Tom Ray's Art Podcast

On this podcast episode, I meet Peter Schenck. Peter is an artist living in Brooklyn, New York. Their artwork is abstract, with what Peter calls a …

On this podcast episode, I meet Drew Sternitzky. Drew is an artist living in Wisconsin who draws a comic called Mr. Hugh’s History. It's a weekly …

On this podcast episode, I meet Stephen Gilpin. Stephen Gilpin has been working professionally as an illustrator since 2001. He’s illustrated numerous picture books, chapter books, graphic novels and illustrations for a …

On this podcast episode, I meet Joseph Iorio. Joseph is an artist living in New Jersey. Joseph had pursued art in the past but somehow it got away from him. Then a few years ago he found inspiration again and started …

On this podcast episode, I meet Ryan Haugland. Ryan is an artist I know from Instagram who I knew as a musician. But recently Ryan has started painting and I was very interested in the paintings they were posting. So we …

On this podcast episode, I meet writer Liora Paniz. Liora tells me about how a combination of dancing and Mediation led to being a writer. And how a vacation trip inspired Liora with the idea to start making children's …

On this podcast episode, I talk with artist Rob Parkinson. Rob is a graphic designer who has worked as an artist for different companies and …

On this podcast episode, I meet AI artist billy Z duke. billy lives in California and has been a musician for years. But recently billy started making fantasy paintings using AI. These aren't just prompted that billy is …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet painter, Araceli Zuniga. Araceli who used to live here in Madison is a painter that creates amazing work using …

On this podcast episode, I meet animation artist Jeanette Nørgaard from Denmark. Jeanette creates stunning animations that are a mixture of hand-drawn and digital. Jeanette has taken the work to festivals, received …

On this episode of the podcast, I talk about some of the things I've learned over the years about shipping items I sell. Things like setting up shipping costs, the difference between priority mail and first-class mail, …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet Sara Harvey Patrick. Sara is a comics artist living in Rochester, New York. Sara tells me about starting out as a newspaper reporter, then writing comedy with improv groups, and …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet artist and musician Christian Bernal. Christian lives in Illinois and is a tattoo artist. That work is also …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet pop artist and musician Amanda Wirig. Amanda creates acrylic paintings, mixed media pieces, and screen prints …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet painter Krista Allenstein. Krista is an artist here in Wisconsin who paints reimagined old roadsigns on maps …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet painter Pranav Sood. Pranav is an artist living in New York. I had originally seen the paintings Pranav did …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet writer Julie Navickas who lives in Illinois. Julie writes contemporary romance books and is the executive …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet Michael Filippello. Michael is a painter living in Hendersonville Tennessee. Michael paints landscapes and tells me about doing painted illustrations for children's books. Michael …

On this episode of the podcast, I talk with Jake Jensen. Jake is a painter that I met in the first season of the podcast. He lived here in Madison and since we last spoke he had moved out of town to Beaver Dam and found …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet illustrator Casey Hulbott. Casey lives here in Madison WI. I've run into Casey around town many times over the …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet writer and publisher Rod Garcia. Rod lives in Arizona and is a writer and their most recent series of books is called "indGame" in the YA genre. Rod also runs a publishing company …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet webcomic artist Ryan Roberts. Ryan lives in Dallas, Texas, and has a comic series called Bonebag Comics. He created Bonebag Comics back in early 2012. He has spent much of his time …

On this episode of the podcast, I talk with Eylul Dogruel an artist from Istanbul, Turkey. I went to Prague to talk at the Ubuntu Summit to talk …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet Hilary Falk a creator here in Madison. Hilary runs Fovea Works and makes natural science bone jewelry. So of course I needed to know how does someone get started working with bones …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet Susan Hensel. Susan is a textile artist in Minnesota who blends commercial embroidery processes with …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet Marla and Val of Pumpkin Hollow Art Center. They tell me about how Marla started running the Momentum Art Tech …

In this podcast episode, I wanted to talk about a Facebook ad I use all the time. It's called a Facebook lead ad.

It's a way to collect emails to …

In this podcast, I talk about the different types of posts I tried on my website to get free traffic from Google by finding the questions people are searching for. I also talk about how I found a way to make money from …

In this episode of the podcast, I talk about different ways I make money with my art blog website.

