An up-close look at queer artist Zenele Muholi's self-portrait "MaID III, Philadelphia" part of her series of performative images that turns the camera on herself, using her body and face to capture the life of a black lesbian in South Africa.

Image Credit: Yancey Richardson http://www.yanceyrichardson.com/artists/zanele-muholi
Acknowledgment to authors Alex Pilcher from the Tate Museum and author of "A Queer Little History of Art," and art historians Tara Burk and Amy Raffe whose writings provided me with relevant resources for this podcast episode.

I round up my 4 part mini-series on Aging and the Portrait with the collaborative work of drag performer Mario Montez and photographer/artist Conrad Ventur. Experience the magical presence of this once legendary underground actor and queer performer in the portrait "MM#1" from 2010-12.
Image Credit: @ConradVentur website (www.conradventur.com)

Explore Aging and the Portrait through the lens of photographer Laura Hofstadter in her series of black and white, self-portraits, "Staging," Visit her website laurahofstadter.com to learn more about the series and her prolific body of work. Image Credit: @laurahofstadter

Part 2 of a 4 part mini-series on Portrait and Aging--This week we look at aging and the self-portrait through the works by the introspective 17th-century painter Rembrandt.

I want to acknowledge authors Leon Edel and Ludwig Munz who provided relevant resources in my preparation for this podcast episode. Learn more about Self Portrait, 1659 at National Gallery of Art www.nga.gov and Self Portrait, 1628 at Rijksmuseum https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en
Image Credit: National Gallery of Art

Renaissance artist Giorgione through his painting "La Vecchia," (translates to old woman) inspired me to explore our aging and the portrait. This episode is part 1 of a 4 part mini-series on our shared humanity of "growing old." Resources for this episode include The Wadsworth Atheneum (www.thewadsworth.org)

Experience pure color poured onto the canvas in a process American artist Helen Frankenthaler called "soak stain." Explosive landscape of color and abstract forms.

I want to acknowledge Whitney Museum of American Art and the book "Originals: American Women Artists," by Eleanor Munro, resources for this podcast episode. "Orange Mood" is part of the exhibition, "Spilling Over: Painting Color in the 1960s" at The Whitney Museum until August 2019. Learn more at www.whitney.org.

Sol LeWitt was one of the leaders in the Conceptual Art movement; experience one of his early works, a portrait of a woman; a rare glimpse of his direct authorship on the canvas from an artist who had his "ideas" of concepts and structures executed by others.

Resources for this podcast episode include New Britain Museum of American Art (www.nbmaa.org) and New York Times (nytimes.com) Image credit: NBMAA

Explore the historical and autobiographical through artist Howardena Pindell's visual vocabulary of texture, bright colors in her evocative work "Autobiography: Water / Ancestors / Middle Passage / Family Ghosts," mixed media work from 1989
I want to acknowledge Wadsworth Atheneum for resources and images used in this podcast episode. www.thewadsworth.org. Learn more about Howardena Pindell at howardenapindell.org

Through the lens of African-American artist Henry O. Tanner's "Wynkoop House," experience "civil rights" symbolized in a tree.

Visit New Britain Museum of American Art at www.nbmaa.org to see the image and @beyondthepaintpodcast on Instagram.

American artist Isabel Bishop, through her observations from her window into NYC's Union Square, makes compositions of everyday women in their everyday activities with renewed dignity.

I want to acknowledge the author Helen Yglesias for her text, "Isabel Bishop," and the New York Times; two references I used for this episode. You can view the work @beyondthepaintpodcast on Instagram and @ beyondthepaint.net