My next guest developed a unique strategy with a compelling urge to capture the attention of everyone viewing his paintings. He astutely notes that “The world around us offers an absolutely incredible amount of visual information that we simply allow ourselves to tune out in the overload.” His goal with each painting is to capture that moment and cause the viewer to pause and take in the world of details and colors that are there but seldom noticed. Each painting he creates becomes an entire landscape made up of seemingly plain, everyday moments.

Having graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a bachelor of Fine Art, the primary tools he landed on to apply his trade are watercolor brushes and airbrush as he has found no other combination of tools that can produce the range of effects that these tools can. The ability to create everything from seamless washes to razor sharp details allows him to push the realism in all of his work.

Having been featured in countless publications and magazines, he now features his work through numerous social media platforms with a loyal and growing audience who follow his amazing work and regular live streams.
 
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I first met my next guest in the city of Snohomish, Washington State in 2008 and quickly learned he one of the most generous, talented and humble artists I'd ever met.
 A creative airbrush illustrator artist with multiple specialty areas who produces incredibly creative work. 
 Originally from Mexico City, Mexico, this multimedia artist made his way to California to master as many possible techniques to improve the quality of his work to the point that today has perfected a unique style between airbrushing and digital illustration art.
 
 Today, Gerald runs “Gerald Mendez Art Studio” based in Chino, California, from where he produces numerous designs and illustrations for clients such as The Walt Disney Company, The Disney Store, DreamWorks and Wacom, just to mention a few.
 
 In addition Gerald Mendez is the designer of the popular airbrush stencils “Texture FX” series among others templates created for Artool.

Gerald is recognised worldwide as a leading professional airbrush and digital artist whose inspiration is reflected in painting custom Harley Davidson motorcycles and stylised Fantasy Art Illustrations.

GERALDS INSTAGRAM HERE

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Dennis Mathewson was born in Las Vegas but calls Hawaii home. He’s been a professional artist since the age of fifteen; Painting and creating from his passion of what he sees in his mind and what life surrounds him in his island lifestyle. His work is a culmination of diversity derived from years of vast experience 

In addition to being an acclaimed artist in the fine arts, his skills include traditional painting, wood carving, metal grinding, airbrushing and faux finishes. A master refinisher has decades of experience in award-winning motorcycle, automotive and industrial custom painting. 

He successfully owned and operated his diversified commercial art studio in Honolulu for over 35 years and is considered one of the worlds “top guns” in the custom automotive painting industry. 
In this time he was a trailblazer and entrepreneur; developing, designing and releasing many products for companies such as Alsa Paints finishes and Iwata Airbrushes and spray equipment. 
 
Today he keeps busy primarily focused on supplying the many galleries with his highly demanded fine art paintings and special finish pieces

Lorenzo shares his wins, his lessons and his challenges in this conversation about his artistic journey.
I talk to Lorenzo about his beginning his career as an illustrator and a graphic designer for advertising agencies and small publishers in Italy and then how he soon realised that painting was his true calling.

We learn about why in 1997 he made the move to the USA and how public learned very quickly to recognise his style.
As his covers started to appear in Australia, South America and Eastern Europe, In his own words, the "real big one" happened in 2000 when his big break came. 

His complete work has been published in five different books, each a specialised collection and as an artist & publisher he has completed 6, yes count them, 6 successful kickstarter campaigns for different creative projects with his art!

Today we speak with Justin about his experiences in the film industry and his attitudes and philosophies around  being a Visual Artist. 
As a creative that has been at the forefront of the Australian horror and science fiction film industry for many years as the founder and owner of special effects company Wicked of Oz Studios and with over fifteen years’ experience as a top Special Effects Makeup Designer, Art Director and Production Designer,  writer, director and producer!

Listen now as we learn some of the lessons and look into the cinematic mind of Justin Dix

PLEASE NOTE: The internet connection while recording this caused some audio issues on this episode. They have been cleaned and restored as best possible and sounds great for 98% but just wanted to give a heads up. The conversation in this episode was too good not to post.  Thank you for understanding

Rodrick [Rod] Fuchs has been a Professional freelance artist has been an increasingly popular and sought-after choice for original, custom artwork since emerging onto the art scene in Tennessee more than 18 years ago.

From the very beginning, Rod’s unique vision, style and designs garnered numerous awards, acclaim, and industry recognition. 

His work is readily available and distributed internationally by various local and international retailers (currently including AutoZone, Wal-Mart,  and adorns everything from decals & t-shirts, to puzzles, beach towels and posters
 
Currently located in Alberta, Canada, and partnered with his wife Cherie, they have proudly achieved a lengthy and noteworthy client list that includes: MTV, CMT, Harrah’s, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, The University of Tennessee, Endless Games and Lethal Threat Designs 

His work is regularly featured in national and international publications and in recent years, art Instruction has also become a huge passion for him having taught sold out workshops in several countries around the world

Todays episode is a fun and candid discussion with an amazing artist who is incredibly talented, sweet,  thoughtful and hard working.  Join us as we discuss her experiences and thoughts on professional cycling,  art with meaning,   painting Royalty and not being able to teach or travel in a pandemic. We also talk about clogs and tulips!

Marissa Oosterlee is a successful, multi award winning international artist from the Netherlands. She has acquired worldwide attention and recognition with her hyper realistic paintings and is a world renowned oil painter and airbrush artist.

Marissa can be found at:
www.marissaoosterlee.com
www.foxystudio.com

Be sure to follow Marissa on Instagram Here



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Episode 2 - Marissa Oosterlee

Todays episode is a fun and candid discussion with an amazing artist who is incredibly talented, generous, humble and hard working.  Join us as we discuss his experiences and thoughts on working with some of the biggest licenses in the pop culture art world, and how even the biggest and best artists and still fell like they're waiting to "make it".

Our guest today is an absolute pop -culture art legend!  He has been illustrating Star Wars artwork for Disney and Lucasfilm and Star Trek artwork for CBS Studios for almost quarter of a Century. He has also completed stunning artwork under license for properties including but certainly not limited to companies such as Netflix, Lucasfilm, Marvel Comics' &  DC Comics

Joe can be found and supported at:
www.joecorroney.com
Joe's Patreon
www.patreon.com/joecorroney
Joe's Instragram
instagram.com/joecorroney


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Episode 3 - Joe Coronney

Joined today by  Logan Preshaw; a freelance concept artist, illustrator and Art Director who has worked for companies including Weta Workshop and Disney!

A Conceptual Artist & Conceptual Thinker; this episode is a candid discussion with an amazing artist who is incredibly profound, thoughtful, humble and insightful.  Join us as we discuss his experiences and thoughts on commercial art, the landscape of social media as an artist and its impact on the artists psyche, business and productivity, as well as an artists self discipline.

You can find Logan at:
Artstation
Instagram


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Episode 1 - Logan Preshaw

It's the stories of the artistic journey that really let you know who an artist is and how they accomplished what they have that is the true knowledge we crave. You can find out what type of materials or gear to use in a Google search, but how people think and how they overcome; Learning their stories, their attitudes, their behaviours and how they got to where they are, thats the really good stuff!  Visual Talking Podcast is discussions that will help your mindset and creativity as well as help your art and your business to grow and thrive.  Visual Talking episodes are insightful, in-depth, fun and candid discussions with visual creatives that motivate, inform and inspire.  They say "success is a journey, not a destination". These are the conversations about those journeys.   Join Daniel Power, an artistic veteran with over 25 years of art, photography and design experience as he talks to visual artists all over the world.