I didn't have a store or anything really to sell when I started out. So I used other ways to make money doing what I …

On the podcast, I continue my series talking about some behind-the-scenes information about what I do to create and manage my websites and my own business.

I explain how this site actually didn't start as a podcast. I …

I'm going to be doing a series of podcast episodes that are some behind-the-scenes information about how I started my site and different things that I tried to get it started.

I'm doing this because I am going to Prague …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet Jeremiah Logemann. Jeremiah is a creator living in Madison WI. Jeremiah started his whole business by creating …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet James Griffiths. James is a pottery artist living in Madison WI. James had started out working in retail but …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet Arielle Harmann. Arielle is a pottery artist living in Madison WI. We talk about how Arielle started making pottery by taking some classes. Then eventually started teaching classes …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet Amy H. Peterson. Amy is a Playwright based out of Iowa. Amy started writing plays as a child but didn't pursue it until later in life. Amy submitted one of the plays they wrote to …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet Ashley Shaw Adams. Ashley is a Watercolor Artist living in Baraboo Wisconsin. Ashley talks about their …

On this episode of the podcast, musicians and podcasters Bruce and Vox Henderson of Prejippie Music are back on the show. They recently finished an online course about marketing as an artist and we talk about what they …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet G.A Dominguez. He is a webcomic artist based in Mexico. We talk about how he got started making webcomics, his …

On this episode of the podcast, I talk with Romance author and singer KG Fletcher from Atlanta GA. Not only is KG Fletcher an author but is also a backup singer in the National Tour, "Remember When Rock Was Young – the …

On this episode of the podcast, I talk with David Van who runs the Madison Makers Market. I had originally met David when I talked to him and his partner Megan on the podcast about their company Tacocat Creations. Back …

In this episode of the podcast, I talk with writer Paul Leonard Williams. Paul has written a series of detective novels based on his central …

I turn on the mic and try to talk myself out of a creative rut. One of the things that motivated me? A podcast interview I did recently.

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On this episode of the podcast, I talk again with webcomics artist Marlene Santos. Last time I spoke with Marlene on the podcast she was just starting a new series on the comic site tapas called JumpHero. Since then …

This is the last in a 3 part series I've been doing about publishing my webcomics as print-on-demand books on Amazon. I thought I would share this on …

I recently made a series of videos about publishing my webcomics as print-on-demand books on Amazon. I thought I would share this on the art podcast …

I recently made a series of videos about publishing my webcomics as print-on-demand books on Amazon. I thought I would share this on the art podcast …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet Amie Waters. Amie has been making music and videos on YouTube for years and has turned it into a career. After …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet Jason Lambeth. Jason is an artist and musician here in Madison. Jason paints, draws, and makes music. I actually heard about him from a video suggestion on YouTube he was on a …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet Xizhou Xie. Xizhou is a painter that lives here in Madison WI. We talk about finding her art style, getting work hung in galleries, and even turning her own home into a gallery for …

On this episode of the podcast, I meet Tiffany Babb. She's a regular contributor to many online publications and writes about the comics and not just …

In the previous episode of the podcast, I talked about how I used Facebook ads to find people that might be interested in the things I make. I wanted to tell a story this time about something I tried to find people to …

This week I was unable to book an artist in time for the podcast. So I thought I would try something different.

I've been working on ads to promote …

Terry Huddleston is an artist living in Indiana who has been making comic book pinup posters and more. I saw his work at a ComicCon that came through …

Craig Hutchinson is a YouTube cartoon animator living in Jamaica. Craig contacted me after seeing one of my animated cartoons I posted online. I had checked out his YouTube and he has been posting his own cartoons for …

Philip Salamone is a painter living here in Madison WI. He was actually one of the first people I met on the podcast back when I started it in 2017. I was given the chance to do this podcast live on a local radio …

Amy Regutti is a painter living here in Madison WI. Amy had gone to school for art and gave it to become an acupuncturist.

