo Chavez, visit: https://www.lorenzochavez.com/

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Australian artist Colley Whisson and Gabor discuss how you can make the viewer feel like they are "in the scene" of your painting. 

About the Artist: "I have long believed “It’s not what you paint but how you paint it”.  With this in the fore-front of my mind I’ve dedicated myself to developing my skills to the highest level possible. I’m aiming to tell a visual story with clarity and sophistication but I am also driven to distort and abstract the image as much as possible while still maintaining a realistic image.  I am deeply honoured to be able to regularly hold exhibitions, tutoring appointments, judging and demonstrations in Australia and abroad.  To carry the tag as quoted "one of Australia’s finest Impressionist painters" is a great personal achievement."

If you want to learn more about Colley's 365 Day Online Mentorship Course with TAAO, visit: https://tucsonartacademyonline.com/colley-whisson-online-workshop

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The Paint & Clay Podcast is back and today we have a special guest in the studio: Colorado artist Lorenzo Chavez! In this episode, Lorenzo and Gabor offer you a road map to simplifying the subject(s) of your painting. 

About the Artist: Lorenzo Chavez's first inspirations and foundation as a young artist were formed by the local landscape and the art history in New Mexico. Lorenzo now makes his home in Parker, Colorado and uses this location as a base to travel and paint the American West and Southwest. Through the years, while searching for subject matter, he realized there are many similarities throughout the Rockies. The deep blue of the vaulting sky, majestic cloud formations, rabbit brush, chamisa, pinon, pine and juniper, the willows that line the stream banks, the granite in the mountain ranges, aspens and the endless seas of grasses are continuing inspirations.

To see more from Lorenzo Chavez, visit: https://www.lorenzochavez.com/

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In this episode, Eric offers painters three key tips for simplifying their work.

About the Artist: Eric Jacobsen was born and raised in New England. He received a BA in History from Gordon College in Wenham, MA in 1989 and studied fine art at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, CT from 1991-1995. At the Academy he received training in the Beaux Arts tradition of drawing and painting from life.

To see more from Eric Jacobsen, visit: https://www.jacobsenfineart.com/

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Design, or what some artists refer to as composition, is one of the most important aspects of a good painting. Eric Jacobsen and Gabor talk through how painting by design must be something intentional, not accidental.

About the Artist: Eric Jacobsen was born and raised in New England. He received a BA in History from Gordon College in Wenham, MA in 1989 and studied fine art at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, CT from 1991-1995. At the Academy he received training in the Beaux Arts tradition of drawing and painting from life.

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In this episode, artist Eric Jacobsen and Gabor go over how you can really enjoy the loose application of paint. 

About the Artist: Eric Jacobsen was born and raised in New England. He received a BA in History from Gordon College in Wenham, MA in 1989 and studied fine art at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, CT from 1991-1995. At the Academy he received training in the Beaux Arts tradition of drawing and painting from life.

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Sculpting from life obviously has its benefits, but by offering tips that have helped him over the years, Simon proves to Gabor that sculpting from photographs can be equally advantageous. 

About the Artist: Since immigrating to the U.S. in 1991, [Simon Kogan] has steadily risen to national prominence as a sculptor whose widely acclaimed work - monumental to miniature - reflects a bold, yet poetic pursuit of the archetypal and renders an ethereal quality highly resonant with the viewer. A Fellow of the National Sculpture Society, Simon Kogan has long shared his artistic passion through the teaching of sculpture, painting, anatomy and drawing in the U.S. and abroad.

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Colorado artist Skip Whitcomb discusses the necessity of abstract composition which underlies all good painting.

About the Artist: An accomplished outdoor painter, Whitcomb has received numerous awards for his landscape paintings in oil and pastel, his work resides in major public and private collections.  He has had several one-man shows and participated in numerous gallery invitational and museum exhibitions throughout the country. Graduated Art Center College of Design. “Mood and feeling are more important with Whitcomb than visual reference, though all of his landscapes he paints are compelling places,” says one museum curator.  “The detail of the physical world is subdued in response to the spiritual one.”  Whitcomb says, “Once you internalize the language of painting you see the world differently.  It never leaves you.  The veil of rational order is lifted and what hangs in the air are sensations of painted possibilities.  On good days, some would call it poetry.”

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To visit Skip's website directly see: https://www.skipwhitcomb.com/index.html

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