Years later Amy started …

CJ Standal is an indie comic book writer living here in Madison WI. We met while he was at the Mighty Con here in Madison. CJ writes and publishes …

Neil Moherman is an indie comic book writer living in Dayton, Ohio. We met while he was at the Mighty Con when it came through here in Madison. Neil contacted me to tell me about his Kickstarter campaign for his next …

Zipporah Michel is an artist living in Florida. Zipporah has been painting and illustrating artwork highlighting underrated ancient figures, religious icons, and even current events in hues, and profiles as vibrant as …

Emma Groom is a comic book artist and writer living in Florida. Emma is working on a comic book called Recursions End doing the writing and the …

Chris Conidis is an artist that lives in Florida. Chris started out with an interest in animation and how it worked and that evolved into figure …

Christine Merriman is an artist that lives in Vermont who is originally from here in Wisconsin. Christine has run an artist studio called Marry Woman …

Dan Hardesty is an artist in Pennsylvania who does illustration and also makes computer 3D artwork that actually gets created and 3D printed for live stage sets for performances at the Sight & Sound Theatres a …

Jamal Moore is a blind independent R&B artist that lives here in Madison, WI. We talk on this show about how in the past few years Jamal decided to pursue what he really wanted to do, make music. He's been recording …

Joseph Arruda is an illustrator in San Jose, CA. We talk on this show about the work Joseph does and other things like Illustration influences, the pens he likes to use. Plus, new things in life like finding a creative …

Art and Asanas is an art studio in Ringwood, NJ that teaches a combination of stretching and drawing/painting for kids and adults. The focus is on …

Stephen Lee Rich is a singer and songwriter living here in Madison. Stephen has been playing music since the 1970s and has done so many things since then. We get together in my own band's studio to talk about what he …

Julia Hacker is an artist in Toronto Canada who moved there from Russia where she worked as a fashion designer. After trying to find work in Canada …

Craig Snodgrass is a painter, graphic designer but a few years ago, Craig decided to break into the designer toy world with his own Kickstarter-backed action figure, DUP-1, or “Duppy”. Now he makes what he calls …

Mortimur K is an artist, writer & musician living in Seattle. We talk about his work and how he ended up moving to Seattle on a whim. His …

Cullah is a musician from Milwaukee WI. Every year for the past 15 years Cullah has released an album on his birthday. And this year was no …

Forrest Voedisch is a Jewelry designer here in Madison WI, Forrest along with making and designing jewelry also bought a local jewelry-making studio and started what is now known as Metric Forrest Studio. We talk about …

Angelica Contreras is an artist here in Madison WI, Angelica is a painter who also includes mixed media into her work exploring the relationships …

Ciara Nash is an artist here in Madison WI, She currently has a degree in art therapy and a minor in graphic design. She plans to become a certified art therapist to introduce the therapeutic benefits and positive …

Judy Robb is a Wisconsin-based painter who is inspired by history and the stories behind it. Judy's background also includes technology and running a …

Caroline Lee is a podcaster based in England who in the past few years has started learning illustration and graphic design. I have actually known …

Ben Walker-Storey is an Illustrator and a YouTuber who also publishes coloring books and different types of low content books on Amazon. This is the …

Scott C. Hamilton is a self-taught illustrator and caricature artist living in Massachusetts. He started his caricature art career while working a comic book booth at a convention. He's been doing live drawing streams …

Bruce and Vox Henderson are musicians living in Michigan. They have been making music for years. They decided to start vlogging about their process and also run a Facebook group for musicians to talk and share their …

Raheem Nelson is an artist based in New Haven, CT. Raheem has a BFA in Cartooning and is now working exclusively on my iPad. Raheem has been creating paintings, travel journals, and children's books. Raheem also has …

Neal Tse is an artist living in Indiana. He is a Fantasy Illustrator and has done artwork that ranges the realm of science fiction and fantasy genres. Neal also started live-streaming his drawing and painting process on …

Shannon Wang is an artist living in Maryland. After college Shannon worked for the Discovery Channel making larger-than-life window displays and …

Jeaux Janovsky is a cartoonist living out in California. He is a person I have known online for maybe 15 years but we've never actually met... Until now! He has worked with legendary animator Ralph Bakshi, Fred Seibert …

Mike Lloyd is an animator and artist living out in California. He currently makes promotional animation and more for his day job but he has also done animation shorts for comedians and also for the Netflix documentary …

One of my favorite music sites is opening again, the Free Music Archive!

I talk with  Hessel van Oorschot from the Netherlands who's company Tribe of Noise bought the site after it was shut down a few years ago. We talk …

Sean Chappell returns to the show to tell me about how life has been going since the last time we talked and he had just quit his job to pursue his …

Awesomeness Studios is the name Marlene S. uses for all the webcomics and drawings she makes online. Awesomeness Studios has created several different series and story ideas on the webcomics website Tapas.io. We talk …

Thann Clark is a photographer who lives in California who not only does personal artistic photos but found a way to do it professionally for an …

Mark Piotrowski is an artist in Michigan who has been painting public works since high school. He also creates his own personal work painting on …

Jessie Taylor is a painter living in New Jersey who also hosts a podcast called Dream a little dream. We talk about her artwork and how she manages …

Angela Puerta is a Colombian singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Madison. We talk about music, making videos and about how she also works with …

Mr. Hydde is a painter based in Canada in the greater Toronto area. He tells me how he went to Japan and while there got the chance to meet artists in the field of printmaking. He's done gallery shows and painted murals …

Lynda Edwards is a freelance artist who not only paints but has created an art school in the community where she lives. We talk about the interesting …

John Hazard & Lisa Burdige are a couple that creates the autobiographical webcomic Background Noise Comic. John spent over a decade working at Nickelodeon where he provided game design, online animation and avatar …

Sophia Voelker is an artist here in Madison who is a painter but also works with mixed media using alternate material, such as joint compound, paper products, cement and layered gesso texturing in her artwork. Sophia …

René Gauthreaux has been creating autobiographical comics on Instagram this past year. But before that, he had gone out and tried a number of different things including starting a music zine and traveling to another …

Henrique Nardi is a Graphic Designer & Type Educator. I got the chance to meet Henrique while he was working on the Madison mural that was …

Scott Pyburn is a person I actually met before on a previous season of the podcast. He was traveling with the Mighty-Con comic-book circuit.

While drawing at his booth and selling original artwork and custom drawings he …

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From 2010 - 2018 I used to do a show about creative commons and free culture music with a guy named Doug Whitfield called Music Manumit.

Years ago we …

ReVINYLized is an account I've been following on Instagram that makes things out of old records and pop-culture items. I got together with Betty who …

American Bandit is a post-hardcore band from Milwaukee WI. I got the chance to talk with them when they came through town to play a show at the High Noon Saloon. I'm a musician myself in the band Lorenzo's Music and I …

Becky Weber is an artist here in Madison, WI who makes things from Mannequins and also makes horror and music-themed clothing. We sit down at a local coffee shop to talk and I find out that her other obsession is horror …

Linsay Kovnat is an artist I reached out to online because of an animated video I saw she made years ago for the band Man Man. She's been living in New York and we talk about how she ended up creating this video and …

Mike Lroy is an artist living in the Madison area. I had seen his work and was very intrigued by what he was doing on his Instagram. What he was doing there seemed surreal compared to the mural and other artwork he had …

Mandy Kron is an artist in Madison who is also a curator for the UW Health clinic. Mandy creates prints and multi-media artwork that include found …

T.L. Luke is an artist here in Madison, Fascinated with the potential that children’s picture books have on the development of a child’s creativity, Luke explores this concept via dark and whimsical subjects with the …

Jenie Gao is a full-time artist, creative director, and entrepreneur. She specializes in printmaking, murals, public installations, and arts project …

Carli Ihde has worked for comic book companies such as DC, IDW and Dynamite. Carli is a freelancer here in Wisconsin and has also created murals, installation art, chalk drawing and currently is working as a tattoo …

Martel Chapman is an artist around the Madison area. As a kid, his interests were very similar to what mine were back then, comic book art and …

TacoCat Creations was born out of a need for cool, quality, and unique cat toys and accessories. Megan started out making products for a pet store …

J.L. Westover is the artist behind the webcomic Mr. Lovenstein. His work is known for its dark humor paired with a soft, cartoonish art style. I got the chance to meet him over a video chat and talk about how he made a …

Sean Chappell decided to try and give being a full-time artist a go. Sean created his own brand called Red Fracture and dedicated his time to …

Gray Miller got involved with an event known as "Open Space Technology." in a very unconventional way... In the kink and bondage community. He has …

Triangulador, Liu Szwako is a Mexico City-born street artist and muralist working in Madison, Wisconsin. I got the chance to meet with him in an …

John Sanford is an animator from California who has made cartoons working for Warner Bros. Animation, Walt Disney Television Animation, DreamWorks Animation & Pixar. And during that time he created a webcomic called …

I recently posted about how we had to say good-bye to our family dog spike in my daily comic. And Vicki Liu, an artist that I follow on Instagram …

Margaret Dent is another person who contacted me from the American Bandito mailing list. Margaret is an artist in Canada who creates several things, including jewelry and portraits.

But her favorite type of portraits to …

Tim Togstad is an artist here in Madison who I actually met right outside of the train car that I'm renting that I'm trying to turn into my own business. He was loading in his paintings into the place next door. So I …

Chris Prunckle is an artist out of Illinois that makes webcomics. Then one day he started drawing bands and music reviews in his comic called "Wannabe The Comic". And we also talk about what it's like trying to make a …

Brennen Reece is an artist and designer from Auburn, Alabama. He has also worked in film and makes music. But what really stood out when he contacted …

Jay D'Ici is the writer and creator of the comic "Conceptual Heist" a comic that is being created by using Kickstarter to fund it. I've always been too scared to start a Kickstarter myself, so I take the opportunity to …

Up to this point I’ve only talked to people that are in or around where I am in Madison. Matty Sheets is a musician from Greensboro, North Carolina. …

I mentioned in a previous episode of the show I had participated in an annual zine fest in Madison called Print & Resist. One of the people showcasing his work at the event was John Porcellino, creator of the …

I went to a local coffee shop to meet the people I talk with today, Olivia and Elizabeth from the start-up UnderBelly.

So from time to time, I like to do a nearby location search on Instagram just to see if there is any …

Lacey Smith aka Luluweird is someone that I heard about after I met Lauden from American Trash back in August. I had connected with her on Instagram …

Sara Meredith and I have actually tried to set up an interview several times in the past year. I don’t know why we kept having trouble doing that. But we finally were able to sit down and talk.

She goes by the name …

Scott Pyburn emailed me after he discovered the podcast. He is also someone like me who decided he wanted to get back into drawing and creating again …

In this season of the podcast, I decided to try and start my own business. It's going to be a multimedia podcast studio and retail space.

And I'm …

Today I get to meet Emily Balsley. She's a full-time self-employed artist whose illustration work I really admire. We've tried to get together to …

Grant Baciocco is a puppeteer, comedian, writer and professional wrestling host from time to time. He also is the creator of the podcast series The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd which I happened to make an animated …

Ben Walker Storey had listened to the podcast and contacted me on Instagram. The funny thing is I had actually been looking at his work online earlier that day. So I asked him if he wanted to meet with me on the show.

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Peter Krsko had been listening to the podcast and contacted me. And meeting him was a delight! I had checked out some of his stuff on his website and …

Spencer Blesi and Rob Griffen are two guys I used to work with at a corporate job. They were in the video department. Spencer even recorded a video for my band Lorenzo's Music. After I left that company I later heard …

Steev Baker & Shauna Koszegi work at the library. They spend their whole day trying to get people to think about it as a place that has tons of …

There was an art installation at a local coffee shop in the fall and the artist, Bradley Flora heard my podcast and asked if I wanted to stop by and …

My wife and I were taking a weekend trip to Minnesota. I took that opportunity to meet someone that lives there that I'm friends with on Instagram, Emily Mehr. Listen to the episode Listen on: Apple Podcasts | …

What cool way to start off the new season of the show, I got the opportunity to meet Jessica Abel!! Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google …

Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube Previously on American Bandito, I spoke with artist Rachal Duggan and I discovered we had a mutual person that inspired us both. After I posted that …

Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube Back in the first season of the show, I talked to a young artist named Salma …

Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube The person that I meet today I read about in the Isthmus. He was creating a stop-motion film with the students he teaches in his art class at Crestwood …

Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube The first thing I saw by Heather Boggs of Stitch Boom Bang, was a portrait of Hall & Oates she embroidered on a doily. After seeing that, I kinda …

Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube The person I asked to meet with me today I contacted out of pure curiosity. I’ve driven past the lakeside press on Willy street like a million times and …

Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube I met Rachal Duggan at the Tone Madison anniversary party. She had a table set up to …

Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube I went to a local animation meet up in February and afterward Gavin had posted a stop-motion short he made on the meet up's Facebook event page. I've only …

Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube Eli had contacted me through the American Bandito Facebook page. He's an illustrator and also tells me about work he's done as a 3D artist for game …

Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube I found American Trash while looking at stories located in the Madison area on Instagram. I liked the style. It reminded me of the type of skateboard art …

Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube I saw Hailee's work on Instagram while searching for local artists. She is a fashion designer turned embroidery artist who recently graduated with a B.S. …

Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube James Kreul has been very involved with films in Madison, he runs programs like The …

Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube Linda is a writer and blogger. She has a site called "Mixed Metaphors, Oh My!" that she has been doing since 2013. She joined a Facebook group called …

Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube Kelly is a writer who contacted me through the American Bandito Facebook page. She's written a book called "Om Namah..." available on Amazon. As she …

The shop owners this season should have some wisdom they can pass along to those of us trying to make it in the world creatively. So this week I ask …

If you do create your own things it's really easy to let it take up all of your free time. But you don't want to do it at the expense of enjoying life, family or friends. There has to be a balance, but when you're in …

When you make things the goal is usually you want people to come check it out? Like these local shops do? But how do you promote something like that? And where do you find the people to tell about it? That leads to this …

I get following your dream as a creative person and artist. And so far, learning that was inspiration enough. But is it worth it? Lifestyle-wise that …

We've talked about how seeing the work in public makes a huge difference. But what about insurance in those places, not only for you but the items you display? What about planning for the future like emergencies or …

The question I ask this week: "How do you find creators & the work you display?" With all the things we've learned about the people I've talked with this season, I wanted to know how do they find the people they …

The question I ask this week: "Why open a physical place instead of an online business?" With the ability to sell and promote anything you make …

The question I ask this week: "How long did you give yourself to succeed?" How long would it take for someone to figure out if the risk they took to …

This episode I ask the question: "When were you ready to take the leap?" It's one thing to say you want to open your own shop or gallery. But what does it take to go against everything you know and actually do it? …

This episode I ask the question: "What made you decide to start your own business?" It's the first episode of the second season. This time I travel around Madison and meet with people that own or operate galleries, …

This week we get to meet photographer Melanie Jones. Melanie is an editorial photographer now based in Madison, Wisconsin, specializing in making portraits of companion animals, families, small business owners, and …

This week I meet Sharon Bjyrd Sharon is a painter who moved here from Chicago. She started out going to school for commercial art, which I realize is …

I begin my quest to meet artists in Madison, WI with Holly Meyers. After moving to Madison she was inspired by life changes and her new city's …

This week I meet Robin Leigh Kling. Robin is an artist that has made watercolor landscape paintings over the years. She took time off to raise her …

This week I meet painter Philip Salamone One interesting thing I find out in this conversation... my studio is literally across the street from his and we have never met before. So I'm glad I got a chance to talk to …

This week I meet author, Chris Lester. Chris saw my post about looking for artists in Madison for the show. He responded with the question, “What about writers?” I thought he had a good point. Writers are creative …

In this weeks episode, I meet Salma Carreon. She makes ceramics, etchings and paintings. This includes hand painted shirts and a few commissioned murals around town. But what she really wants to do is become a tattoo …

This weeks episode I meet Jason Scott. Jason is a sculptor of large and small-scale pieces, which includes jewelry. And it all seems to relate back …

This week I meet Colin Holden. Colin's work has a cartoon style, but he prefers to work on a large scale format, usually around five feet tall. He …

This week I meet Jake Jensen. Jake is a house painter that has the luck of being able to use an endless amount of art supplies thanks to his job. He recently changed the entire concept of what he makes because of an …

This week I meet Hanifa Debling. Hanifa had a career in banking. During that time she went to school for Jewelry and Silversmithing. She made jewelry …

I was out riding my bike the other day. For some reason, I decided to take a different path than I normally do. 
I saw three people, one of them was on a ladder. They were just finishing up what looked like a mural that …

In the last episode this season, I meet Stephenie Hamen. She does crafts and helps teach people how to do them. But when it comes to her personal artwork she likes to paint and make things that are more abstract.